Christopher Egan | |
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 Egan in 2008 | |
| Born | Christopher Andrew Egan 29 June 1984 [1] [2] |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Notable work | Home and Away (2000–2003) |
Christopher Egan (born 29 June 1984) [1] [2] is an Australian actor. He played Nick Smith in the Australian soap opera Home and Away from 2000 to 2003, and David Shepherd on the NBC television drama Kings . He also portrayed Alex Lannon in the Apocalyptic TV series, Dominion .
Egan has appeared in several commercials and did some modelling, but his ability and ambition for acting came out when he performed in the Glen Street productions of Les Misérables and West Side Story . He also appeared in the TV soap Home and Away .
He has also been trained in gymnastics at the KICK Performance Group in Sydney. As well as competing in several eisteddfods at an early age, Egan has been able to use his gymnastics skills extensively in the thriller film Crush . [3]
He moved to Los Angeles in 2003. [4] In 2006, he appeared in the film adaptation of Christopher Paolini's novel Eragon . In 2007, he played a small role in Resident Evil: Extinction , the third movie in the Resident Evil series. In the summer of 2009, he shot the movie Letters to Juliet in Italy, with Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave and Gael García Bernal.
Egan starred in Dominion, the Sci Fi supernatural action drama based on characters from the 2010 feature film Legion that starred Paul Bettany. Egan played Alex Lannon, a rebellious young soldier who discovers he is the unlikely savior of humanity. [5]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Eragon | Roran | Debut film |
| 2007 | Virgin Territory | Dioneo | |
| 2007 | Resident Evil: Extinction | Mikey | |
| 2009 | Crush | Julian | |
| 2010 | Letters to Juliet | Charlie Wyman | |
| 2019 | Cult | Doug | Short |
| TBA | Beyond the Rush | Peter Grievess | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–2003 | Home and Away | Nick Smith | 82 episodes |
| 2002 | Home and Away: Secrets and the City | Nick Smith | Direct-to-video special |
| 2005 | Empire | Agrippa | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 2006 | Everwood | Nick Bennett | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Alpha Male | Felix Methusulah | TV film |
| 2006 | Vanished | Ben Wilson | 12 episodes |
| 2008 | Pretty/Handsome | Beckett | TV film |
| 2009 | Kings | David Shepherd | 13 episodes |
| 2011 | Poe | Edgar Allan Poe | TV film |
| 2013 | Gothica | Dorian Grey | TV film |
| 2014–2015 | Dominion | Alex Lannon | Main cast |
| 2015 | The Prince | Zach | TV film |
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