Christopher Gerse

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Christopher Ryan Gerse
Born (1991-10-19) October 19, 1991 (age 29)
Alma mater Chapman University
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present

Christopher Ryan Gerse (born October 19, 1991) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Will Roberts [1] (later to be known as Will Horton) [2] on the daytime television series Days of Our Lives . [1] For that role he received two Young Artist Award nominations for Best Performance in a Television Series, in 2004 for Supporting Young Actor, [3] and in 2005 for Recurring Young Actor. [4] He was born in Los Angeles, California.

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Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 The District Joshua GilroyEpisode: "Melt Down"
2002 ER ViktorEpisode: "Bygones"
Hidden Hills BoyEpisode: "The Getaway"
2003–08 Days of Our Lives Will Roberts Recurring character
2004 The Bernie Mac Show BrettEpisode: "It's a Wonderful Wife"
Malcolm in the Middle BrettEpisode: "Dewey's Special Class"
2005 Monk StorkEpisode: "Mr. Monk and Little Monk"
2016 Westworld Destin3 episodes
2017The Chronicles of Spooner and MoustafaSpooner5 episodes
2018Rock Steady RowStarving Stevenfilm
2018Death CampJamesLead role

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References

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