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Christopher Knight (actor)

Christopher Knight (born 1957), American actor, played Peter Brady on The Brady Bunch (1969-1974); distinct from other actors named Christopher Knight. Later left acting for the computer industry, returned via reality TV, and runs Christopher Knight Home furniture.

Christopher Lambert

Christopher Lambert (Christophe Guy Denis Lambert, born 1957) is a French-American actor known for Greystoke (1984), the César-winning Subway, and Connor MacLeod in the Highlander franchise, plus Mortal Kombat and White Material.

Christopher Larkin (actor)

Christopher Larkin, also Carry Hatchet, is a Korean American actor born 1987 in Daegu, South Korea, adopted and raised in Connecticut, best known as Monty Green on The 100 (2014–2019) and as a member of the band d'Artagnan; distinct from the British actor Chris Larkin.

Christopher Lee

Sir Christopher Lee (1922-2015), English actor famous as Hammer's Count Dracula, also Scaramanga, Saruman in The Lord of the Rings, and Count Dooku in Star Wars; knighted 2009, heavy metal singer.

Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd (born October 22, 1938, Stamford, Connecticut) is the American character actor, not the Modern Family writer or the Film Yap critic, known as Doc Brown in Back to the Future, Reverend Jim on Taxi, and a three-time Emmy winner.

Christopher McDonald

Christopher McDonald (born 1955) is the American character actor known as Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore and Happy Gilmore 2, Darryl in Thelma & Louise, and Emmy-nominated Marty Ghilain in Hacks; distinct from the TV producer of the same name.

Christopher Meloni

Christopher Meloni (born 1961, Washington, D.C.) is an American actor known as Detective Elliot Stabler on Law & Order: SVU and Organized Crime and as Chris Keller on HBO's Oz, with an Emmy-nominated, comedy-spanning career.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Christopher Mintz-Plasse, also known as Chris Mintz-Plasse, is an American actor and comedian best known for playing McLovin in the 2007 comedy Superbad and Red Mist in Kick-Ass.

Christopher Mitchum

Christopher Mitchum (born 1943), also known as Chris Mitchum, American actor, screenwriter, and Republican politician; second son of Robert Mitchum, star of Rio Lobo and Big Jake, SAG first vice president 1987-1989, and unsuccessful California Assembly and congressional candidate.

Christopher Pettiet

Christopher Lee Pettiet (1976-2000), American TV and film actor; played Jesse James in The Young Riders and Zach Crandell in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991); also in Point Break; died of accidental overdose at 24.

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer (Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, 1929-2021), Canadian stage and film actor, Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music, Tony winner for Cyrano and Barrymore, oldest Oscar winner for Beginners.

Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) was an American actor best known as Superman in the 1978 film, later a spinal cord research advocate after a 1995 accident paralyzed him.

Christopher Rich (actor)

Christopher Rich Wilson (born 1953, Dallas) is an American actor known as Miller Redfield on Murphy Brown, Brock Hart on Reba, and Melvin Palmer on Boston Legal; he returned to TV on Happy's Place after a 2018 stroke.

Christopher Ryan

Christopher Ryan (born Christopher Papazoglou, 1950, Bayswater, London) is an English actor known for Mike in The Young Ones, Dave Hedgehog in Bottom, Marshall Turtle in Absolutely Fabulous, Tony Driscoll in Only Fools and Horses, and Doctor Who roles as Kiv and Sontaran General Staal.

Christopher Sean

Christopher Sean (Christopher Sean Friel, born 1985) is an American actor from Oak Harbor, Washington, known for Paul Narita on Days of Our Lives, Kazuda Xiono in Star Wars Resistance, and Ken Sato in Ultraman: Rising.

Christopher Stone (actor)

Christopher Stone (Thomas Edward Bourassa, 1940-1995) was an American actor known for Dr. Pooch Hardin on The Interns, Dallas, Days of our Lives, The Howling, and Cujo with wife Dee Wallace.

Christopher Timothy

Christopher Timothy (born 1940, Bala, Wales) is a Welsh actor, son of Goon Show announcer Andrew Timothy, known as James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small (1978-1990) and Dr Mac McGuire in Doctors (2000-2024).

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken, born Ronald Walken in 1943 in Queens, New York, is an American actor with 100+ screen credits, an Oscar for The Deer Hunter (1979), the Weapon of Choice dance video, and recent roles in Severance and Dune.

Christy Carlson Romano

Christy Carlson Romano (born 1984) is an American actress and author known as Ren Stevens on Disney Channel's Even Stevens, the Emmy-nominated voice of Kim Possible, and Cadet Kelly's Jennifer Stone; author of the 2026 memoir Once Upon a Trainwreck.

Chuck Connors

Chuck Connors (Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors, 1921-1992), American actor and pro athlete: played MLB for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cubs, NBA for the Boston Celtics, and starred as Lucas McCain in The Rifleman (1958-63).

Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris (Carlos Ray Norris, 1940-2026), American karate champion and action star of Missing in Action and Delta Force; starred as Cordell Walker in CBS's Walker, Texas Ranger (1993-2001) and later inspired the Chuck Norris Facts meme.

Chuckle Brothers

Chuckle Brothers, British slapstick double act of Paul and Barry Elliott from Rotherham; won Opportunity Knocks 1967 and New Faces 1974; starred in BBC's ChuckleVision (1987–2009), famous for "To me, to you".

Chukwudi Iwuji

Chukwudi Iwuji, British-Nigerian actor born 1975 in Nigeria, RSC associate artist and Obie winner, known as the High Evolutionary in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Clemson Murn in Peacemaker.

Chyler Leigh

Chyler Leigh (born 1982, Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American actress known as Lexie Grey on Grey's Anatomy, Alex Danvers on Supergirl, and Kat Landry on Hallmark's The Way Home.

Ciara Renée

Ciara Renée (Ciara Renée Harper, born 1990) is an American actress and singer: Broadway's Witch in Big Fish, Leading Player in Pippin, Elsa in Frozen, Jenna in Waitress, and Hawkgirl/Kendra Saunders in Arrow, The Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow.

Ciara Riley Wilson

Ciara Riley Wilson (born 2001, Portland, Oregon) is an American actress, dancer, and fashion designer; also credited as Ciara Wilson. Known for Demi in Netflix's Freeridge (2023) and Athena in Kim Possible (2019).

Ciarán Griffiths

Ciarán Griffiths (born 1983) is an English actor from Manchester known as Mickey Maguire in Shameless, Gary Best in The Bill, and Damon Hay in Coronation Street (2022-2024); distinct from namesake actors, and now based in Australia.

Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds (born 1953, Belfast) is an Irish actor of stage and screen, known for Julius Caesar in HBO's Rome, Mance Rayder in Game of Thrones, Grand Pabbie in Frozen, Steppenwolf in Justice League, and his Oscar-nominated role in Belfast.

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson was an American actress and model born in 1924. She was known for portraying resilient African American women, notably in Sounder and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.

Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy is an Irish actor from Cork known for Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders (2013-22) and Oppenheimer (2023), which won him the Best Actor Oscar; frequent Christopher Nolan collaborator, founder of Big Things Films.