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Chris Pratt

Chris Pratt (born 1979, Virginia, Minnesota) is an American actor known as Andy Dwyer on Parks and Recreation and as Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy, Owen Grady in Jurassic World, and Mario's voice; over $14 billion box office.

Chris Ramsey (comedian)

Chris Ramsey (born 1986, South Shields) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, and presenter known for Hebburn, the Shged. Married. Annoyed. podcast with wife Rosie, Taskmaster runner-up, and Strictly 2019.

Chris Rea

Chris Rea (Christopher Anton Rea, 1951-2025), British singer-songwriter and slide guitarist from Middlesbrough, known for Driving Home for Christmas, The Road to Hell, and Auberge, and for his late-career self-released blues records.

Chris Redd

Chris Redd (born 1985, St. Louis) is an American comedian, actor, and rapper; SNL cast member 2017-2022, Emmy winner for "Come Back Barack", star of Bust Down and Resurrected Rides.

Chris Robinson (singer)

Chris Robinson is the American lead singer and co-founder, with brother Rich, of The Black Crowes, known for Shake Your Money Maker, his soulful 1970s-styled vocals, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, and the 2024 reunion album Happiness Bastards.

Chris Rock

Chris Rock (Christopher Julius Rock III, born 1965) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and filmmaker known for Bring the Pain, Everybody Hates Chris, hosting the 2005 and 2016 Oscars, and the 2022 Will Smith slap incident.

Chris Rock filmography

The Chris Rock filmography spans acting, writing, and directing from Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) to Misty Green (2026), including Saturday Night Live, Madagascar, and Everybody Hates Chris.

Chris Rock–Will Smith slapping incident

The Chris Rock–Will Smith slapping incident, also called the Oscars slap, happened at the 2022 Academy Awards, where Smith slapped Rock over a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's alopecia.

Chris Romano

Chris Romano, also credited as Romanski (born 1978, Nashua, New Hampshire), American comedy writer, producer and actor; co-created Spike's Blue Mountain State, played mascot Sammy Cacciatore, recurring Punchy on How I Met Your Mother. Distinct from the Kentucky documentary producer and the VFX artist Christopher Romano.

Chris Sanders

Chris Sanders (Christopher Michael Sanders, born 1962, Colorado Springs) is the American animator who co-directed Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon, voiced Stitch, and directed The Wild Robot (2024); distinct from the British filmmaker, security author, and Louisville attorney of the same name.

Chris Sarandon

Chris Sarandon (born 1942, Beckley, West Virginia) is an American actor known for Dog Day Afternoon (Oscar nomination), Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride, Jerry Dandridge in Fright Night, and voicing Jack Skellington; ex-husband of Susan Sarandon, husband of Joanna Gleason.

Chris Savino

Chris Savino (born 1971) is an American animator and creator of Nickelodeon's The Loud House, with credits on Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls; he was fired by Nickelodeon in 2017 over sexual harassment allegations.

Chris Shiflett

Chris Shiflett, also known as Jackson, is an American guitarist best known for his role with the Foo Fighters since 1999 and his solo work in country and Americana.

Chris Sievey

Chris Sievey, full name Christopher Mark Sievey, was an English musician and comedian who created and performed Frank Sidebottom, the comic character with an oversized papier-mâché head.

Chris Slade

Chris Slade (Christopher Rees, born 1946, Pontypridd, Wales) is a Welsh rock drummer for Manfred Mann's Earth Band, The Firm, Asia, Uriah Heep, and AC/DC on The Razors Edge, retiring in August 2026.

Chris Soules

Chris Soules, "Prince Farming," is an Iowa fourth-generation farmer born 1981 who starred in Bachelorette season 10 and as Bachelor season 19 lead (2015), proposing to Whitney Bischoff; later pleaded guilty in a 2017 fatal crash.

Chris Squire

Chris Squire (Christopher Russell Edward Squire), English bassist and co-founder of progressive rock band Yes (1968), only member on all 21 studio albums; known for lead-style Rickenbacker bass playing, Fish Out of Water (1975), died 2015 of leukemia.

Chris Stapleton

Chris Stapleton (born 1978, Lexington, Kentucky) is an American country singer-songwriter, SteelDrivers frontman, and Nashville songwriter whose 2015 debut Traveller hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200; "Tennessee Whiskey" is the first country song certified RIAA Double Diamond.

Chris Stassy

Chris Stassy, born Niels Christiaan Steenbergen in 1994, is a Dutch house producer and DJ formerly known as Chris Stussy. He founded Up The Stuss in 2020, runs USS and N.A.M.E., released the 2026 debut album Lost, Found & Forgotten…, and placed No. 59 in DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs 2026.

Chris Stein

Chris Stein (born 1950, Brooklyn) is the co-founder, guitarist, and songwriter of Blondie and a photographer of the 1970s NYC punk scene; author of Under a Rock, distinct from other people named Stein.

Chris Stussy

Chris Stussy is the stage name of Niels Steenbergen, a Dutch DJ, producer, and label head based in Amsterdam who founded the house label Up The Stuss in 2020.

Chris Tarrant

Chris Tarrant (born 1946, Reading), English broadcaster and quiz host: newsreader on ATV Today, host of Tiswas (1974), Capital Radio breakfast (1987-2004), and the original UK host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1998-2014); retired from TV in 2024.

Chris Taylor (TV personality)

Chris Taylor (Christopher James Taylor), English TV personality from Leicester, known for Love Island series 5 (2019) and All Stars (2024), a Ken Emcee role in Barbie (2023), Celebs Go Dating, and Dancing on Ice.

Chris Terrio

Chris Terrio (born 1976) is an American screenwriter and director; he won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Argo (2012), his first major feature credit, then co-wrote Batman v Superman, The Rise of Skywalker, and Zack Snyder's Justice League.

Chris Thile

Chris Thile (born 1981) is an American mandolinist, MacArthur Fellow, and Grammy winner, founding member of Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers, and host of A Prairie Home Companion/Live from Here from 2016 to 2020.

Chris Traeger

Chris Traeger is a fictional character on NBC's Parks and Recreation, played by Rob Lowe; an Indiana state auditor turned Pawnee city manager, known for relentless optimism, extreme fitness, and the catchphrase "literally."

Chris Trousdale

Chris Trousdale (Christopher Ryan Pask), 1985-2020, American singer, dancer, and actor; child Broadway performer in Les Misérables and The Sound of Music; member of the boy band Dream Street (1999-2002); died of COVID-19 complications in Burbank, California.

Chris Tucker

Chris Tucker (born 1972, Atlanta) is an American actor and stand-up comedian known as Detective James Carter in the Rush Hour trilogy and Smokey in Friday, once a $20-million-per-picture star with returns in Silver Linings Playbook and Air.

Chris Turner (comedian)

Chris Turner is a British comedian and freestyle rapper based in New York, runner-up on America's Got Talent season 20, a Cirque du Soleil Las Vegas residency performer, and winner of TED's Man vs. Machine rap battle.

Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg (born 1949, Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American picture book author-illustrator, two-time Caldecott Medal winner for Jumanji and The Polar Express, known for surreal black-and-white pencil art and the hidden dog Fritz.