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Christopher Lawrence

Christopher Lawrence is an American trance DJ and producer who began DJing in 1992, reached No. 4 in DJ Mag's Top 100, and runs Pharmacy Music.

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 Lloyd (TV producer)

Christopher Lloyd (born 1960, Waterbury, Connecticut) is the American sitcom writer-producer of The Golden Girls, Wings, Frasier, and co-creator with Steven Levitan of Modern Family, a 12-Emmy winner distinct from the Back to the Future actor of the same name.

Christopher Macchio

Christopher Macchio, the "America's Tenor" moniker notwithstanding, is a classical-crossover tenor from Holbrook, Long Island, trained at the Manhattan School of Music; distinct from actor Ralph Macchio, he is known for Trump-era White House performances and singing the anthem at the 2025 inauguration.

Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely

Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are an American screenwriting duo, partners since 1995, who wrote the three Captain America films, Thor: The Dark World, the Narnia trilogy, Agent Carter, and Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame.

Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English Elizabethan poet and playwright who pioneered blank verse and wrote Tamburlaine and Doctor Faustus before dying in 1593.

Christopher Massey

Christopher Massey (born 1990, Atlanta) is an American actor and rapper, brother of Kyle Massey, known as Michael Barret on Nickelodeon's Zoey 101 (2005-2008), the 2015 short What Did Zoey Say?, and the 2023 Paramount+ film Zoey 102; also voiced roles in Mary and Max and performs music as MASSEY.

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 McQuarrie

Christopher McQuarrie (born 1968), nicknamed McQ, is an American screenwriter, director, and producer who won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for The Usual Suspects and directed four Mission: Impossible films with Tom Cruise.

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 Moltisanti

Christopher Moltisanti, fictional mobster and deuteragonist of HBO's The Sopranos, portrayed by Michael Imperioli; Tony Soprano's protege, capo of the Moltisanti crew, addict and failed screenwriter killed by Tony in season six.

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan (born 1970, London) is a British-American director of Following, Memento, the Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk, Oppenheimer, and The Odyssey, known for non-linear narratives, practical effects, and IMAX film photography.

Christopher Nolan filmography

The Christopher Nolan filmography comprises thirteen features directed between 1998 and 2026, from Following to The Odyssey, grossing over $6.1 billion and winning 18 Academy Awards.

Christopher Nolan's interpretation of The Odyssey

Christopher Nolan's 2026 Universal film adaptation of Homer's Odyssey, starring Matt Damon, the first feature shot entirely on IMAX film; released July 17, 2026, it passed $1.1 billion, scored 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, and sparked a major adaptation-fidelity debate.

Christopher Okigbo

Christopher Okigbo (Christopher Ifekandu Okigbo; 1932–1967) was a Nigerian poet, publisher, and soldier who died in 1967 fighting for Biafran independence in the Nigerian Civil War.

Christopher Paolini

Christopher Paolini, also known as Chris Paolini, is an American fantasy and science fiction author born in 1983, best known for the Inheritance Cycle, which began with Eragon.

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 Pike (author)

Christopher Pike, pen name of Kevin Christopher McFadden (born in Brooklyn, New York; dates reported as 1954, 1955, or 1961), American YA horror author of Slumber Party, The Last Vampire/Thirst, and The Midnight Club, adapted by Netflix in 2022.

Christopher Pike (Star Trek)

Fictional Starfleet captain in Star Trek; first captain of the USS Enterprise in the 1965 pilot "The Cage", played by Jeffrey Hunter; later portrayed by Bruce Greenwood and Anson Mount in Discovery and Strange New Worlds.

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 Reid (rapper)

Christopher Reid (born 1964), known as Kid, is an American rapper, actor, and comedian, one half of Kid 'n Play with Christopher Martin; albums 2 Hype, Funhouse, Face the Nation; House Party films; heart transplant in 2025.

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 Robin

Christopher Robin is the boy in A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh books (1924–1928), named for Milne's son Christopher Robin Milne (1920–1996), whose toys inspired Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, and Kanga.

Christopher Robin (film)

Christopher Robin (2018) is Disney's live-action/CGI film directed by Marc Forster, starring Ewan McGregor as a grown-up Christopher Robin reunited with Winnie the Pooh; released August 3, 2018, Oscar-nominated for visual effects.

Christopher Robin Milne

Christopher Robin Milne (1920-1996), English bookseller and writer, son of A. A. Milne and the real-life basis of Christopher Robin in Winnie-the-Pooh; author of The Enchanted Places.

Christopher Rouse (composer)

Christopher Rouse (1949–2019), American orchestral composer, Pulitzer Prize 1993 for Trombone Concerto, two Grammys (Concert de Gaudí 2002, Symphony No. 5 2021), taught at Eastman and Juilliard.