Chriss Anglin, a talented stage actor, has seamlessly transitioned from the stage to both the big and small screens. Born on November 19, 1964, in Hamilton, Ohio, Anglin is one of eight siblings, and with everyday a struggle for attention, he found himself making up plays for his parents or cracking jokes and doing impersonations, a sign of things yet to come.
A former law enforcement officer, Anglin's work as an undercover narcotics officer led him to his formal theater training, which he drew upon when assuming personas in executing harrowing assignments. His handsome good looks eventually led him to advertising photo shoots, but it wasn't until performing for 200 second graders that he knew acting was his true vocation.
Knowing where his destiny lay, Anglin moved to Los Angeles and began studying his craft with various acting coaches and casting directors, including Orly Sitowitz. He also spent three years studying improvisational comedy with The Second City/LA and Robert Easton, who has coached everyone from Sir Lawrence Olivier to Arnold Schwarzenegger, and served as Anglin's dialect coach for "An American Carol."
Steadily working since his arrival in Los Angeles, Anglin has had specialty, feature, and commercial roles in numerous films and television shows, including "Collateral," "The O.C.," "The Book of Inside Information," "Sex and the USA," "Dead Men Walking," "Stolen Moments of September," and "Pirates of Treasure Island," alongside Lance Henriksen.
Anglin recently completed filming on "One in the Gun," "American Asian," and Carey Scott's much-anticipated "To the Wall," also starring Stephen Baldwin. In addition to his featured acting roles, Anglin routinely performs his own stunts and is a skilled precision driver. With over fifty screen credits, and numerous stage performances, Chriss is a triple threat.
He has written and co-written several screenplays that are being aggressively marketed to major studios. Anglin is Executive Producing, acting in, and performing the functions of 1st AD for the upcoming horror thriller "Slash," and will soon be stretching his legs as a director.
