Chris Marquette

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Chris Marquette

Birth name	Christopher George Rodríguez
Born	October 3, 1984 Stuart, Florida, USA

Christopher Marquette (b. Christopher George Rodríguez in Stuart, Florida on October 3, 1984) is an American film and television actor.

In 2004, he starred alongside young actors Emile Hirsch and Elisha Cuthbert in the coming-of-age teen comedy The Girl Next Door. The film also featured actors Timothy Olyphant and James Remar.

The same year (2004), he became a series regular on the hit CBS show Joan of Arcadia opposite Amber Tamblyn and Jason Ritter (with whom Marquette co-starred with in the 2003 slasher film Freddy vs. Jason) before Joan of Arcadia's cancellation in early 2005.

Marquette was also recently featured in Just Friends with Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris and Chris Klein. Alpha Dog (also with Emile Hirsch) is scheduled to be released on January 12, 2007. Also up for theatrical release in January 2007 (Jan. 26, 2007) is The Invisible, a remake of a Swedish film, starring Marcia Gay Harden and Justin Chatwin, in which Christopher plays the best friend of main character Nick Powell. He has also had supporting/minor roles in the films 61* with Barry Pepper and Thomas Jane, and the Disney Channel original TV movie Up, Up and Away! with Robert Townsend. Among Marquette's latest upcoming movies is Calvin Marshall, in which he was cast as lead, playing Calvin Marshall, an aspiring young baseball player. He already lined up his next role as obsessed Star Wars fan Linus Poonwah in the movie Fanboys which was shot in spring 2006 in New Mexico and also stars Sam Huntington and Veronica Mars' Kristen Bell. One of his latest upcoming acting projects is an independent movie called The Education of Charlie Banks, which is being directed by Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst.

Not only has he been on the big screen a fair bit, Marquette can also been seen as a guest star or regular on several TV shows, such as Strong Medicine, ER, Touched By An Angel, 7th Heaven, Miracles, Boston Public and Judging Amy. The latest guest roles include the Showtime TV series Huff; Christopher played James, a friend of Byrd's (Anton Yelchin, whom he also played alongside in Alpha Dog), in episodes Sweet Release, Bethless and Tapping The Squid (all aired 2006).

He has an iguana named Wicket and a Persian cat named "Patches." Chris has two younger brothers, actors Eric Marquette and Sean Marquette.

He supports charities such as the Sunshine Foundation (to grant wishes of seriously ill, handicapped and abused children), Pediatric AIDS and the Children's AIDS Fund.

[edit] Filmography

Movies:

Calvin Marshall (2007) (in production)
Revenge of the Nerds (remake) (2006) (cancelled)
The Beautiful Ordinary (2006) (not yet released)
The Education of Charlie Banks (2006) (not yet released)
Choose Connor (2006) (not yet released)
Fanboys (2006) (release date Apr 20, 2007)
The Invisible (2005) (release date Jan 26, 2007)
Graduation (2005) (not yet released)
American Gun (2005)
Alpha Dog (2005) (release date Jan 12, 2007)
Just Friends (2005)
Fellowship (2005)
Sugar Mountain (2005)
Thru the Moebius Strip (2005)
The Girl Next Door (2004)
Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
61* (2001)
The Tic Code (1999)
Sweet Nothing (1996)
Just friends

TV Shows:

Huff (2005) episode 2x04 Sweet Release, 2x10 Bethless & 2x11 Tapping The Squid - James Cullen
Joan of Arcadia (2003-2005) episodes 1x02 - 2x22 - Adam Rove
Miracles (2003) episode 1x05 The Bone Scatterer - Travis Prescott
The Mummy: Secrets of the Medjai (2003) - voice of Alex O'Connell
Boston Public (2002) episode 3x04 Chapter Forty-Eight - Henry Freers
Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand (2002) - voice
Lloyd in Space (2001) episode 1x08 Kurtlas the Symbiotic Boy - voice
The Mummy: The Animated Series (2001) - voice of Alex O'Connell
Judging Amy (2001) episode 2x13 The Beginning, the End and the Murky Middle - Colin Ingram
Pasadena (2001) - Mason McAllister
Strong Medicine (2000-2005) - Marc Delgado
Touched by an Angel (2000) episode 7x10 An Angel on My Tree - Cody Benson
Geppetto (2000)
Even Stevens (2000) episode 1x15 Heck of a Hanukkah - Curtis Stevens
ER (2000) episode 6x12 Abby Road - Marty Dorset
Up, Up, and Away! (2000) - Randy
7th Heaven (1999) episode 4x10 Who Nose? - Pete Lawrence
The Kids From Room 402 (1999) - voice of Arthur Keneth Venderwall
Xyber 9: New Dawn (1999) - voice
Nash Bridges (1999) episode 5x09 Crosstalk - Eddie Junior
Lansky (1999) - Jake Lansky age 9-11
Touched by an Angel (1999) episode 5x24 Fighting the Good Fight - Tim
Noah (1998) - Daniel
The Nanny (1998) episode 6x10 The Hanukkah Story - Young Maxwell
Remember WENN (1997) episode 3x14 And How! - Patrick
Law & Order (1997) episode 7x19 Double Down - Ricky
Another World (1996-1997) - Gregory John Hudson #7
Aliens in the Family (1996) - Adam Brody
Beverly Hills, 90210 (1996) episode 7x07 Fearless - Alex
Saturday Night Live (1995) episode 21x04