Chris Potter (actor)

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Chris Potter (born Christopher Jay Potter August 23, 1960 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian actor. Potter is known primarily for his action lead roles in series such as Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and Silk Stalkings.

[edit] Biography

Christopher Jay Potter was born in Toronto and raised in London, Ontario. As a child, his mother involved him in community theatre while his father, a former pro-football player, encouraged Potter's passion for baseball, football and ice hockey. Potter discovered a love of acting in school but never seriously considered pursuing it as a career, working instead as a stockbroker in Europe and in Canada, while continuing to perform in amateur theater productions. During this time, Potter caught the attention of Martha Henry, one of Canada's leading actresses, who cast him in the Canadian production of “Biloxi Blues” at the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario. He won rave reviews and within a month landed a leading role in the CBC television series Material World (1990).

He made a name for himself in television starring in two long-running popular dramatic series, which at one point let to him appearing on screen in two different roles at the same time. He played David Carradine's son and crime fighting partner in “Kung Fu: The Legend Continues,” which debuted in 1993 and aired for four seasons, and starred as a hard-hitting police sergeant for three years in USA Network's Silk Stalkings, for which he also served as an episodic director. Some of his other credits include CBS's Open House Rush of Fear, the ABC pilots The Big House (2001) and Astronauts (2002), Andromeda, the USA Network television movie, The Waiting Game (1998), as the voice of Gambit in the Fox animated series X-Men (1992) and as a guest star on Will & Grace. He also recorded an album entitled Tourmaline (BMI) in 1997 for MAG Records.

When "Kung Fu" ended, Potter accepted the lead in the revamped USA Network series Silk Stalkings. Subsequently, he shot a number of films including Rockets Red Glare, for which he won the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival Award for best actor, and The Shrink is In. In 2003, Potter accepted co-star role with Joely Fisher short-lived show on Lifetime's called Wild Card. Other TV appearances include a role as Dr. David Cameron in season one of the American/Canadian Queer as Folk and an appearance in the US prime-time series Will & Grace. Potter had also a guest role in the tv drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. More recently, he appeared as Captain Bill Fawcett in the Vin Diesel comedy, "The Pacifier".

He and his wife live in Ontario with their four children.

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Films:

Trump Unauthorized (2005)...Fred Trump jr., adult
The Pacifier (2005)...Capt. Bill Fawcett
Sex Traffic (2004)...Tom Harlsburgh
Right Hook: A Tall Tail (2004)...Fisherman
Spymate (2003)...Mike Muggins
Rush of Fear (2003)...Sam Bryant
Wild Card (2003)...Dan Lennox
A Wrinkle in Time (2003)...Dr Jack Murray
Open House (2003)...David Morrow
Astronauts (2002)...Sam Ryan
The Big House (2001)...Jack Brewster
Arachnid (2001)...Valentine
Final Jeopardy (2001)...Jed Seigel
The Shrink Is In (2001)...Jonathon
Queer as Folk (2000-2001)...Dr. David Cameron (Season 1)
Rocket's Red Glare (2000)...Tom Young
The Waiting Game (1998)...Adrian Seville
Silk Stalkings (1996-1999)...Sgt. Tom Ryan
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993-1998)...Peter Caine
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1992)
X-Men (1992-1996)...Gambit (Remy LeBeau) #1
Material World (1990)...Tim

Director:

Silk Stalkings (ep. "Genius") 1991
Silk Stalkings (ep. "Hidden Agenda") 1991
Silk Stalkings (ep. "It's The Great Pumpkin, Harry") 1991

TV Guest Appearances:

One Tree Hill (ep. #2.19 "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning") May 3, 2005
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (ep. #5.25 "Mr. Rice") May 18, 2004
Andromeda (ep. #3.14 "The Right Horse") February 17, 2003
Touched By An Angel (ep. #8.10 "Angels Anonymous") December 15, 2001
Will & Grace (ep. #2.16 "Hey La, Hey La, My Ex-Boyfriend's Back") March 7, 2000
The Outer Limits (ep. #5.19 "Stranded") July 30, 1999
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (ep. #1.7 "Providence") November 23, 1995
Spider-Man (ep. #2.5 "Neogenic Nightmare Chapter 5: Mutants' Revenge") October 7, 1995
Spider-Man (ep. #2.4 "Neogenic Nightmare Chapter 4: The Mutant Agenda") September 30, 1995
Counterstrike (ep. #2.15 "The Three Tramps") January 11, 1992
Top Cops (ep. "Betty Jane Hendricks and Wally Crabtree") 1992
Top Cops (ep. "William Freeman") 1992
The Hidden Room (ep. #1.7 "Let Death Do Us Part") December 7, 1991
Top Cops (ep. "Dave Driscoll and Robert Cea") 1991
Top Cops (ep. "Mike Eubanks and Robert Kurowski") 1991
Top Cops (ep. "Rocky Bridges") 1990
Top Cops (ep. "Snidersich") 1990
Katts and Dog (ep. #2.22 "Fatal Obsession") 1989
Street Legal (ep. #4.8 "Confession") 1989
War of the Worlds (ep. #1.3 "The Walls of Jericho") October 10, 1988