Christopher Knight

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Christopher Knight
Christopher Knight is an American film and TV actor and child star of the 1970s.
Birth name	Christopher Knight
Born	November 7, 1957 (age 49) New York, New York, USA
Height	5' 9" (1.75 m)
Official site	ChristopherKnight.tv
Notable roles	Peter Brady in The Brady Bunch (TV)

Christopher Knight (b. November 7, 1957) is an American actor best known for playing Peter Brady on the 1970s series, The Brady Bunch. His father, Edward Knight, is also an actor.

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Since the end of his Brady Bunch appearances, Knight has made a career primarily out of guest appearances on other television shows. He also helped create a Brady Bunch computer game. He is well-respected in the IT industry, per a TV Land documentary about the Brady Bunch cast, and it is in that industry where he has made the bulk of his fortune in the past decade.

Being a reluctant icon as well as having an innate interest in science and machines led Christopher to his new career in the computer industry in 1988. Constant celebrity status from youth has provided him with people skills and has proven to be excellent preparation for life in sales and marketing. Entering the industry as an account sales manager at Martec, Inc., he logged the company's first $1 million sales order within his first eighteen months, quickly becoming Martec's top performer, and employee of the year.

In October 1989, Christopher took the responsibility of Vice President of Design System Marketing and Sales at New Image Industry, moving the company into 3D rendering/imaging technologies. Then in mid 1991, he, and a few other key employees successfully moved the software engineering staff and the 3D technologies into a new privately held company, Visual Software. As co-founder of Visual Software, Christopher was a pioneer in the consumer 3D graphics market. His efforts were responsible for enormous sales growth, moving the company from $.4 million annual sales to $4.2 million within 10 months. Visual Software was acquired by Micrografx in January.

In late 1995, Christopher partnered with friend and associate Frank Paniagua, and founded Kidwise Learningware. This company proposed to design, produce and publish interactive edutainment products for children. Christopher served as Executive Producer, with duties ranging from production and design, projects management and sales strategy.

In February of 1996, he took on the responsibility of Vice President of Sales at Adesso, a Keyboard manufacturer, providing keyboards for Macintosh and PC/Win95 systems, where he oversaw a doubling of sales within his first four months.

He and Mr. Paniagua reunited again in August of 1997 at Integrated Micro Solutions (I.M.S.) which later became IXMICRO. Initially hired in the capacity of Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Christopher was promoted to Vice President of Marketing after only four months. With Mr. Paniagua, he was able to influence annual sales from less than $2 million in early 1997 to $63 million in 1998.

In late 1998, Christopher would again team up with Paniagua and another associate, David Smith, to form Eskape Labs. Knight, Smith and Paniagua had all been part of IXMICRO's executive staff when the company decided to concentrate on a path divergent from the common interests of the three. Sensing a shift in the focus of the computer technology industry beyond the personal computer to intelligent devices, Eskape Labs was born. The company's mission, to provide "on wire" digital appliances that easily plug into computers, has led Eskape to develop a number of first-to-market video devices. Eskape Labs was purchased by Hauppauge Computer Works in the summer of 2000. Hauppauge is the world's largest manufacturer of computer based TV tuner products and, with Eskape Labs, now has a line of TV tuners compatible with the Macintosh.

Christopher Knight and three of his friends started an IT company, which they sold in 1999 and made millions of dollars.^{[citation needed]}

Knight appeared on VH1's fourth season of The Surreal Life. The show garnered Knight more attention than he had received in quite some time, notably because he surprised many fans by appearing shirtless on the show and revealing a very well-built body. Also during his stint on the show, he began a romance with his castmate, model Adrianne Curry, who is almost 25 years younger than Knight. After the show, the two moved in together and got engaged, as documented on the VH1 series My Fair Brady, which premiered on September 11, 2005. The series was renewed for another season, and they married on May 29, 2006.

Knight was also recently featured in a music video for the group Click Five for the song Just the Girl, in which he played a high school teacher. He also appeared in the Click Five's music video Catch Your Wave as the hotel manager. In 2006, Knight was seen on television as a spokesman for the Ab Lounge exercise machine. Many fans were upset, however, that videos of his appearance in the infomercial were hard to find on the web.

Christopher Knight and his former Brady Bunch co-star Barry Williams appeared in a 2006 episode of That '70s Show. He and Williams played the part of a gay couple who moved in next door. He and Williams have remained close friends since their Brady Bunch days, and Williams appeared several times on My Fair Brady. Florence Henderson, who played the mother Carol Brady, Susan Olsen, who played Cindy Brady on the Brady Bunch, and Mike Lookinland, who played Bobby Brady, also appeared in an episode of My Fair Brady. In one episode, Knight expressed how important it was for his fiance, Adrianne Curry, to accept his close relationship with his former Brady Bunch costars.