Christian Potenza

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Christian Potenza
Born	December 23, 1972 (1972-12-23) (age 35) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Christian Potenza (December 23, 1972) is a Canadian actor born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.^[1] He has been in television since 1997, when he first appeared in the television series Riverdale as the character Jimmy.

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Christian Potenza was born December 23, 1972 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He currently lives in Oakville, Ontario, with his young daughter, Teagan.

Christian Potenza (left) as "Officer Holland" with Martin Thibaudeau as "Officer Conley" in King's Ransom (2005)

[edit] Television

He has been in television since 1997, when he first appeared in the television series Riverdale as the character Jimmy. His other performances include appearing as Doug in the CBC hockey comedy series The Tournament, as well as CSA Agent Joel in the 2002 Jackie Chan movie The Tuxedo.^[2] Most of Potenza's best-known roles are in television commercials: he is the giant yellow toothbrush in the "evil gingivitis" commercials for Listerine, as well as the "Let's get naked!" man on the subway in the well-known Tostitos ad.^[2] He is also the voice of 6Teen (Teletoon) cartoon character Jude Lizowski, and Chris, the host for Total Drama Island.

[edit] Film

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Feature films

[edit] Television

[edit] References

1. ^ Christian Potenza Biography. Star TV. Retrieved on 2006-10-25.
2. ^ ^{a b} Helwig, David. A Saultite take on the Evil Gingivitis. SooToday. Retrieved on 2006-10-25.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

• Christian Potenza on the Internet Movie DataBase
• Christian on Velvetpanda

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