Chris Colfer

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Christopher "Chris" Paul Colfer (born May 27, 1990 in Clovis , California ) is an American actor , writer and screenwriter .

Life

Chris Colfer grew up in Clovis, California . During his school career he appeared in several plays, was involved in literature and debating clubs and wrote a parody of the well-known play Sweeney Todd . After finishing school, Chris Colfer began training as an actor. Colfer is openly homosexual , but according to his own statement he was not attacked because of his homosexuality during his school days, but because of his "big mouth". He works against discrimination and bullying of homosexual students. He has a younger sister who has a rare form of epilepsy and is therefore severely disabled.

Career

Colfer got his first acting experience outside of high school in 2009 in the short film Russel Fish: The Sausage and Eggs Incident . In the same year, at the age of 19, he got the role of Kurt Hummel in the television series Glee , which won the Golden Globe Award in 2010 . Colfer describes his role as “a fashionable soprano who is very self-fixated and very self-confident, but inside is the insecure and fearful teenager with whom everyone can identify somewhere”. He actually auditioned for the role of Artie , but the producers of the show around inventor Ryan Murphy were so impressed by his performance that they created a new character especially for him. During high school, Colfer was eager to perform the song Defying Gravity from the musical Wicked , but his teachers consistently refused because the original was by a woman. This experience was built into the series.

Chris Colfer (April 2011)

For his acting performance in Glee , Colfer received nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Emmys, and was honored with a Teen Choice Award in 2010 and the Golden Globe in 2011 . Due to his portrayal of the bullied and yet self-confident schoolchildren in Glee , Time magazine Colfer was one of the 100 most influential personalities of the year in the Time 100 2011.

In addition to acting, Colfer is also active as a writer. He wrote the screenplay for the independent film Vom Blitzschlag , in which he also played a part. He wrote a screenplay for the series adaptation of the children's book The Leftover Witch by Florence Laughlin, which he sold to Disney Channel in 2011 .

In 2012, Colfer published his first novel, The Land Of Stories , a children's book that hit the New York Times bestseller list for children's books. Another 5 parts of Land of Stories and 5 accessories to the series followed. In 2017 the book Stranger than fanfiction was also published , in which a famous series star goes on a road trip with 4 of his biggest fans. In 2019 he published A Tale of Magic , which is set in the Land of Stories universe, and which should be the start of a new series.

Filmography

bibliography

  • The Land of Stories series
    • The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell (2012) - German: Land of Stories: Das magische Land 1 - Die Suche nach dem Wunschzauber (2019)
    • The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns (2013) - German: Land of Stories: Das magische Land 2 - The return of the sorceress (2019)
    • The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning (2014) - Land of Stories: Das Magische Land 3 - A gloomy warning (2020)
    • The Land of Stories: Beyond the Kingdoms (2015)
    • The Land of Stories: An Author's Odyssey (2016)
    • The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide (2017)
    • The Curvy Tree: A Tale from the Land of Stories (2015)
    • Trollbella Throws a Party: A Tale from the Land of Stories (2017)
    • Queen Red Riding Hood's Guide to Royalty (2015)
    • The Mother Goose Diaries (2015)
    • A Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales (2016)
    • The Land Of Stories: The Ultimate Book Huggers Guide (2018)
  • Struck by Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal (2012)
  • Stranger Than Fanfiction (2017)
  • A Tale Of Magic ... (2019)
  • A Tale of Witchcraft ... (2020)

Awards and nominations

Nominations:
Awards:

Web links

Commons : Chris Colfer  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Advocate.com: Just One of the Guys ( Memento of the original dated December 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / advocate.com
  2. ↑ Manila Bulletin: 'Glee' cast talks of new season, how show changed them , October 10, 2011
  3. ↑ successcircuit.com: Chris and Hannah Colfer - Dealing with Severe Epilepsy ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , dated April 12, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.successcircuit.com
  4. ↑ Billboard.com: 'Glee' Wins Big At Golden Globe Awards
  5. ↑ Steinberg, Jamie (May 2009). "Chris Colfer - Pure Glee" Starry Constellation Magazine
  6. ↑ People.com: Glee's Chris Colfer Reveals Real-Life Story Behind Kurt's Diva Moment
  7. ^ Dianna Agron : Chris Colfer - The 2011 TIME 100.Song -and-Dance Man. Time , April 21, 2011, accessed April 26, 2011 .
  8. ↑ Hanna Huge: Glee: Chris Colfer sells pilot script to Disney Channel. Serienjunkies.de , April 21, 2011, accessed April 23, 2011 .
  9. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2012/08/05/chapter-books/
personal data
SURNAME Colfer, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Colfer, Christopher Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Clovis , California, United States