Christopher Egan
Christopher Andrew Egan (born June 29, 1984 in Sydney , New South Wales ) is an Australian actor .
Life
Egan attended drama school as a teenager , it was the same that his later series colleague Zac Drayson also attended. He tried his hand at first as a musician ; he even recorded a demo tape of Fly Me To The Moon sung by Frank Sinatra . However, he soon decided to work only as an actor.
Egan appeared in Les Miserables at Glen Street's Theater and later in the musical West Side Story . He made his film debut in 2000 as Nick Smith on the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away . He played the role until 2003, when he met his fellow student Zac Drayson. Egan's international breakthrough came in 2005 when he played Agrippa in the Empire miniseries . In December 2006, Egan was seen as Roran in the fantasy film Eragon - The Legacy of the Dragon Riders . A year later he took a role in Resident Evil: Extinction . In 2009 he playedthe lead role of David Shepherd in the television series Kings . In 2010, he wasbest knownas Charlie Wyman in Letters to Julia, alongside Amanda Seyfried and Vanessa Redgrave .
In 2003 he moved to Los Angeles .
Filmography (selection)
- 2000: Home and Away (TV series)
- 2005: Empire (miniseries)
- 2006: Eragon - Legacy of the Dragon Riders (Eragon)
- 2007: Virgin Territory
- 2007: Resident Evil: Extinction
- 2009: Crush
- 2009: Kings (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2010: Letters to Julia (Letters to Juliet)
- 2014–2015: Dominion (TV series)
Web links
- Christopher Egan in theInternet Movie Database(English)
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SURNAME | Egan, Christopher |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Egan, Christopher Andrew |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1984 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney , New South Wales , Australia |