Christopher Evan Welch

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Christopher Evan Welch (born September 28, 1965 in Fort Belvoir , Virginia - † December 2, 2013 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor .

Career

Christopher Evan Welch received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Dallas and then his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Washington . He made his first acting experience in the early 1990s in Seattle and New York on Off-Broadway , where he won an Obie Award for his role as Harold Mitchell in the play Endstation Sehnsucht .

In 1999 he turned to television and appeared as a guest actor in television series such as Third Watch - Operation at the Limit , Practice - The Lawyers , Criminal Intent - Crime in Sight , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Whoopi, as well as in the TV movie Hamlet . He played his first major film roles in 2004 and 2005 in the films The Women of Stepford , Keane and The Interpreter . In 2006 he portrayed in Lasse Hallstrom's film drama The Hoax the Albert Vander Kamp , before he in Woody Allen's comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona was heard as a leading through the film narrator.

Around 2010 he worked on Whatever Works again with Woody Allen and has guest roles on a number of series including Law & Order , Nurse Jackie and Good Wife . During the same period, he received a leading role as Grant Test in AMC's Rubicon , which was discontinued after one season and 13 episodes. He then appeared in supporting supporting roles in the two film dramas The Master and Lincoln in 2012 . Welch played one of his last roles in the tenth episode of the crime series Golden Boy and alongside Tina Fey and Paul Rudd in the romantic comedy Allowed - Give Love a Chance . Shortly before his death, he was in front of the camera for the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley . The series was in April 2014 Premiere and brought Welch posthumously nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Awards 2014 as Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series one.

Christopher Evan Welch died of cancer on December 2, 2013 at the age of 48 in Los Angeles, California . He left behind his wife and a daughter.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel E. Slotnik: Christopher Evan Welch, 48, Stage and Screen Actor, Dies . In: NYTimes.com . December 5, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b Christopher Evan Welch, Actor on Stage and Screen, Dies in LA . In: Variety.com . December 2, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b R.IP Christopher Evan Welch . In: Deadline.com . December 2, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Welch, Christopher Evan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Welch, Christopher (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Fort Belvoir , Virginia, United States
DATE OF DEATH 2nd December 2013
Place of death Los Angeles , California, United States