Christopher Evan Welch
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)
- 1999: Third Watch - Operation at the Limit ( Third Watch , TV series, episode 1x08)
- 2000: Hamlet (TV movie)
- 2000, 2005: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2001: Practice - The Lawyers ( The Practice , TV series, episode 5x12)
- 2003: Criminal Intent (TV series, episode 2x13)
- 2004: Whoopi (TV series, episode 1x13)
- 2004: The Stepford Wives (The Stepford Wives)
- 2004: Keane
- 2005: The Interpreter (The Interpreter)
- 2006: The Sopranos ( The Sopranos , TV series, episode 6x02)
- 2006: The Hoax
- 2008: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (voice of the narrator)
- 2008–2010: Law & Order (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2009: Whatever Works - Love yourself who can (Whatever Works)
- 2009: Nurse Jackie (TV series, episode 1x04)
- 2010: Good Wife ( The Good Wife , TV series, episode 1x18)
- 2010: Gravity (TV series, episode 1x01)
- 2010: Rubicon (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2012: The Master
- 2012: Lincoln
- 2012: Elementary (TV series, episode 1x03)
- 2013: Approved - Give Love a Chance (Admission)
- 2013: Golden Boy (TV series, episode 1x10)
- 2014: Silicon Valley (TV series, 6 episodes)
Web links
- Christopher Evan Welch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Christopher Evan Welch in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ Daniel E. Slotnik: Christopher Evan Welch, 48, Stage and Screen Actor, Dies . In: NYTimes.com . December 5, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
- ↑ a b Christopher Evan Welch, Actor on Stage and Screen, Dies in LA . In: Variety.com . December 2, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
- ↑ a b R.IP Christopher Evan Welch . In: Deadline.com . December 2, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
personal data | |
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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 |