- Christopher Gorham
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Christopher Gorham 
Born Christopher David Gorham
August 14, 1974
Fresno, California, U.S.Occupation Actor Years active 1997-present Spouse Anel Lopez Gorham
(m. 2000-present) 3 childrenChristopher David Gorham[1] (born August 14, 1974) is an American actor.
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Early life
Gorham was born in Fresno, California to David Gorham, a certified public accountant and Cathryn Gorham, a school nurse. He attended high school at Roosevelt School of the Arts and graduated from UCLA with a BA in Film & Theater Arts. While in college, he participated in many sports including martial arts, stage combat, fencing, rollerblading, and ballroom dancing.[2][3]
Career
His first job in the business was as an intern on Baywatch (1989).[2] Gorham has appeared in a number of science fiction TV series, ranging from a starring role in Odyssey 5 to the title character in Jake 2.0. He also had roles on Party of Five, Felicity and Without a Trace. Gorham has also acted in films, including 2001's The Other Side of Heaven co-starring Anne Hathaway.
Gorham played Harrison John in the WB series Popular, Dr. Miles McCabe in the NBC drama Medical Investigation, and played the lead role in the short lived CBS series Out of Practice. He was also the lead of ABC Family's original movie Relative Chaos.
Three years after Jake 2.0 ended, Gorham again worked with series creator Silvio Horta for a recurring role in Horta's new series, Ugly Betty. Gorham played Henry Grubstick, the main love interest for the series' heroine Betty Suarez (played by America Ferrera). Gorham joined the cast full-time for the series' second season. He then left in July 2008, but returned for the Season 3 and also Season 4 finale.[4]
Gorham starred in the 2009 CBS TV miniseries, Harper's Island, in which characters were killed off every week leading to the eventual reveal of the murderer.
In the summer of 2010, he was cast as one of the leads in Covert Affairs, playing a blind special ops agent Auggie Anderson, who leads the main character, a trainee CIA agent played by Piper Perabo, at her new job. The series on the USA cable network received high ratings right from the airing of its pilot episode and is an unqualified hit series for the network.[citation needed] It has been renewed for a third season.
Personal life
Gorham is married to his former Popular co-star, Anel Lopez Gorham, with whom he has three children: sons Lucas (born c.2001) and Ethan (born c.2003), and a daughter named Alondra Cecilia Lopez Gorham (born January 10, 2009).[5]
Filmography
Films
Year Film Role Other notes 1997 Shopping for Fangs Extra A Life Less Ordinary Walt 2000 Dean Quixote Real Happy Fella 2001 The Other Side of Heaven John Groberg Won - Camie Award[6] 2004 Spam-ku Roy 2006 Relative Chaos Dil Gilbert TV Movie 2010 My Girlfriend's Boyfriend Ethan Reed Somebody's Hero Answer This! Paul Tarson Premiered in Ann Arbor, 2011 Detroit International Film Festival, Theatrical Release Premiere Royal Oak, MI October 2011. TV Shows
Year Show Role Other notes 1997 Spy Game Daniel/Lucas Episode: "Nobody Ever Said Growing Up Was Easy" 1997–1998 Party of Five Elliot Four Episodes 1998 Buffy the Vampire Slayer James Stanley Episode: "I Only Have Eyes for You" Vengeance Unlimited Jason Harrington Episode: "Noir" 1999 Saved by the Bell: The New Class Mark Carlson Episode: "Liz Burns Eric" 1999–2001 Popular Harrison John 43 episodes 2001–2002 Felicity Trevor O'Donnell Eight episodes 2002–2003 Odyssey 5 Neil Taggart 19 episodes 2003 Boomtown Gordon Sinclair Episode: "Monster's Brawl" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Corey Episode: "Crash and Burn" Without a Trace Josh Abrams Episode: "Victory for Humanity" 2003–2004 Jake 2.0 Jake Foley 16 episodes
Nominated – Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award[7]2004–2005 Medical Investigation Dr. Miles McCabe 20 episodes 2005–2006 Out of Practice Benjamin Barnes 19 episodes 2006–2010 Ugly Betty Henry Grubstick 33 episodes
Series nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series[8]2008 The Batman William Mallory Episode: "The End of the Batman" (voice) 2009 Harper's Island Henry Dunn 13 episodes 2010–present Covert Affairs Auggie Anderson Main cast 2011 Love Bites Dale Episode: "Boys to Men" References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330913/
- ^ a b "IMDB bio"
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Ugly Betty: Henry Is Back!". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Ugly-Betty-Gorham-1005365.aspx. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
- ^ "It's a Girl for Ugly Betty's Chris Gorham!", People.com, January 11, 2009
- ^ "Camie Award Web Site". http://www.camie.org/the-other-side-of-heaven.html.
- ^ "IMDB Awards". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330913/awards.
- ^ "The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild. http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/14th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
External links
Categories:- 1974 births
- American film actors
- Actors from California
- Living people
- People from Fresno, California
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
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