Chris Williams is an American actor, voice actor and comedian known for his role in '' Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story''. He also starred as "Eddie" on the CBS series '' The Great Indoors''.

Career

Williams has appeared on numerous television shows including '' CSI'', '' JAG'', '' The Shield'', '' Weeds'', '' Reno 911!'', '' Californication,'' and popularly as fictional rap artist Krazee-Eyez Killa on '' Curb Your Enthusiasm''. In 2007, he guest starred on ''

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'' in the episode "Mr. Monk and the Really, Really Dead Guy". On February 3, 2010, he made an appearance on his older sister

Vanessa Williams Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, and fashion designer. She gained recognition as the first African-American woman to receive the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984. She resigne ...

' series '' Ugly Betty'' as Wilhelldiva Hater, a female impersonator of her character. In 2012, he was featured in an

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commercial. In 2016, he began starring as the bodyguard of tech billionaire Gavin Belson on the HBO comedy series ''

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''.

Personal life

Williams was raised

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and is a graduate of

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. He is the great-great-grandson of Republican politician William A. Feilds, a former slave who became an African-American legislator in the

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. He is of

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, English,

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, Irish, Finnish, Italian, and Portuguese descent.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* Living people American male film actors American male voice actors Georgetown University alumni African-American male actors African-American Catholics American people of English descent American people of Welsh descent American people of Irish descent American people of Finnish descent American people of Italian descent American people of Portuguese descent American male television actors Vanessa Williams Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-voice-actor-1960s-stub