Christopher David Gorham (born August 14, 1974) is an American actor. He is best known for his work on television, particularly for playing Henry Grubstick on the ABC comedy-drama series ''

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'', Auggie Anderson on the action-drama series ''

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'', Bob Barnard on the dark comedy-drama series '' Insatiable'', Harrison John on

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’s teen comedy-drama series '' Popular'', Henry Dunn in the limited slasher series ''

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'', and Trevor Elliott on the legal drama series ''

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''. Gorham was also part of the main cast of several TV shows that were cancelled either during or after their first season, such as the science fiction series ''

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'' and ''

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'', the medical drama series ''

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'', and the sitcom ''

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''. In film, he was the voice of Barry Allen / The Flash in the

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beginning with '' Justice League: War'' (2014) and ending with '' Justice League Dark: Apokolips War'' (2020).

Early life

Gorham was born in Fresno, California, to David Gorham, a certified public accountant, and Cathryn Gorham, a school nurse. He attended the Roosevelt School of the Arts and graduated from

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...

with a B.A. in Theater in 1996. While in college he participated in many sports, including martial arts, stage combat, fencing,

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, and ballroom dancing.

Career

His first job in the acting business was as an intern on ''

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'' (1989). Gorham has appeared in a number of science-fiction TV series, ranging from a starring role in ''

'' to the title character in ''

''. He also had roles on ''

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'', '' Felicity'', and ''

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''. He has also acted in films, including 2001's ''

The Other Side of Heaven ''The Other Side of Heaven'' is a 2001 American adventure drama film written and directed by Mitch Davis, based on John H. Groberg's first autobiography, ''In the Eye of the Storm''. The film stars Christopher Gorham as John Groberg and Anne ...

'' co-starring

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. Gorham played Harrison John in the WB series '' Popular'' and Dr. Miles McCabe in the

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drama ''

''. He played the lead role in the short-lived

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series ''

''. He was also the lead of ABC Family's original movie '' Relative Chaos''. Three years after ''Jake 2.0'' ended, Gorham had a recurring role as

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Silvio Horta Silvio Horta (August 14, 1974 – January 7, 2020) was an American screenwriter and television producer widely noted for adapting the hit Colombian telenovela '' Yo soy Betty, la fea'' into the ABC series '' Ugly Betty''. Horta served as head ...

's new series, ''

'', and played the main love interest for the series' heroine

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(played by

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). For his role, Gorham was nominated for a

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for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. He joined the cast full-time for the series' second season. He then left in July 2008, but returned for the season three and then also the season four finale. He starred in the 2009

TV miniseries, ''

'', in which characters were killed off every week leading to the eventual reveal of the murderer. He also played Bobby on ''

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''. From July 13, 2010, until December 18, 2014, Gorham played blind

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agent Auggie Anderson on ''

'', leading the main character, a trainee CIA agent played by

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, at her new job. The series was highly successful for the

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, running for five seasons. The series was cancelled in January 2015.

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ranked Gorham fifth on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011". In 2014 Gorham recurred in the back half of the third season of ''

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'' as Walsh, the Wizard of Oz. He played DA Bob Barnard on the

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series '' Insatiable'' which premiered on August 10, 2018. On March 25, 2021, it was announced that Gorham was cast as Trevor Elliot, the accused client of

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in the

series ''

'' with

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as Mickey Haller. Gorham is also the voice of

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in the

, beginning with '' Justice League: War'' (2014) and concluding with '' Justice League Dark: Apokolips War'' (2020).

Personal life

Gorham is married to Anel Lopez Gorham, who also performed on '' Popular''. They have three children as of 2009. His son Lucas was diagnosed with

Asperger syndrome Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's syndrome or Asperger's, is a diagnostic label that has historically been used to describe a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and no ...

and Gorham has become an

autism Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by differences or difficulties in social communication and interaction, a preference for predictability and routine, sensory processing d ...

awareness advocate. Gorham stated:

I don't think of him as my son with Asperger's. I think of him as my son. He's not wrong. He's not broken. He is who he is. We, as his parents, are going to do our best — as we do with all of our kids — to give him the best shot at having the best life he can.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorham, Christopher 1974 births Living people 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors Male actors from Fresno, California UCLA Film School alumni