Christopher William Martin Jr (born January 17, 1975), also known as Corky Martin or Chris Martin, is a Canadian actor.Glen Schaefer, "Felicity's hair-raiser: Vancouver actor Chris Martin's job was to stir the pot and divert attention from star Keri Russell's bad crop. The result: more bad hair. `I looked like Eraserhead'". ''

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'', July 16, 2000. He has appeared on a number of television series, including '' Felicity'' and ''

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'', as well as leading the 2002 Canadian series, '' Tom Stone''.

Early life

Martin was born in

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, Canada, the son of Victoria Kathleen and Chris William Martin. He attended McRoberts Secondary School followed by Richmond High School in

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. He is also an alum of

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Career

His first role was in the 1991 teen drama series '' Fifteen'', filmed in Vancouver. His performance as Dylan received a nomination for Best Actor at the Youth in Film Awards. Notably, he also convinced his one-time ''Fifteen'' co-star, a young

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, to give acting a second try at a time when he had given up on the career to focus on studies at Kwantlen Polytechnic University; the two then moved to Los Angeles together to further their career opportunities. After the end of the series, he played the role of Jamie Novak in the 1993 high school drama '' Madison'', for which he received a

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nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series at the 11th Gemini Awards in 1996. In his early acting roles he was credited as just Chris Martin, but began going by Chris William Martin in the 2000s, likely to avoid potential confusion with musician

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. In 1999, he starred in

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's film ''

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'', for which he won a special jury citation for his performance at the

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. He has gone on to work with Bessai on two subsequent films: '' Lola'' in 2001, and '' Emile'' in 2003. He appeared in the 2002 film '' Try Seventeen'' along with

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and

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, and played the title character in the drama series '' Tom Stone'' from 2002 to 2004.Judy Monchuk, "Hero in CBC detective show is 'trailer trash'". '' Sault Star'', February 21, 2002. Later, in 2004, he appeared as the main character in '' The Volcano Disaster''. He has also appeared on several television series including '' Tru Calling'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Apart from movies and television, he appeared in

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's music videos "

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Chris William 1975 births Living people Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Actors from Burnaby Male actors from British Columbia