Chris Marquette

Chris Marquette
Chris Marquette, 2008
Born	Christopher George Rodríguez October 3, 1984 (1984-10-03) (age 27) Stuart, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present

Chris Marquette (born October 3, 1984) is an American film and television actor.

Personal life

Marquette was born Christopher George Rodríguez in Stuart, Florida, the son of Patricia Helen "Tisha" (née Marquette) and Jorge Luis "George" Rodriguez, a nuclear engineer.^[1] Marquette has two younger brothers, actors Eric Marquette and Sean Marquette. He supports charities such as the Sunshine Kids Foundation (to grant wishes of seriously ill, handicapped and abused children), Pediatric AIDS, and the Children's AIDS Fund.

Career

In 1995 he made a brief appearance on SNL / season 21 episode 4. The 11 year old Marquette played a trick or treater in the opening halloween sketch. He forgets his line and whispers Damn under his breath, before Norm McDonald helps him out.

In 2004, he starred alongside actors Emile Hirsch and Elisha Cuthbert in the coming-of-age teen comedy The Girl Next Door. The same year, he became a series regular on the CBS show Joan of Arcadia opposite Amber Tamblyn and Jason Ritter (with whom Marquette co-starred with in the 2003 slasher film Freddy vs. Jason) before Joan of Arcadia's cancellation in early 2005.

Marquette was also given a supporting role in Just Friends with Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris and Chris Klein. In 2006's Alpha Dog, Marquette can be seen as Keith Stratten alongside Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake and Ben Foster. The Invisible, a remake of a Swedish film, starring Marcia Gay Harden and Justin Chatwin, was released on April 27, 2007, in which Christopher plays the best friend of main character Nick Powell. He has also had supporting/minor roles in the films 61* with Barry Pepper and Thomas Jane, and the Disney Channel original TV movie Up, Up and Away! with Robert Townsend.

Among Marquette's recent movies is Fanboys, in which he plays obsessed Star Wars fan Linus Poonwah. Fanboys was shot in spring 2006 in New Mexico, and also stars Sam Huntington, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel and Veronica Mars' Kristen Bell. Another of his acting projects is an independent movie called The Education of Charlie Banks, which was directed by Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst. Whether on purpose or not, Chris frequently appears in movies with a group of actors including Emile Hirsch, Paul Dano, Amanda Seyfried and Nikki Reed. Coming up for Marquette is Infestation, an action comedy by Kyle Rankin, that was shot in summer 2007 in Bulgaria, in which he plays the lead role--a young man named Cooper who has to fight for survival against giant alien insects that have taken over the world. One of his latest projects was Race To Witch Mountain, a modern-day reimagining of Disney's 1975 movie Escape To Witch Mountain in which Marquette played the character of Pope—a computer specialist out of MIT, helping the bad guys. Marquette starred alongside Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Tom Everett Scott and Ciarán Hinds; the film was released March 2009.

Marquette can also been seen as a guest star or regular on several TV shows, such as Strong Medicine, ER, Touched by an Angel, 7th Heaven, Miracles, Boston Public and Judging Amy. The latest guest roles include the Showtime TV series Huff; Christopher played James, a friend of Byrd's (Anton Yelchin, whom he also played alongside in Alpha Dog), in episodes Sweet Release, Bethless and Tapping The Squid (all aired 2006). In 2011 he did an outstanding performance as a young homeless patient who turns out to be a wanted serial killer in the award winning medical drama, House M.D..

Filmography

TV Shows:

SNL / SEASON 21 EPISODE 4 (1995): Cameo appearance at beginning sketch. 11 year old Chris Marquette is a trick or treater in a halloween sketch, and fumbles his line before Norm McDonald.

• The Nanny (1998) - episode "The Hanukkah Story" - Maxwell Sheffield as a child
• The Mummy: The Animated Series - voice of Alex O'Connell
• Even Stevens (2000) episode 1x15 Heck of a Hanukkah - Curtis Stevens
• ER (2000) episode 6x12 Abby Road - Marty
• Strong Medicine (2000–2005) various episodes - Marc Delgado
• Pasadena (2001) - Mason McAllister
• Miracles (2003) - episode 1x05 The Bone Scatterer - Travis Prescott
• Joan of Arcadia (2003–2005) episodes 1x02 - 2x22 - Adam Rove
• Huff (2005) episode 2x04 Sweet Release, 2x10 Bethless & 2x11 Tapping The Squid - James Cullen
• Weeds (2010) - Tripp
• House (2011) (season 7 episode 17: Fall From Grace) - as a homeless man

Animated Videos:

• K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments (2003) - Seth

Movies:

• The Tic Code (1999) - Miles Caraday
• Up, Up and Away (2000) - Randy
• Freddy vs. Jason (2003) - Charlie Linderman
• The Girl Next Door (2004) - Eli Brooks
• Just Friends (2005) - Mike Brander
• Alpha Dog (2006) - Keith Stratten (based on Graham Pressley)
• American Gun (2006) - David Huttenson
• Remember the Daze (2007) - Felix
• The Education of Charlie Banks - (2007) - Danny
• Graduation (2007) - Carl Jenkins
• The Invisible (2007) - Pete Egan
• Life During Wartime (2009) - Billy
• Race to Witch Mountain (2009) - Pope
• Infestation (2009) - Cooper
• Fanboys (2009) - Linus
• The Double (2011)

Commercials:

• Staples - Back to School (1994)
• Fruit By The Foot (1999)

References

1. ^ Chris Marquette Biography (1984-)

External links

• Chris Marquette at the Internet Movie Database
• www.chris-marquette.com - A Chris Marquette Fansite
• PopGurls Interview: Christopher Marquette
• Chris Marquette Fans - Chris Marquette Fan Group on Facebook

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Name	Marquette, Chris
Alternative names	Rodríguez, Christopher George
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Date of birth	1984-10-3
Place of birth	Stuart, Florida, U.S.
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