Chris Diamantopoulos
Born 09/05/1975
(49 years old)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Chris Diamantopoulos, who split his childhood between Canada and Greece (Greek is his first language), began appearing in Canadian TV commercials at age nine. He attended East York Collegiate Institute in Toronto, playing the lead in several school musicals, such as "Anything Goes" and "Man of LaMancha," among others.
Following his secondary schooling, he left home to perform in a series of U.S. national tours. He received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Che Guevara in Pittsburgh CLO's 2000 production of "Evita." A year later, he debuted on Broadway as Ethan Girard in the popular Tony-nominated musical, "The Full Monty." He has also essayed the role of Marius in the long-running musical "Les Miserables," and starred opposite wife Becki Newton in Jerry Zaks' Encore! presentation of the Gershwin musical, "Girl Crazy" at New York's famed City Center Theater.
On the small screen, Diamantopoulos is well-known for several diverse character portrayals –as the interior designer, Rodney, opposite Debra Messing on the Emmy-nominated USA Network drama, "The Starter Wife" (both the one-hour show and the six episode miniseries); as one of his idols, Frank Sinatra, alongside Greg Kinnear's title role on the Emmy-nominated miniseries "The Kennedys"; as Presidential Chief-of-Staff Rob Weiss on the eighth season of "24"; and in the role of actor-comedian Robin Williams in the 2005 NBC telefilm, "Behind The Camera: Mork & Mindy," for which Chris earned Gemini and Prism Award nominations.
His television work also includes guest-starring roles on numerous episodic series and sitcoms, including "Law & Order," "Third Watch," "Frasier," "Nip/Tuck," "American Dreams," "Kevin Hill," "Charmed," "The Sopranos," "CSI," "Boston Legal" and "Eli Stone." He also starred opposite Lili Taylor in the Lifetime series, "State Of Mind."
Diamantopoulos made his film debut in the starring role of the 2000 drama, "The Adulterer," and includes among his feature credits "Drop Dead Roses," "Into The Fire," "Wedding Daze," "Three Days To Vegas," and "Under New Management."
An established voice-over artist, Diamantopoulos has lent his vocal talents to numerous national TV and radio campaigns. He took pride in voicing the ancient Greek narrative in Academy Award® winner Jessica Yu's Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominated documentary, "Protagonist."
He has also narrated documentaries for Discovery, Sundance and Travel Channel, and voiced several characters on FOX-TV's hit show, "American Dad."
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Actor
Movies | |
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2023 |
The Boys in the Boat |
2022 |
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules |
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High Heat |
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2021 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
Justice Society: World War II |
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Red Notice |
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2017 |
The Truth About Lies |
2016 |
Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants |
2015 |
Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts |
Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem |
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Man Vs. |
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2014 |
Dr. Cabbie |
High Moon |
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2013 |
Empire State |
The Art of the Steal |
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2012 |
The Three Stooges |
2009 |
Under New Management |
2007 |
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (TV movie) |
Three Days to Vegas |
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2006 |
52 Fights (TV movie) |
The Pleasure of Your Company |
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2005 |
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy' (TV movie) |
Into the Fire (TV movie) |
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2004 |
DeMarco Affairs (TV movie) |
2001 |
Drop Dead Roses |
2000 |
The Adulterer |
Theatrical recording | |
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2017 |
A Christmas Story Live! |
Performer
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2022 |
How Not to Draw |
2013 |
Ok! TV |