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An award-winning New York actor and three-time Barrymore Award Nominee for Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actor as Mickey in “Blood Brothers” and Don in “Singin’ in the Rain,” Christopher received the Barrymore Award for “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story.” He recently created the role of CPO Alex Stone in William Mastrosimone's chilling "Rules of Desire," and the role of Dr. Rehan in Peter Filichia's powerful new play "God Shows Up." He is also an award-winning Voice Artist, and a recipient of the Louis B. Sudler National Prize in the Arts. He played the role of Prince Herbert/Not Dead Fred in “Monty Python’s Spamalot” for over 1,200 performances under the direction of Mike Nichols, and created the title role in the World Premiere of “Flight of the Lawnchair Man” at Goodspeed Opera House and NYMF (Outstanding Actor Award). Christopher created the role of Don in “ValueVille” directed by Donna Lynne Champlin, created the role of Richard in “Hell is for Real,” and created the guitar-playing protagonists in “Four Messages,” and “Joni Loves Mitchell.” He played Jack in David Ives’ “Ancient History” at 45th Street Theatre, and created the role of D in Zachary Karabashliev’s neo-absurdist “Lissabon” at La MaMa. Other New York credits include Mark Antony in “Antony & Cleopatra” for The Harlem Shakespeare Festival, “Henry VI Pts 1-3” (Richard Plantagenet), “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” and the original casts of Battleship Potemkin, The Perfect 36, #Hero, Lola-Lola, Golf: The Musical, and The It Girl with Jerry Zaks. Regional credits include: Memphis (Huey), Me and My Girl (Bill), Carousel (Billy), Elf (Buddy), A Christmas Story (The Old Man), Of Mice and Men (George), Desire Under the Elms (Eben), Odet's Golden Boy (Joe), The Sea Gull (Treplyev), Henry IV pt 1 (Prince Harry), Twelfth Night (Feste), As You Like It (Orlando.)