Chris Conrad

Cast · Writer

Born

June 30, 1970 · Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Birth name

Christopher Andrew Conrad

Chris Conrad was born and raised in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He is the third out of four brothers. Always going for the sports, Chris played football, baseball, wrestled and played rugby. After graduating high school, enrolled with Florida State University where his two older brothers, Tim and Steve, were also students. Worked the campus radio while in college, a job he got through his brother Tim, who was the sports broadcaster. The job gave Chris another excellent outlet for his comedy. Following his sophomore year, Chris moved to Chicago, where his brother Steve had moved to study at the Northwestern University, majoring in creative writing. Chris spent a year studying at the Piven Theatre Workshop then signed with an agent and landed his first acting role in the television movie, Mario and the Mob. Later, he moved to Hollywood with Steve, who tried to sell his script Wrestling Ernest Hemingway. The screenplay became a very successful movie, and Chris himself started getting more jobs in the movies as well. He started out with an episode of Raven and then in a small film called Star Food. He's also starring in an improvisational group with a friend, The Stick Men, in Los Angeles. Kickboxing and wrestling since high school, Chris Conrad also trains Brazilian Jujitsu.