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 | Biography Name: Christopher Jay Potter Date of birth: August 23th 1960 Birthplace: Toronto/Ontario/Canada Height: 6’1’’ Eye color: hazel Family status: most likely married since August 1988
As the eldest of three kids Chris was raised in London/Ontario from the age of 5. He is married to Karen, his high school love and a former high school teacher, and has 3 daughters, Jessie, Quinn and Claire as well as son Gray, the youngest member of the family. After finishing the shooting of Queer as Folk Chris and his family moved back to Canada. His parents, Ron Potter, a former pro-football player, interim coach of Ontario Mustangs and later insurance salesman and Judith Potter, a talented singer who gave up her career in favor of her family, but who started a new career as a lawyer at the age of 50. Chris had an early interest in sports such as hockey, baseball and football as well as in community threatre. Successful sportsman in high school, young Chris planned on a professional career as an athlete, but his father talked him out of it. Later Chris quit college to start a career as Rock musician, but discovered his love for theatre and became a professional actor on stage. Before he started working for TV in 1990 he earned his living with several jobs, among them working on an oil rig in the Northern Canada, selling cars and later working as an insurance sellsman. He left the security of the insurance buisness to take a chance on an acting career on TV. After several commercials and his role in Material World he finally made his breakthrough as Peter Caine in the series Kung Fu: The legend continues. Besides acting, Chris directed several episodes of Silk Stalkings. He is also a singer and songwriter. For his fans he recorded his CD Tourmaline, which he wrote all the songs himself. He plays guitar, drums and piano and every so often he is seen with his Band in Clubs in Toronto. Chris is a devoted family man and turned down several roles so he would not be separated from his family.The website of MagRecords is no longer online, but you can still order the CD. Chris is an enthusiastic hockey player, he is a member of the All Star Hockey Team. The team is represented by several well-known TV Stars and they usually gather for charity functions. At the independent Film Festival in New York in September 2001 he got an award as best male actor in drama for his role in the feature film Rocket Red’s Glare, which unfortunately has not been released yet. To the delight of several of his fans who were present in the theatre Chris not only accepted the award in the theatre but also took a seat among them in the middle of the audience. With his role in the Vin Diesel movie The Pacifier Chris finally premiered on the big screen in March 2005. On the opening weekend the movie was No1 worldwide in nearly every country. In Oktober 2005 Chris was nominated for his outstanding acting as supporting character in the mini-series Sex Traffic for the Gemini Award.
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