Chris Williams (actor)
Christopher James Williams (born November 2, 1967) is an American actor, voice actor and comedian who starred as "Eddie" on the CBS series The Great Indoors. He is the younger brother of Vanessa Williams.
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Born | Christopher James Williams November 2, 1967 Tarrytown, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor, voice actor, comedian |
Years active | 1992–present |
Relatives | Vanessa Williams (sister) Jillian Hervey (niece) |
Website | www |
Career
Williams has made appearances on numerous television shows such as CSI, JAG, The Shield, Weeds, Reno 911!, Californication and popularly as fictional rap artist Krazee-Eyez Killa on Curb Your Enthusiasm. In 2007, he guest starred on Monk in the episode "Mr. Monk and the Really, Really Dead Guy". On February 3, 2010, Williams made an appearance on his older sister Vanessa Williams' series Ugly Betty playing Wilhelldiva Hater, a female impersonator of her character raida. In 2012, he was featured in an Apple commercial
Personal life
Williams is African American and was raised Roman Catholic.[1][2] He is also the great-great-grandson of Republican politician William A. Feilds and a graduate of Georgetown University.
Filmography
Film
2008
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Blankman | Production Manager | |
1995 | Major Payne | Marksman | |
1995 | Nothing Lasts Forever | Brother at Funeral | Television film |
1997 | Nice Guys Sleep Alone | TV Testimonial #2 | |
2000 | The Courage to Love | Master of Ceremonies | Television film |
2001 | A Kitty Bobo Show | Paul Dog (voice) | Television film |
2001 | Octopus 2: River of Fear | Payton / X-Ray | |
2002 | Friday After Next | Broadway Bill | |
2003 | Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales | Assistant Director | Television film |
2004 | Pixel Perfect | Daryl Fibbs | Television film |
2004 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | Dwight | |
2005 | The World's Fastest Indian | Tina | |
2005 | Bam Bam and Celeste | Malik | |
2006 | Scary Movie 4 | Marcus | Uncredited |
2007 | Look | George Higgins | |
2007 | Urban Decay | 2-Much | |
2009 | Still Waiting... | Chuck | Direct-to-video |
2009 | The Joneses | Billy | |
2010 | Lottery Ticket | Doug | |
2010 | The Confidant | Ozzie | |
2013 | Dealin' with Idiots | Bengal Bob | |
2013 | The Best Man Holiday | Dr. Nelson (voice) | |
2014 | Squatters | Detective | Direct-to-video |
2014 | Sex Ed | Rev. Hamilton | |
2014 | Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever | Lance the Hamster (voice) | Television film |
2016 | Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero | ICE Agent | |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1992 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Paramedic #1 | Episode: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way Home from the Forum" |
1993 | Where I Live | Boyfriend | Episode: "Opposites Attack" |
1994 | All-American Girl | Waiter | Episode: "Loveless in San Francisco" |
1995 | JAG | Helmsman | Episode: "Shadow" |
1995 | Cybill | Piano Bar Waiter | Episode: "Nice Work If You Can Get It" |
1996 | Martin | Donnie | Episode: "The Bodyguard" |
1996 | Buddies | Eddie | Episode: "John, I've Been Thinking" |
1997 | The Pretender | Derek Kobey | Episode: "Ranger Jarod" |
1997 | Profiler | Attendant | Episode: "Shadow of Angels: Part 2" |
2000–01 | Hype | Various | 16 episodes |
2002, 2017 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Krazee-Eyez Killa | 2 episodes |
2003 | Hey Monie! | Raekwon | Episode: "Getta Life" |
2004 | The Shield | Agent Quigley | Episode: "Playing Tight" |
2004 | Reno 911! | Blind Witness | Episode: "Security for Kenny Rogers" |
2004 | Listen Up! | Willie | Episode: "Cool Jerk" |
2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Lt. Reed Owens | Episode: "Committed" |
2006 | Weeds | Tyrell | Episode: "Cooking with Jesus" |
2007 | Monk | Agent Thorpe | Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Really, Really Dead Guy" |
2007 | The Wedding Bells | Ralph Snow | 7 episodes |
2007–11 | Californication | Todd Carr | 5 episodes |
2008 | The Boondocks | Homo D (voice) | Episode: "The Story of Gangstalicious: Part 2" |
2008 | CSI: Miami | Peter Cullen | Episode: "Down to the Wire" |
2009 | WordGirl | Judge | Episode: "Granny Mayor/Tobey Goes Good" |
2009 | 24 | Phil | 2 episodes |
2009 | Sherri | Doug Davis | Episode: "All in the Timing" |
2010 | Ugly Betty | Wilhediva Hater Robert | Episode: "Chica and the Man" |
2012 | Bones | Mike Grassley | Episode: "The Suit on the Set" |
2012 | Animal Practice | Hubert Queel | Episode: "The Two George Colemans" |
2012 | Happy Endings | Officer Sommers | Episode: "Boys II Menorah" |
2012–14 | Family Time | Todd Stallworth | 6 episodes |
2013 | Hot in Cleveland | Dr. Greenly | Episode: "Corpse Bride" |
2014 | Satisfaction | Lawrence | 5 episodes |
2015 | One Big Happy | Roy | 6 episodes |
2016 | 2 Broke Girls | Perry Tyler | Episode: "And the Lost Baggage" |
2016 | Dice | Marvin | 2 episodes |
2016 | Better Things | Modi | 2 episodes |
2016–17 | The Great Indoors | Eddie | 22 episodes |
2016–2019 | Silicon Valley | Hoover | 16 episodes |
2018 | Legends & Lies | Bill Baker | Documentary |
2020 | Upload | Dave Antony | 5 episodes |
Video games
Year | Title | Role |
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2002 | Minority Report: Everybody Runs | Ben Moseley |
2005 | Crash Tag Team Racing | Crunch Bandicoot |
2019 | Need for Speed: Payback | Sergeant Cross |
2006 | Saints Row | Marshall Winslow, Radio Voice |
2006 | Open Season | Boog, Duck #3, Security Guard |
2006 | Pimp My Ride | Various |
2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Additional Voices |
2007 | Surf's Up | Boog |
2007 | Crash of the Titans | Crunch Bandicoot, Tiny Tiger |
2008 | Crash: Mind Over Mutant | Crunch Bandicoot |
2012 | Syndicate | Additional Voices |
References
- News, ABC. "Video: Vanessa Williams on Her Faith". ABC News. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- "She's Black and Miss America, but Vanessa Williams Is Most of All Her Own Woman". People.com. Retrieved January 4, 2018.