Christopher Durand | |
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Born | Christopher Alan Durand 7 June 1963 (age 61) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Actor, writer, producer, stuntman |
Years active | 1989–present |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Christopher Alan Durand (born 7 June 1963), known as Chris Durand, is an American film and television actor and preeminent stuntman, who began his career in 1989.[1]
A native of Anaheim, Orange County, California, Durand has performed stunts in over fifty films and television shows.[1] He was a stunt performer in the television series Team Knight Rider,[2] and The Crow (1994),[3] between others. He played the masked serial killer Michael Myers in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998).[1][4] He played a multitude of demons on the television show Angel, like the demon henchamn in "She", directed by David Greenwalt,[5] Ghostface in Scream II (1997),[6] and one of the main zombies in "Resident Evil: Extinction". He can be seen as the mini-gunner in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), and he also appeared in Armageddon (1998).[7]
Durand wrote, produced, and directed the one-woman show "My September". In 2002 Christopher produced the musical ICONS: The Gay and Lesbian History of the World, Vol. I, starring actor/comedian Jade Esteban Estrada. He also produced the independent film "Radio America" written and directed by Christopher Showerman.
He has a degree in archaeology from UCLA.[8]