1. Chris D'Elia is known for playing Alex Miller on the NBC sitcom Whitney, Danny Burton on the NBC sitcom Undateable, Kenny on the ABC television series The Good Doctor and Henderson on the Netflix thriller series You.
26 Facts About Chris D'Elia
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Christopher William D'Elia was born on March 29,1980, in Montclair, New Jersey.
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Chris D'Elia's parents are television producer and director Bill D'Elia, and interior decorator Ellie D'Elia.
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Chris D'Elia's father is a second-generation Italian-American, and his mother is of Polish and Italian descent.
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When D'Elia was 12, the family relocated to Los Angeles and he attended La Canada High School in the late 1990s.
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Chris D'Elia started acting in high school and had some guest roles on Chicago Hope.
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Chris D'Elia attended New York University and studied acting, but dropped out after a year because he did not like college.
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Chris D'Elia then appeared in a movie that went straight to DVD.
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Chris D'Elia's first set was at the Ha Ha Cafe in North Hollywood.
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Chris D'Elia considers himself to be a stand-up comedian who acts.
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Chris D'Elia has been featured on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham and Comedy Central Presents, as well as Showtime's Live Nude Comedy.
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Chris D'Elia was introduced to a broader audience as a regular on the series Glory Daze, which ran for one season on TBS.
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Chris D'Elia was initially cast only for the pilot and was later made a series regular.
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Chris D'Elia then costarred on the NBC comedy series Whitney, opposite comedian Whitney Cummings, for two seasons.
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Chris D'Elia was one of three hosts of the Ten Minute Podcast, along with Bryan Callen and Will Sasso.
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Since February 2017, he has hosted the weekly podcast Congratulations with Chris D'Elia, which has charted in the top 20 comedy podcasts in multiple countries.
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In January 2013, Chris D'Elia released his debut parody rap album, as MC "Chank Smith", called Such Is Life.
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Chris D'Elia has had three subsequent comedy specials: Incorrigible, Man On Fire, and No Pain, all of which aired on Netflix.
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In 2016, Chris D'Elia headlined the Leafly 420 Comedy Tour show in Chicago with special guest Ron Funches.
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In March 2019, it was announced that Chris D'Elia had been cast in the recurring role of Henderson on the second season of the Netflix thriller series You.
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Positive reaction to that imitation led Chris D'Elia to imitate Eminem's rapping again in videos he posted online in September 2018 and January 2019.
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Chris D'Elia said that it was a "huge honor" to be included in the song and that he did not ask for any royalties.
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Four separate episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience featuring Chris D'Elia have been removed by Spotify, but no reason was given.
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On June 18,2022, Chris D'Elia married his longtime girlfriend Kristin Taylor.
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In early September 2020, CNN Entertainment reported that in 2011 Chris D'Elia asked actress Megan Drust for a ride home from a Los Angeles restaurant.
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Chris D'Elia has cited Jim Carrey, Bryan Callen, Eddie Murphy, and Mitzi Shore as major influences on his comedic career.