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39 Facts About Christopher Abbott

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Christopher Jacob Abbott was born on February 10,1986 and is an American actor.

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Christopher Abbott is known for his work in independent films.

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In 2011, Abbott made his feature film debut in Martha Marcy May Marlene and his Broadway debut in the revival of the play The House of Blue Leaves.

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Christopher Abbott received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for the drama film James White.

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Christopher Abbott portrayed astronaut David Scott in the biographical drama film First Man, and had further supporting roles in the films A Most Violent Year, It Comes at Night, Possessor, Black Bear, and Poor Things, and the titular character in the horror film Wolf Man.

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Christopher Abbott acted in the HBO series Girls, the USA Network series The Sinner, and the Apple TV+ series The Crowded Room.

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Christopher Abbott was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, the son of Anna and Orville Christopher Abbott.

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Christopher Abbott's father was born in the Caribbean and his maternal grandmother Angelina was born in Rosa, a town in the province of Vicenza in Italy.

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Christopher Abbott has described himself as being a "Euro-mutt", with distant Portuguese and Eastern European ancestry.

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Christopher Abbott spent his early years in Chickahominy, a working-class, heavily Italian-American neighborhood in Greenwich, and grew up in Stamford.

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Christopher Abbott worked at a local video store and at his friend's wine store.

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Christopher Abbott attended Norwalk Community College shortly before he began studying acting at HB Studio.

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Christopher Abbott moved to New York City in 2006 to be closer to school.

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Christopher Abbott played the sympathetic 15-year-old son of Laura.

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In 2010, Christopher Abbott co-starred opposite Cristin Milioti and Laila Robins in the play That Face at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

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Christopher Abbott made his feature film debut in the 2011 drama thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene opposite Elizabeth Olsen.

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Christopher Abbott played the part of the sullen, recently drafted son, Ronnie Shaughnessy, for which Christopher Abbott received positive reviews.

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In 2012, Christopher Abbott co-starred opposite Melanie Lynskey in the comedy-drama film Hello I Must Be Going.

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Christopher Abbott gained public recognition for his role as the docile boyfriend of Marnie, Charlie Dattolo in the HBO comedy-drama series Girls.

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Christopher Abbott quit the series after the show's season-two finale, stating that the reason why he left was because he couldn't relate to the character.

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Christopher Abbott returned to the series for the season 5 episode "The Panic in Central Park".

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In 2014, Christopher Abbott co-starred in the drama film The Sleepwalker, co-written by his good friend Brady Corbet.

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Christopher Abbott co-starred opposite Sam Rockwell and Nina Arianda in the 2014 production of Sam Shepard's play Fool for Love at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

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Christopher Abbott received positive reviews for his performance in the Daniel Aukin-directed play.

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Christopher Abbott's performance received positive reviews and the play was chosen as one of the best plays of 2015 by The New York Times.

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Christopher Abbott starred as the title character in the drama James White opposite Cynthia Nixon, directed by Josh Mond.

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In 2016, Christopher Abbott co-starred in the comedy war film Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, opposite Tina Fey and Martin Freeman, released on March 4,2016.

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Christopher Abbott returned for an episode of Girls, in the series' fifth season.

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Christopher Abbott co-starred opposite Olivia Cooke in the American independent drama film Katie Says Goodbye, which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.

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Christopher Abbott starred alongside Joel Edgerton and Riley Keough in Trey Edward Shults's horror film It Comes at Night, which was released on June 9,2017.

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Christopher Abbott co-starred in Jamie M Dagg's 2017 thriller Sweet Virginia, opposite Jon Bernthal, Imogen Poots and Rosemarie DeWitt.

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Christopher Abbott co-starred opposite Jessica Biel and Bill Pullman in the television series The Sinner, which debuted in 2017.

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Christopher Abbott starred opposite Mia Wasikowska in Nicolas Pesce's film Piercing, based on the novel of the same name.

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In 2021, Christopher Abbott starred in John Michael McDonagh's The Forgiven, followed by Zachary Wigon's second feature film Sanctuary in 2022 and Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things in 2023.

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In February 2022, it was announced that Christopher Abbott would reteam with John Michael McDonagh in Fear Is The Rider, co-starring Abbey Lee.

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Christopher Abbott has voiced Reed, an art dealer, in the adult animated music television series Entergalactic, based on the album of the same name by American musician and actor Kid Cudi.

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Christopher Abbott starred opposite Aubrey Plaza in the Sam Rockwell production, which ran from October 20,2023, to January 13,2024.

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In September 2023, it was reported that Christopher Abbott would join Florence Pugh in the Netflix adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden, in the role of Adam Trask.

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Christopher Abbott considers John Cassavetes to be the model for the type of creative life he would like to emulate.