Chris Browning

{{short description|American actor (born 1964)|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Chris Browning

| image =

| birth_name = Christopher Jay Browning

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|03|08}}

| birth_place = Reno, Nevada, US

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1987–present

| spouse = {{plainlist|

  • Sarah Browning
  • Chrissy Lucia

}}

| children = 4

| website =

}}

Christopher Jay Browning (born March 8, 1964) is an American television and film actor, known for film work and character roles.

Career

Browning began his acting career in 1987, at age 22 or 23, with a sitcom television series. Due to his drug problems at the time, he spent several years homeless and also served time in jail. He sought treatment for his addiction in 1994. He was cast in the miniseries Hardball as Lloyd LaCombe. He was later cast in a recurring role in In the House, His first major role in a film came in 1996, in The Children of Captain Grant.{{cite web|last1=Knox|first1=Michael|title="Terminator: Salvation" actor talks about career, overcoming drug addiction|url=http://wp.modernfilmzine.com/2009/04/23/terminator-salvation-actor-talks-about-career-overcoming-drug-addiction/|website=Modernfilmzine|accessdate=16 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914015852/http://wp.modernfilmzine.com/2009/04/23/terminator-salvation-actor-talks-about-career-overcoming-drug-addiction|archive-date=September 14, 2015|url-status = dead|df=}} He also had a recurring role in the day-time soap As the World Turns as David Allen. After not appearing in films and movies between 1999 and 2005 due to his rehabilitation, he made an appearance in the film, A Piece of Pie. In that same year, he was cast in his first big budget film, 3:10 to Yuma. After this he was cast in television shows such as Easy Money{{cite web|title=CW Pulls Mrc TV Shows: No More Valentine, Easy Money or In Harm's Way... and Jericho Returns? |url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/articles/cw-pulls-mrc-tv-shows-no-more-valentine-easy-money-or-in-harms-way/ |website=tvseriesfinale |accessdate=16 June 2014 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216033302/http://tvseriesfinale.com/articles/cw-pulls-mrc-tv-shows-no-more-valentine-easy-money-or-in-harms-way/ |archivedate=December 16, 2008 }} and the 2008 film Felon.

In mid-2008, he was cast in the Terminator reboot, Terminator Salvation as "Morrison".{{cite news|last1=Goodwin|first1=Liam|title=Chris Browning Joins Terminator Salvation|url=http://filmonic.com/chris-browning-joins-terminator-salvation|accessdate=16 June 2014|publisher=Filmonic|date=28 May 2008}} He also had roles in movies such as Let Me In, Cowboys & Aliens, The Last Stand, The Book of Eli, and Wild Card.

He plays Aryan Brotherhood member "Redwood" in the prison movie Shot Caller, directed by Ric Roman Waugh.

Brownings's television work includes season three of Ray Donovan. He also appeared in episodes of HBO's Westworld, Agent Carter, Supergirl, Major Crimes, CSI, Graceland, Castle, Bones, The Bridge, three episodes of From Dusk till Dawn: The Series, and as the character "Gogo" in the fifth season of Sons of Anarchy.

Browning was also a voice actor in the 2017 video game Call of Duty: WWII. He voiced the main character's deceased older brother Paul Thomas Daniels.

Personal life

Browning has two daughters with ex-wife Sarah Browning, born in 2006 and 2011. With his second wife, Chrissy Lucia, he had twins, a boy and a girl; however, his son died shortly after birth.

Filmography

=Film=

class="sortable wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Role

2007

| 3:10 to Yuma

| Crawley

2007

| In the Valley of Elah

| Checker Box Bartender

2008

| Tennessee

| Bouncer

2008

| Felon

| Danny Sampson

2008

| Beer for My Horses

| Deputy Stippens

2008

| Linewatch

| Ron Spencer

2008

| Shoot First and Pray You Live

| Garry Patterson

2009

| Terminator Salvation

| Morrison

2009

| Dark Country

| Stranger

2010

| The Book of Eli

| Hijack Leader

2010

| Friendship!

| Jonathan

2010

| Beneath the Dark

| Frank

2010

| Passion Play

| Cecil

2010

| Let Me In

| Jack

2011

| Cowboys & Aliens

| Jed Parker

2012

| The Philly Kid

| Detective Ray Marks

2013

| The Last Stand

| "Pony Tail"

2013

| Now You See Me

| Cell Phone Guy

2014

| Road to Paloma

| FBI Agent Schaeffer

2014

| Mercy

| Frank

2014

| Palominas

| Fargo

2014

| Hidden in the Woods

| Jed James

2015

| Wild Card

| Tiel

2016

| Shot Caller

| Toby "Redwood" Simms

2017

| Last Rampage

| Randy Greenawalt

2017

| Bright

| Serling

2018

| Donnybrook

| McGill

2019

| Angel Has Fallen

| Militia Man

2019

| Greenlight

| Bob Moseby

2020

| The Unhealer

| Coach Gus Whitcomb

2021

| Take Back

| Jerry Walker

2021

| Agnes

| Father Black

2023

| Invitation to a Murder

| Donald Walker

2023

| Outlaw Johnny Black

| Brett Clayton

=Television=

class="sortable wikitable"
Year(s)

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1991

| Silk Stalkings

| Phil

|

1991

| In Living Color

|

| Episode: "My Left Foot of Fury"

1991

| Matlock

| Peter Vanderhoff

|

1994

| Hardball

| Lloyd Lacombe

|

1995–1996

| In the House

| Clayton

|

1996

| High Tide

| Brad Phillips

|

1997–1999

| As the World Turns

| David Allen Stenbeck

|

2005

| Into the West

| Trooper Long

|

2005–2008

| Wildfire

| Ely / Greg

|

2006

| The Lost Room

| Hospital Orderly

|

2008–2009

| Easy Money

| Detective Yapp

| 6 episodes

2009

| In Plain Sight

| Nathan Grady

|

2009

| Cold Case

| Steve Hess

|

2010

| Scoundrels

| Russell Bickley

|

2012

| The Finder

| Tall Man / Ed Beiderman

|

2012

| Sons of Anarchy

| "GoGo"

| 7 episodes

2013

| The Bridge

| Jack Childress

| 2 episodes

2014

| Bones

| Derek Johannessen

|

2014, 2019

| The 100

| Jake Griffin

| 4 episodes

2014

| Castle

| Biker

| Episode "For Better or Worse"

2014

| Graceland

| Billy

|

2014

| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

| Martin Fox

|

2015

| Ray Donovan

| Gary Royal

| Episode "The Kalamazoo"

2015

| Major Crimes

| "Mustache"

|

2015

| From Dusk till Dawn: The Series

| Nathan Blanchard

| 3 episodes

2015

| Supergirl

| Ben Krull / Reactron

| Episode: "Fight or Flight"

2016

| Agent Carter

| Rufus Hunt

| 3 episodes: "A View in the Dark"
"Better Angels", "Smoke & Mirrors"

2016

| Westworld

| Holden

| 2 episodes: "The Stray", "Dissonance Theory"

2016

| Timeless

| James Bowie

| Episode: "The Alamo"

2019

| Bosch

| Preston Borders

| 5 episodes

2021

| S.W.A.T.

| Otto Brady

|

2021

| NCIS

| NCIS REACT Supervisory Special Agent Tom Dalton

| Episode: "Blown Away"

2021

| CSI: Vegas

| Damian Locke

|

2022–2023

| National Treasure: Edge of History

| Matty

|

2022–2023

| The Lincoln Lawyer

| Teddy Vogel

|

2023

| Bosch: Legacy

| Preston Borders

| 1 episode

2023

| Heels

| Jimmy-John / Slinger

|

=Video games=

class="sortable wikitable"
Year(s)

! Title

! Role

2017

| Call of Duty: WWII

| Paul Thomas Daniels

2022

| God of War Ragnarök

| Surtr

References

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