Christopher Berry

{{Infobox person

| name = Christopher Berry

| birth_name = Christopher Shane Berry

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1997-present

}}

Christopher Shane Berry is an American character actor best known for his roles in 12 Years a Slave (2013), The Walking Dead (2015) and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). After retiring from acting, he began a new career as a professor of palaeobotany at Cardiff University, UKhttps://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/berrycm.

Early life and career

Christopher Berry was born in San Antonio, Texas and grew up in San Angelo, Texas. He studied acting under professional acting instructor John Dennis at LSU. He moved to New Orleans in 2009. Of his experience, Berry stated "New Orleans basically made me a full-time working actor...by just being frugal, I've managed to make a living at it, and not a bad living." He also credits it to getting connected to other professionals in the business such as Matthew McConaughey and Quentin Tarantino.{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2014/06/christopher_berry_doubled-up_o.html|title=Christopher Berry doubled-up on 'True Detective' roles|website=NOLA|last=Walker|first=Dave|date=June 6, 2014|accessdate=April 2, 2018}} Berry gained further recognition for his role on The Walking Dead as Negan's Scout and for uttering the famous line "Your property now belongs to Negan." Behind the scenes, Berry had come up with a name for his character (Bud) and a convincing backstory which many fans have taken as canon.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsblog.com/jakeelman/sitting-down-with-the-walking-dead-s-christopher-berry/|title=Sitting Down With The Walking Dead's Christopher Berry|website=Sportsblog|author=Jakeelman|date=March 7, 2016|accessdate=April 2, 2018}} He appeared in the film Spider-Man: Homecoming as one of the film's antagonists.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-homecoming-gwyneth-paltrow-jennifer-connelly/|title=Spider-Man: Homecoming: Gwyneth Paltrow & Jennifer Connelly Confirmed|website=CBR|last=Damore|first=Meagan|date=June 23, 2017|accessdate=April 2, 2018}}

Personal life

Berry is a Texas Longhorns fan and considers Earl Campbell his favorite.

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Television roles
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
rowspan="2"\|1998 \|rowspan="2"\|Dawson's Creek \|Cameraman \|Episode: "Kiss"
Eric \|Episode: "Baby"
2000 \|The Wilgus Stories \|Wilgus Collier, age 23 \|TV Pilot
2006 \|Prison Break \|Chuck \|Episode: "Scan"
2010 \|The Good Guys \|Buck \|Episode: "Vacation"
2011 \|Treme \|Officer Ahlquist \|Episode: "Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get the Blues?"
2011 \|Memphis Beat \|Travis \|Episode: "At the River"
2011 \|Swamp Shark \|Deputy Mandling \|TV movie
2012 \|Outlaw Country \|Son \|TV movie
2013 \|Occult \|Darly \|TV movie
rowspan="2"\|2014 \|rowspan="2"\|True Detective \|Danny Fontenot \|Episode: "The Long Bright Dark"
Guy Francis \|Episode: "The Secret Fate of All Life"
2014 \|Resurrection \|Deputy Carl Enders \|Recurring
2014-2015 \|Salem \|Petrus \|Recurring
2015 \|American Horror Story \|Leo \|Episode: "Curtain Call"
2015 \|Zoo \|Goldy \|Episode: "That Great Big Hill of Hope"
2015 \|NCIS: New Orleans \|Oliver Fray \|Episode: "Billy and the Kid"
2015-2016 \|The Walking Dead \|Bud \|2 episodes; Though credited as 'Negan's Scout', he is informally known as Bud.
2017 \|Queen Sugar \|Will Roseman \|2 episodes
2018 \|The Purge \|Rex \|5 episodes
2018 \|Hometown Christmas \|Randy \|TV movie
2021 \|The Underground Railroad \|Mr. Fields \|Episode: "Chapter 2: South Carolina"

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Television roles

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

rowspan="2"|1998

|rowspan="2"|Dawson's Creek

|Cameraman

|Episode: "Kiss"

Eric

|Episode: "Baby"

2000

|The Wilgus Stories

|Wilgus Collier, age 23

|TV Pilot

2006

|Prison Break

|Chuck

|Episode: "Scan"

2010

|The Good Guys

|Buck

|Episode: "Vacation"

2011

|Treme

|Officer Ahlquist

|Episode: "Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get the Blues?"

2011

|Memphis Beat

|Travis

|Episode: "At the River"

2011

|Swamp Shark

|Deputy Mandling

|TV movie

2012

|Outlaw Country

|Son

|TV movie

2013

|Occult

|Darly

|TV movie

rowspan="2"|2014

|rowspan="2"|True Detective

|Danny Fontenot

|Episode: "The Long Bright Dark"

Guy Francis

|Episode: "The Secret Fate of All Life"

2014

|Resurrection

|Deputy Carl Enders

|Recurring

2014-2015

|Salem

|Petrus

|Recurring

2015

|American Horror Story

|Leo

|Episode: "Curtain Call"

2015

|Zoo

|Goldy

|Episode: "That Great Big Hill of Hope"

2015

|NCIS: New Orleans

|Oliver Fray

|Episode: "Billy and the Kid"

2015-2016

|The Walking Dead

|Bud

|2 episodes;
Though credited as 'Negan's Scout', he is informally known as Bud.

2017

|Queen Sugar

|Will Roseman

|2 episodes

2018

|The Purge

|Rex

|5 episodes

2018

|Hometown Christmas

|Randy

|TV movie

2021

|The Underground Railroad

|Mr. Fields

|Episode: "Chapter 2: South Carolina"

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Film roles
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1997 \|Carolina Low \|Oshel Hooper \|
1998 \|The Lesser Evil \|Jock #3 \|
1998 \|A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries \|Steve Bates \|
2001 \|The Cure for Boredom \|Sam \|
2001 \|Morgan's Ferry \|Young Deputy \|
2005 \|Waterborne \|Carlton \|
2007 \|3:10 to Yuma \|Deputy Sam Fuller \|
2008 \|A Night at the Zoo \|Austin \|Short film
2010 \|Knucklehead \|Guy \|
2011 \|A Boy Named Sue \|Patrick \|Short film
2012 \|Killing Them Softly \|Cab Driver Agent \|
2012 \|Fire with Fire \|CSU Tech \|
2012 \|Django Unchained \|Willard \|
2013 \|Parker \|Parking Attendant \|Uncredited
2013 \|Shadow People \|Tom DiMartino \|
2013 \|Paradise \|Harold \|
2013 \|12 Years a Slave \|James H. Birch \|
2013 \|Alligator Alley \|Bud \|
2014 \|13 Sins \|Lanky Detective - Vance \|
2014 \|Moments the Go \|Jackson \|
2014 \|Dawn of the Planet of the Apes \|Gun-Clinching Man \|
2014 \|When the Game Stands Tall \|Paraplegic \|
2014 \|99 Homes \|Man with Gun \|
2015 \|Demonic \|EMT #2 \|
2015 \|Desiree \|Pinstripe \|
2015 \|Get Hard \|Spider \|
2015 \|The Runner \|Hal Provich \|
2015 \|Man Down \|Medic \|
2015 \|American Hero \|Danny \|
2016 \|The Whole Truth \|Legrand \|
2016 \|The Duel \|Dale \|
2016 \|Free State of Jones \|Jasper Collins \|
2016 \|Jack Reacher: Never Go Back \|Onlooker at Diner \|
2017 \|Kidnap \|Bearded Man \|
2017 \|Spider-Man: Homecoming \|Randy Vale \|
2017 \|Dark Meridian \|Vic Garvan \|
2017 \|Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri \|Tony \|
2017 \|Noble Creatures \|Sissy \|Short film
2018 \|Assassination Nation \|Salem Resident 1 \|

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Film roles

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1997

|Carolina Low

|Oshel Hooper

1998

|The Lesser Evil

|Jock #3