Christopher Kromer

{{Short description|American actor}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Third-party|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Christopher Kromer

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| birth_name = Christopher Edward Kromer{{Cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people/Christopher-Kromer/Brooklyn-NY/06E5R75P29E|title=Christopher Kromer Background Report, Location & Phone Number | Intelius|accessdate=20 June 2023}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|08|01}}

| birth_place = Queens, New York City, New York, United States

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|television host}}

| years_active = 1997–2018

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Christopher Edward "Chris" Kromer (born August 1, 1973)[https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AChristopher~%20%2Bsurname%3AKromer~%20%2Bbirth_place%3A%22Queens%2C%20New%20York%2C%20USA%22~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1970-1990~%20%2Brecord_country%3A%22United%20States%22 Family Search] is an American actor and television host.{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Christopher-Kromer/ |title=Christopher Kromer |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors |date=2015-08-01 |access-date=2017-03-17}} He is co-host of the reality series Beat the House on HGTV.

Early life

Kromer was born in Queens, New York and was raised in New Jersey. Kromer's mother was a successful real estate agent, and he grew up in the real estate business.{{cite web|url=http://warptown.com/beat-the-house-with-ny-broker-christopher-kromer-and-georgia-broker-jojo-jones/ |title='Beat The House' with NY Broker Christopher Kromer and Georgia Broker Jojo Jones |website=Warptown.com |date=2014-01-07 |accessdate=2017-03-17}}

Career

As an actor, Kromer has starred in short films and played roles in national commercials for Sprint, Chrysler, and Clearisil as well as guest roles in the television series Thumb Wrestling Federation (TWF), Law & Order, Guiding Light, Gossip Girl, and Royal Pains. He has been a host of the television show Cool In Your Code. In 2014, he became co-host of the new HGTV series Beat the House. As a voice actor he has done English anime voiceovers for Yûsha ô Gaogaigar, Berserk, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Hi no tori, Kurokami: The Animation, Queen's Blade Rebellion, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal along with the anime film series Berserk: The Golden Age Arc and the animated film The Painting.{{cite web|url=http://www.coolinyourcode.com/hosts/ |title=The Hosts |publisher=Cool in Your Code |date= |accessdate=2017-03-17}} He also provided the voice for Kirby Olsen one of the jocks in the 2006 video game Bully, from Rockstar Games. As a business man Kromer worked as a financial consultant at Ernst & Young LLP for three years. Now he works as a real estate agent at Halstead Property. He has brokered the 4th most expensive sale of 2013 in New York City, he is in the top 5% of the company in the producers council, he was voted broker of the year in the village office, and he won the 2013 top diamond award company wide. He also was voted by Trulia and real trends the top real estate agent in New York, and he is a board certified New York residential specialist and a certified negotiation expert.{{cite web|url=https://www.halstead.com/real-estate-agent/christopher-kromer |title=Agent Christopher Kromer | Page 1 | Halstead Property |website=Halstead.com |date= |accessdate=2017-03-17}} Kromer is also a former pianist and he has played at Carnegie Hall, in his spare time he still devotes himself in the arts of piano.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Film

! Role

! class = "unsortable" | Notes

2006

| Walls

| Guy

| Short Film

2010

| David

| Charlie

| Short Film

2008

| The Machine Girl

| Sho Kimura (voice)

| English version

2011

| The Painting

| Gray Morgan (voice)

| English version

2012-2014

| Berserk: The Golden Age Arc

| Judeau (voice)

| English version

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Film

! Role

! class = "unsortable" | Notes

1997

| Yûsha ô Gaogaigar

| HyoRyu (voice)

| 21 episodes

1997-1998

| Berserk

| Judeau (voice)

| 22 episodes

2002

| Samurai Deeper Kyo

| Yukimura Sanada (voice)

| 26 episodes

2004

| Hi no tori

| Leona (voice)

| 5 episodes

2006-2011

| Thumb Wrestling Federation

| Hometown Huck (voice)

| Unknown episodes

2006

| Law & Order

| Uniform Cop

| Episode: "Home Sweet"

2006

| Guiding Light

| Husband

| Episode #1.15073

2006-2008

| Cool In Your Code

| Himself-Host

| 14 episodes

2008

| 25 Biggest Real Estate Mistakes

| Himself-Real Estate Expert

| TV movie

2009

| Kurokami: The Animation

| Daichi Kuraki (voice)

| 23 episodes

2011

| Gossip Girl

| Post Journalist

| Episode: "The Kids Are Not All Right"

2011

| Royal Pains

| EMT

| Episode: "The Shaw/Hank Redemption"

2012

| Huntik: Secrets & Seekers

| Mr. Wilder (voice)

| 10 episodes

2012-2015

| Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal

| Kite Tenjo (voice)

| 73 episodes

2014

| Beat the House

| Himself/co-host

| Unknown episodes

2017-2018

| Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V

| Kite Tenjo (voice)

| 6 episodes

=Video games=

class = "wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Game

! Role

2006

| Bully

| Kirby Olsen

|

2017

| Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links

| Kite Tenjo

|

Personal life

Kromer is a graduate of Rutgers University. Since then, he has lived mostly in the Upper East and Upper West Side of New York with his wife and children.

References

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