Chris Earle

{{Short description|Canadian actor, playwright and theatre director}} {{Infobox person | name = Chris Earle | birth_name = Christopher Earle | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Actor, playwright, theatre director | years_active = 1983–present | spouse = Shari Hollett | children = 2 | relatives = Sam Earle (son) }} '''Christopher Earle''' is a Canadian actor, playwright and theatre director.<ref name=disaster>"The disaster's the thing; Chris Earle finds inspiration in human suffering". ''Toronto Star'', April 19, 2003.</ref>

== Career == Earle is best known for his 1999 play ''Radio :30'', which won the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award in 2001.<ref>"Chalmers reinvents arts awards". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 15, 2001.</ref> His other plays have included ''Russell Hill'', ''Runnymede'', ''The Proceedings'', ''Democrats Abroad'' and ''Big Head Goes to Bed''.

== Personal life == He is married to actress and theatre director Shari Hollett.<ref name="disaster" /> The two first met as members of The Second City's Toronto stage company, for which Earle has also directed.<ref name="disaster" /><ref>"Sharp satire lurks behind laughs in Second City's latest". ''Toronto Star'', March 13, 2014.</ref> Their son, Sam Earle, is also an actor that starred on ''Degrassi: The Next Generation''.<ref name="return">[https://nowtoronto.com/stage/features/the-return-of-chris-earle-and-radio-30/ "The return of Chris Earle and Radio :30"]. ''NOW'', June 27, 2013.</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1983 |''Gentle Sinners'' |Eric | |- |2003 |''Rescue Heroes: The Movie'' |Roger Houston |Voice |}

=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1987 |''Fight for Life'' |{{N/a}} |Television film |- |1988 |''Chasing Rainbows'' |Bruce |3 episodes |- |1991 |''Conspiracy of Silence'' |Const. Cousins |Episode #1.1 |- |1994–1995 |''Wild C.A.T.s'' |Additional voices |13 episodes |- |1996 |''Due South'' |Car Rental Clerk |Episode: "The Mask" |- |1997 |data-sort-value="Newsroom, The" | ''The Newsroom'' |{{N/a}} |Episode: "The Campaign" |- |1999 |''Mythic Warriors'' |Prince Meleager (voice) |Episode: "Atalanta: The Wild Girl" |- |1999–2013 |''Rescue Heroes'' |Roger Houston (voice) |32 episodes |- |2006 |''Slings & Arrows'' |Damien |Episode: "Vex Not His Ghost" |- |2008 |''Super Why!'' |Voice |Episode: "The Foolish Wishes" |- |2012 |''Live from the Centre'' |Dave Cole |4 episodes |}

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0247300}}

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