{{short description|American actor, playwright, and director (born 1980)}} {{for|the British racing driver|Chris Goodwin}} {{Notability|Biographies|date=November 2011}} {{Infobox person | name = Christopher Goodwin | image = XopherGoodwinTales.jpg | caption = Performing at the Tales of the City, the Musical Opening Night Gala, 2011 | birth_name = Christopher Richard Goodwin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|12|19}} | birth_place = Hanford, California | other_names = Xopher Goodwin, Christopher Green Goodwin | occupation = Actor | spouse = {{marriage| Lila Green <br>|2006|2017|end=divorced}} | website = {{URL|www.HeyGoodwin.com}} }} '''Christopher Goodwin''' (a.k.a. Xopher Goodwin and Christopher Green Goodwin) is an American actor, playwright, and director. He is an alumnus of Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon formerly at Club Fugazi in San Francisco, California.
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== Early years == Christopher Goodwin was born in Hanford, California on December 19, 1980. He moved to Turlock, California within the first year of his life and lived there throughout the remainder of his college years. He attended Modesto High School where he studied International Baccalaureate Drama, played football, and sang in the school choir. After graduation, he continued on to California State University, Stanislaus where he earned a B.A. in Theatre.
== Career ==
=== Actor ===
==== Theatre ==== Goodwin began acting on the stage at the age of 5 with his first performance being a Christmas pageant. He soon realized that his passion for the theatre was much more than just a hobby and soon began seeking out auditions for acting opportunities. From 1996 to 1999 he acted with the Youth Entertainment Stage Company (YES CO) in Modesto, CA, performing in such musicals as ''The Wiz'', ''Grease'', ''West Side Story'', and ''Children of Eden''. He also acted with Modesto Performing Arts in such shows as ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'', ''Oklahoma!'', and ''Shenandoah''.
Goodwin worked in numerous Bay Area theatre companies from 2004 to 2005, including Alameda Civic Light Opera, Diablo Light Opera Company, Contra Costa Musical Theatre, Ray of Light Theatre, and The Willows Theatre Company.
New York and Off-Broadway credits include ''Puppetry of the Penis''<ref>"Puppetry of the Penis"</ref> at 45 Bleecker Street Theatre, ''A Midsummer Nights Dream: A Rock Musical'' at 59E59 Theaters, ''Carlisle'' at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, ''Titus Andronicus'', ''Fifth of July'', and ''If You Give a Pig a Party'' among others.
From 2005 to 2007, Goodwin was cast in Steve Silver's ''Beach Blanket Babylon'' in the North Beach District of San Francisco, CA. He re-joined the cast in February 2011 and has played such notable characters as Tom Cruise, Justin Bieber, Carson Kressley, George Harrison, Armistead Maupin, Donald Trump, Snooki, Charlie Sheen, Freddie Mac, Adam Lambert, Chris Colfer, and Barbara Boxer.
Goodwin is a member of EMC and AGVA.
==== Film ==== Goodwin began his film career in 2004 with a short film entitled ''Blindspot''. He has since gone on to act in numerous short films, such as ''Channel'', ''Birdflu of my Chicken Heart'', ''Batman: Battle for the Cowl'' and Essanay Film's ''Bronco Billy and the Bandit’s Secret''. He also had a cameo in ''Cartel'' for which he was the Unit Production Manager.
=== Director === Goodwin began directing in 2003 with a production of ''Quilters''. In 2016 he directed ''South of Market: The Musical V1'' to critical acclaim.
=== Playwright === On May 14, 2008 ''The Baker's Oven'' (Goodwin's first full-length play) had its world premiere at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre in New York as part of the NY Amazing Play Festival.<ref>NY Amazing Play Festival</ref> The West Coast premiere <ref>West Coast Premiere</ref> was on July 9, 2010, at Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre in the NoHo Arts District of North Hollywood, CA.
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3511186/ "IMDB Christopher Goodwin II"] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110518021931/http://www.beachblanketbabylon.com/cast/XopherG.shtml "Beach Blanket Babylon" Cast List] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110715212758/http://www.xophergoodwin.com/ "Official Website"] * [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9504EED7173DF930A25750C0A96F9C8B63 The New York Times]
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