Chris Chalk
Born
Christopher Eugene Chalk

(1977-12-07) December 7, 1977
Asheville, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present
SpouseK.D. Chalk (m. 2017)

Christopher Eugene Chalk (born December 7, 1977) is an American actor, most famous for his role as Lucius Fox in Fox American drama series Gotham, and he is also known for costarring alongside Matthew Rhys in the HBO drama series Perry Mason.

Early life

Born in Asheville, North Carolina, studied at Asheville High School and graduated in 1996[1] and went to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.[2]

Career

Chalk is known for television roles such as journalist Gary Cooper in The Newsroom,[3] Marine Tom Walker in Homeland,[4] and murderer Jody Adair in Justified.[1][3] He has also been in multiple Law & Order episodes[2] and appears in Gotham as a young Lucius Fox.[5] He is also known for his roles in the 2010 Broadway play Fences,[2] and the films 12 Years a Slave (2013)[6] and The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019). Chalk made his directorial debut with the film Our Deadly Vows in 2023.[7]

Personal life

In September 2016 Chalk got engaged to K.D. Chalk, whom he married in his hometown of Asheville on April 22 of the following year.[8]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Rent Street Vendor Who Sells Coats
2006 The Architect Drug Dealer
2007 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Officer
2012 Being Flynn Ivan
2013 12 Years A Slave Clemens
2013 Burning Blue Special Agent Jones
2015 Lila & Eve Alonzo
2016 Come and Find Me Buck Cameron / Kyle
2017 Detroit Officer Frank
2019 The Red Sea Diving Resort Col. Abdel Ahmed
2021 Godzilla vs. Kong Ben
2023 All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Isaiah
2023 Our Deadly Vows Chance Charles Also director, writer, and executive producer
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Rescue Me Young Black Male Episode: "Sparks"
Uncredited
2009 The Good Wife Third Year Associate Episode: "Crash"
2009 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Neal Douglas Episode: "Turmoil"
2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Austin Arvis Episode: "Inhumane Society"
2011 Person of Interest Lawrence Pope Episode: "Pilot"
2013 Justified Jody Adair 2 episodes
2011–13 Homeland Tom Walker 7 episodes
2014 Sons of Anarchy Flint Episode: "Black Widower"
2012–14 The Newsroom Gary Cooper 24 episodes
2015–19 Gotham Lucius Fox 33 episodes
2015 Complications Darius Bishop 8 episodes[9]
2016 The Blacklist John Addison Episode: "Drexel (No. 113)"[10]
2016–17 Underground William Still 5 episodes
2019 When They See Us Yusuf Salaam Miniseries
2020–23 Perry Mason Paul Drake Main role
2022 Shining Girls Marcus 7 episodes
2024 Feud: Capote vs. The Swans James Baldwin
2025 Welcome to Derry TBA [11]

References

  1. 1 2 Williams, Sarah (10 July 2010). "Young, Gifted, and Black". theurbannews.com. The Urban News. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Fences Star Chris Chalk on Eight Seconds in Rent and What He's Learned from Denzel". Broadway.com. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 Sandford, Jason (23 July 2012). "Chris Chalk has role in new HBO series The Newsroom". Ashvegas.com. Ashvegas. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "'Homeland' season finale review: Claire Danes and Damian Lewis provide an explosive conclusion". EW.com. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2015-03-07). "Chris Chalk Cast As Lucius Fox On 'Gotham'". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
  6. ↑ Obenson, Tambay A. "Chris Chalk Joins Steve McQueen's '12 Years A Slave' | IndieWire". www.indiewire.com. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  7. ↑ Carey, Matthew (2023-07-08). "Actor Chris Chalk Makes Directorial Debut With Horror-Thriller Our Deadly Vows, Now Playing In Theaters". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  8. ↑ Nicholas Hautmann: ‘Gotham’ Star Chris Chalk Marries Kimberley Dalton Mitchell in Romantic North Carolina Wedding. US Magazine, 23 April 2017
  9. ↑ "Chris Chalk on Gang-life and Humanity in USA Drama 'Complications'". NBC News. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  10. ↑ Cropper, Anton (2016-02-18), Drexel (No. 113), retrieved 2016-11-27
  11. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 5, 2023). "HBO Max 'It' Prequel Series 'Welcome To Derry' Sets Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, James Remar & Chris Chalk". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 5, 2023.


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