Christopher Eugene Chalk (born December 7, 1977) is an American
actor
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.
Early life
Born in
Asheville, North Carolina
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, studied at
Asheville High School and graduated in 1996
and went to the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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.
Career
Chalk is known for television roles such as journalist Gary Cooper in ''
The Newsroom'',
Tom Walker in ''
Homeland
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'', and murderer Jody Adair in ''
Justified''.
He has also been in multiple ''
Law & Order
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''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on ...
'' episodes
and appears in ''
Gotham'' as a young
Lucius Fox
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. He is also known for his roles in the 2010
Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
play ''
Fences
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Fence or fences may also refer to:
Entertainment Music
* Fences (band), an Amer ...
'',
and the films ''
12 Years a Slave'' (2013) and ''
The Red Sea Diving Resort
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'' (2019).
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.
[Nicholas Hautmann]
'' ‘Gotham’ Star Chris Chalk Marries Kimberley Dalton Mitchell in Romantic North Carolina Wedding''
US Magazine, 23 April 2017
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
American male television actors
American male stage actors
American male film actors
People from Asheville, North Carolina
African-American male actors
University of North Carolina at Greensboro alumni
21st-century American male actors
Male actors from North Carolina
Theatre World Award winners
1986 births
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people
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