Christopher Ben Orbach (born November 11, 1968) is an American actor who is the younger son of late ''

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and his first wife, Marta Curro.

Early life

Orbach graduated from the

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in 1986, studied acting briefly at SUNY Purchase, and went on to get a BFA in film and television production from

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Career

Music

A self-taught musician, he sings and plays guitar, bass and keyboards. He has recorded two albums of original songs, ''Safely Through the Night'' (2004) and ''Secession'' (2009). The latter was co-produced by Grammy Award-winning engineer Troy Halderson.

Voice acting

A long-established voice-over artist, he done commercial work for companies like L'Oreal, Ethan Allen, Delphi, Wrangler, Astrazeneca, and Kodak. He has also done animation, promo, narration, public service, imaging, and education voice-over at all levels in media since 1998. He is represent for voice-overs by Access Talent in New York City. Orbach got his start in voice-over from doing

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, under the pseudonym Hideo Seaver.

Acting

Orbach played Detective Ken Briscoe, nephew of

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(his father's character) in the first season of '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (1999–2000). On film, he appeared in John Gallagher's 2000 film ''Blue Moon'', with Ben Gazzara and Rita Moreno, and in Elizabeth Lucas' 2009 film ''

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''. On stage in New York he appeared in ''

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'' at the Irish Repertory Theater and in two plays at La Mama ETC's Club Theater, ''Modern Living'', and ''Lost In Staten Island''. He also appeared in a revival of the theatrical documentary ''

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'' at 3LD. As a founding member of the performance group Memoir Radio (with Patrick Daniels and Laurence Mason) Chris wrote and performed a one-man theater piece called ''Fast''—an autobiographical work dovetailing his childhood in New York's Chelsea neighborhood in the 1970s and 1980s with his hobby of marathon running, which he started at age 42. In the summer of 2022, he appeared in The Ogunquit Playhouse's world-premiere production of BD Wong and Wayne Barker's musical adaptation of "Mr Holland's Opus", in the role of Bill Meister, a gym teacher who over the years becomes the main character's closest friend.

Personal life

He married Nicole J. Vallance in 2011. Their son Aaron Orbach was born in 2014. Their daughter Emilia Orbach was born in 2019. Orbach has an older brother named Anthony Nicholas "Tony" Orbach, a niece named Sarah Kate Orbach and a nephew named Peter Orbach.

Filmography

Television

* ''

'' - Augie, Jason, Finkle * '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' - Detective Ken Briscoe

Film

* ''Blue Moon'' - Frank Junior * ''

'' - Dave the Picard Fan * ''Mob Fathers: Permanent Rehab'' - Harry Bosco

Animation

* ''

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'' – Passenger #7

Anime

* ''

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References

https://www.chrisorbach.com/about

External links

Official Site
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