Chris Romano also known as "Romanski" (born March 28, 1978) is an American actor, writer, producer, and director, most commonly known for co-creating, producing and starring in Spike TV's '' Blue Mountain State''.

Early life

Romano grew up in

Nashua, New Hampshire Nashua is a city in southern New Hampshire, United States. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 91,322, the second-largest in northern New England after nearby Manchester, New Hampshire, Manchester. Along with Manc ...

, and graduated from

Nashua High School South Nashua High School South, formerly known as Nashua High School, is a public high school located in Nashua, New Hampshire. The school's current location was erected in 1975 with its first class graduating in June 1976. The school was remodeled bet ...

. He then went on to Plymouth State College for 1 year before transferring and graduating from

Emerson College Emerson College is a private college with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts. It also maintains campuses in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California and Well, Limburg, Netherlands ( Kasteel Well). Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a ...

in 2000. Chris claims that he and his family were in the

Witness Protection Program Witness protection is security provided to a threatened person providing testimonial evidence to the justice system, including defendants and other clients, before, during, and after a trial, usually by police. While a witness may only require p ...

. According to Chris, his father, John Romano (Shaheen), a.k.a. "Johnny Cool", was the most prolific arsonist in the history of Massachusetts in the '60s and '70s, and had struck a deal with authorities to turn State's Evidence in return for protection.

Television career

''Blue Mountain State''

Romano co-created

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, and also plays the role of Sammy Cacciatore, the school's mascot (and Alex's roommate), who is constantly searching for girls and excuses to get drunk, with his drinking often leading him into misadventure. Romano also produced, starred in, and co-wrote the

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Other

Romano has also played small roles in the hit

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television show, ''

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'' as Adam "Punchy" Punciarello, Ted's (

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) high school friend, along with appearances in

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's ''

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'' and ''

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,'' the TV short series, ''

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,'' ''

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'', but not ''

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''. He has a brief non-speaking role in the mockumentary ''

7 Days in Hell ''7 Days in Hell'' is a sports mockumentary directed by Jake Szymanski and written by Murray Miller. The film premiered on July 11, 2015, on HBO and July 8 on HBO Now. The film was inspired by the Isner–Mahut marathon men's singles match at ...

'' where he plays a streaker with whom

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's character has sex on the court. He also has played a role in ''

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'' as the steroid aggressive cyclist Jabin Dolchey. Romano was also credited as the co-executive producer of 24 episodes of the CBS show ''How I Met Your Mother''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Romano, Chris Living people American male television actors American people of Lebanese descent 1978 births Male actors from Boston People from Nashua, New Hampshire Plymouth State University alumni Emerson College alumni