Christopher Collet () is an American

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and voice director. He starred in the lead role in the 1986 film ''

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''.

Early life, family and education

Christopher Collet was born in

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Career

Collet decided to enter show business during his teens and acquired an agent. His first film role was "Paul" in the 1983 horror ''

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''. Collet remained in touch with his co-star

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, and they auditioned together for shows. Collet eventually landed the role of "Neil Oxley" in the 1984

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'' Welcome Home Jellybean''. Following this success, Collet landed numerous roles in television and film including "Jake Livingston" in ''

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'', "Richard Jahnke Jr." in the 1985

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'', "Paul Stephens" in the 1986 film ''

'', and "Albert Kaussner" in the 1995

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'' The Langoliers''. His television appearances include guest roles on ''

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,'' ''

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,'' '' The Hitchhiker'' (1983), '' The Equalizer'' (1985), ''

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'' (1986), and ''

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'' (1985). He also starred in several

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productions. Two of the stars of ''Sex and the City'' have played his girlfriend:

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in ''Firstborn'', and

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in ''The Manhattan Project''. During the mid 2000s, Collet had pursued some other ventures in the entertainment industry, primarily as a voice director for

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. His work primarily involved voice directing for the '' Sonic the Hedgehog franchise'', such as on ''

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'', '' Sonic and the Black Knight'', ''

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'' (in which he was also the voice of SA-55, later called

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), ''

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'', etc. As well as directing for the 3rd season of the ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' GX''

Personal life

Collet met his wife Nicole Dooley in 1998 when they played husband and wife on an episode of the television series ''

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''. Both are

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instructors. They co-own The Pilates Boutique in

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, New York. They have a son, Julien.

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Collet, Christopher American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors American voice directors Living people 1968 births