Christopher Goodwin (a.k.a. Xopher Goodwin and Christopher Green Goodwin) is an American actor, playwright, and director. He is an alumnus of Steve Silver's

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formerly at

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Early years

Christopher Goodwin was born in

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on December 19, 1980. He moved to

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within the first year of his life and lived there throughout the remainder of his college years. He attended Modesto High School where he studied

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Drama, played football, and sang in the school choir. After graduation, he continued on to

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where he earned a B.A. in Theatre.

Career

Actor

Theatre

Goodwin began acting on the stage at the age of 5 with his first performance being a Christmas pageant. He soon realized that his passion for the theatre was much more than just a hobby and soon began seeking out auditions for acting opportunities. From 1996 to 1999 he acted with the Youth Entertainment Stage Company (YES CO) in Modesto, CA, performing in such musicals as ''

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'', '' Grease'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He also acted with Modesto Performing Arts in such shows as ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Shenandoah''. Goodwin worked in numerous Bay Area theatre companies from 2004 to 2005, including Alameda Civic Light Opera, Diablo Light Opera Company, Contra Costa Musical Theatre,

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, and The Willows Theatre Company. New York and Off-Broadway credits include ''

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'' at 45 Bleecker Street Theatre, ''A Midsummer Nights Dream: A Rock Musical'' at

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, ''Carlisle'' at

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, ''

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'', and ''If You Give a Pig a Party'' among others. From 2005 to 2007, Goodwin was cast in Steve Silver's ''

'' in the North Beach District of San Francisco, CA. He re-joined the cast in February 2011 and has played such notable characters as

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, and

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. Goodwin is a member of EMC and AGVA.

Film

Goodwin began his film career in 2004 with a short film entitled ''Blindspot''. He has since gone on to act in numerous short films, such as ''Channel'', ''Birdflu of my Chicken Heart'', ''Batman: Battle for the Cowl'' and Essanay Film's ''Bronco Billy and the Bandit’s Secret''. He also had a cameo in ''Cartel'' for which he was the Unit Production Manager.

Director

Goodwin began directing in 2003 with a production of ''Quilters''. In 2016 he directed ''South of Market: The Musical V1'' to critical acclaim.

Playwright

On May 14, 2008 ''The Baker's Oven'' (Goodwin's first full-length play) had its world premiere at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre in New York as part of the NY Amazing Play Festival. The West Coast premiere West Coast Premiere was on July 9, 2010, at Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre in the

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of North Hollywood, CA.

Personal life

Goodwin met Lila Green while rehearsing ''West Side Story'' with Diablo Light Opera Company in

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in January 2005. They were married for 10 years and divorced in 2017.

References

External links

"IMDB Christopher Goodwin II"

"Beach Blanket Babylon" Cast List

"Official Website"

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