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Hans Warren Christie (born 4 November 1975) is a British-Canadian television and film actor known for his roles as Ray Cataldo on the
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'' October Road'' and as Aidan "Greggy" Stiviletto on the
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series '' Happy Town''. More recently, Christie starred as Cameron Hicks in the
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series ''
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''. He recurs on the
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series '' The Resident'' and costarred on the 2019
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series '' The Village''. He also appeared in ''
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'' as Bruce Wayne / Batman / Tommy Elliott / Hush.


Background

Warren Christie was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but spent most of his childhood in
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. He left London for the
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after being recruited to play college
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. It was during his years at Windsor that Christie developed an interest in performing and decided to pursue it as a career. This led to a move to
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, where he soon found acting opportunities. He now lives in Vancouver, married to actress
Sonya Salomaa Sonya Salomaa (born 1974) is a Canadian actress, known for her performances in ''The Collector'' and '' Durham County''. Early life She was born in Sudbury, Ontario. Salomaa grew up in Prince George, British Columbia and attended the University ...
.


Career

In 2007, Christie landed a lead role on the series ''October Road'', playing a cocky construction company owner. In the same year, he was cast as the star of the musical feature film ''
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'', based on one of
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's operas. In 2008, Christie was involved in an ABC pilot, ''Prince of Motor City'', a gothic family drama in which he stars alongside Aiden Quinn and
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. Christie has taken on a variety of roles in different genres. He played opposite Heather Graham in the romantic comedy ''Gray Matters'', and then appeared in the psychological thriller ''Beneath'', produced by the group that did ''Napoleon Dynamite'' in conjunction with MTV Films/Paramount Classics. Christie has also been involved in numerous television shows, including the unsuccessful ABC series ''The Days'', and guest appearances in ''Supernatural'', ''The L Word'' and ''Battlestar Galactica'', before gaining more consistent work. He starred as Cameron Hicks on
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's series, ''
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''. In May 2020, it was revealed during the season one finale of ''
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'', that Christie had been cast as
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, when he portrayed Tommy Elliot disguised as Wayne. This marks Christie as the second actor to portray the character within the
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alongside
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who played an alternate Earth version of the character during the
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event.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Christie, Warren 1975 births Living people Male film actors from Northern Ireland Male television actors from Northern Ireland Northern Ireland emigrants to Canada Male actors from Belfast Male actors from London, Ontario Male actors from Vancouver University of Windsor alumni 21st-century male actors from Northern Ireland 21st-century Canadian male actors