Chris Chalk

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Chris opens up about how he gradually awakened to his deepest and truest sense of self, how he finds the spiritual in every aspect of day, and how he uses both a disciplined daily practice and consciously developed self-trust to navigate this thing we call life. He also finds time to help his old friend Janie through a tough moment.

Born in Asheville, NC, Chris is an actor, filmmaker and coach currently living in LA. A near death drowning experience “woke” Chris from his productivity slumber two years into his journey in NY and he has been thriving and developing his sense of self ever since. Chris recently portrayed Paul Drake on HBO’s “Perry Mason” (now filming its second season) and can currently be seen in Ava Duvernay’s Netflix mini-series “Central Park Five.” Other acting credits include “Homeland,” “The Newsroom,” “Gotham,” “Complications,” “Underground,” “Detroit,” 12 Years a Slave, and Lila and Eve starring alongside Viola Davis and Jennifer Lopez. ⁠

Some of Chalk’s theatrical credits include Roundabout’s The Overwhelming, Lincoln Center’s When I Come to Die, Manhattan Theatre Club’s Defiance, Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize winning Ruined and the Tony Award winning revival of Fences starring alongside Viola Davis and Denzel Washington, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and received a Theatre World Award.⁠

Chris just wrapped shooting “The Shining Girls” for Apple TV.⁠

His directorial feature debut, Farewell, won best first feature in 2020’s Bentonville Film Festival. Chalk is currently in development for a horror anthology called Walnut Cove and a feature film revolving around America’s veterans currently titled Curtis.

IG: @mynameischrischalk

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