- Born
- Birth nameChristian Homer Mulkey Jr.
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Award-winning American actor, writer and director, Chris Mulkey has a long and diverse career in film, television and stage. Chris is best known for On the Basis of Sex (2018), Whiplash (2014), Captain Phillips (2013), Twin Peaks (1990), Castle Rock (2018), Broken Trail (2006), Any Day Now (1998) and Boardwalk Empire (2010).
Chris grew up in the Midwest, majored in acting at the University of Minnesota and spent four years as a company member of the Children's Theatre of Minneapolis. While in Minnesota, Chris starred in Loose Ends (1975), the Grand Prize winner at the USA film Festival. Chris moved to Hollywood 1975, married actress/artist Karen Landry and they moved to Venice Beach. The couple wrote and starred in Patti Rocks (1988), an independent film that won the Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival. Chris and Karen often worked together in film and on stage in LA, New York, and the Twin Cities.
Chris is also a songwriter with original songs featured in films and television and can be seen playing around the country with his band Chris Mulkey and Deluxe.
- IMDb mini biography by: PR
- SpousesKaren Landry(July 25, 1981 - December 31, 2015) (her death, 2 children)Lorraine M Smith(September 29, 1972 - August 7, 1978) (divorced)
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- Lives in Venice, California.
- Appeared in the movie, Any Day Now (2012), which dealt with bigotry against gays in the 70s. Also starred in the television show, Any Day Now (1998), which addressed racial prejudice in the 60s.
- Appeared in the music video Supertramp: Brother Where You Bound (1985) with his wife, Karen Landry. The video, in which Mulkey plays a renegade defense technician, was controversial due to its (then) perceived graphic depiction of violence. Coincidentally, it was the longest song Supertramp ever recorded clocking in at 16 and a half minutes.
- Is naturally left-handed, but plays the guitar with his right hand.
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