Biography

Christopher Floyd "Chris" Bartlett (born September 3, 1970) is an American actor known for the Jon Favreau-created Star Wars television programs. Bartlett has appeared as featured characters in all seasons of The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett and Obi-Wan Kenobi. It's no secret the he has also played iconic droid See-Threepio for many years on television alongside Artoo-Detoo whenever the two have made special appearances on series such as Lego Masters (2020), Speechless (2017), The Oscars (2016), David Letterman (2015), Jimmy Kimmel (2017) and A.N.T. Farm (2012)

Born in San Luis Obispo, California. Son of Jerry Bartlett (retired auditor for the federal US government) and Mary Butson (retired real estate coordinator). He has two siblings.

As an adult, Bartlett built a career as a User Experience Director in video games, working on Gears of War, Tomb Raider, Call of Duty and Star Wars.

His professional acting career began in 2006 when he was cast as See-Threepio in the Star Wars universe for live action television appearances. From there, Bartlett was trained in character performance for droids, creatures and stunts. In 2018, he was cast as Q9-0 "Zero" on "The Mandalorian" which has lead to several more featured characters, two of which have spawned two new Star Wars action figures.

He has four children.
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Bartlett was the first actor to ever play a Star Wars character on the Disney Channel. He portrayed C-3PO and performed the voice as well.

On Halloween, 2009, C-3PO was summoned to the White House to meet President & Michelle Obama. Bartlett was in the costume and in character when he met with the first family.

As of November 2023, Bartlett has played 20 characters in Star Wars. 17 of them have been Droids.