Chris Bylsma

Chris was born and raised in Kansas, working as a professional editor before he discovered a passion for acting in the nearby indie film scene. He is best known for his work with Vince Gilligan and Aaron Paul in "El Camino: A Breaking Story"; Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks in "News of the World"; Vincent D'Onofrio, Dane DeHaan, and Ethan Hawke in "The Kid"; and Merritt Wever, Scott Frank, and Steven Soderbergh as PASTOR GARRET MOORE in the series finale of the 3x Emmy-winning NETFLIX Original "Godless".

His father moved from the West Coast to the Midwest and started his own business, which he successfully ran for over fifty years. His mother got her degree in education and raised a family over a thirty year range. His paternal grandparents immigrated from Holland to the United States, while his maternal grandparents made their home in many small towns throughout the Midwest.

Chris received a part in the first film he auditioned for, and while working on those indie sets he prioritized studying the craft and as many details as possible of each crew position. In just five short years, he had appeared in over one hundred films, TV shows, webisodes, and commercials all over the country; over twenty of which won awards, including Regional Emmys, and four individual Best Acting awards. He'd also evolved his work to behind the camera as well, collaborating as a director, producer, editor, and in casting - winning seven awards for films directed, and receiving the 2014 Emerging Filmmaker Award from the Kansas City Film Fest.

This culminated in new goals, as well as a desire to join the episodic storytelling movement. The following years saw him quickly turn SAG-AFTRA and expand into big-budget features with D'Onofrio's directorial debut "The Kid", joining the Breaking Bad universe in "El Camino" as SEAN LIEBOLD, "News of the World", his Supporting Lead role as D.A. Sam Taylor in "End of the Rope", and more.

He's also did break into the episodic world, with appearances in SHOWTIME'S "Waco: the Aftermath" (Dowdle Brothers), CW's "Roswell, New Mexico", Little Marvin and Lena Waithe's "Them" (Amazon Prime), working with Ernest R. Dickerson and Kyle Gallner in CBS's "Interrogation", Scott Frank and Steven Soderbergh's Emmy-winning Netflix original series "Godless" (with Merritt Wever), Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment-produced TNT pilot "Monsters of God" (with Lauren Ambrose and Brian Geraghty), NBC'S "The Night Shift" (with Ken Leung), Robert Rodriguez's "From Dusk Til Dawn", EPIX'S "Graves" (with Chris Lowell), and more.

Over his 16 year acting career, his passion for bringing roles to life with authenticity and empathy is only rivaled by his work ethic and dedication to the beautiful collaboration that is the craft of filmmaking.