Trivia

Chris was shot and killed while on an outing with 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh, an Iraq/Afghanistan veteran struggling with PTSD. The three were at a gun range when Routh reportedly shot Chris and another person in the back. Routh was arrested in Lancaster, Texas after a brief chase in Kyle's stolen truck. Routh was sentenced to life in prison without parole in February 2015. Chris Kyle was awarded two Silver Stars and five Bronze Stars with Valor. He leaves behind a wife and two children.

He once said that, if ever a film were made about him, he would only want Clint Eastwood to direct it and no one else. Eastwood later directed American Sniper (2014), a biopic about Chris Kyle's life and military service.

Former Navy Seal sniper.

Awarded 2 Silver Stars and 5 Bronze Star medals.

He had originally intended to sign up for the U.S. Marine Corps but the Marine recruiter was out to lunch and so he ended up joining the Navy SEALS instead.

The furthest he ever shot was 2100 yards (1920 metres) or just under 1.2 miles.

Good friends with Marcus Luttrell.

Said that he knocked down Jesse Ventura in 2006 for making derogatory remarks about the military. Ventura denied that the incident happened and filed a lawsuit against Kyle for defamation.

Chris Kyle and his fellow SEALs were such big fans of G.I. Joe (1985) that they named their vehicles after two of the characters, 'Duke' and 'Snakeyes'. Sienna Miller, who plays his wife Taya Kyle in American Sniper (2014), had previously played The Baroness in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009).

Son of Wayne Kyle.

His biopic, American Sniper (2014), drew charges of glorifying the Iraq war.

Older brother of Jeff Kyle.

Played by Bradley Cooper in Clint Eastwood's American Sniper (2014). Not long afterwards, Cooper starred in a movie called Serena (2014), in whose production a person named Christopher Kyle was involved.