Chris Chalk

Chris Chalk
Born
Christopher Eugene Chalk

Asheville, North Carolina, United States
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present
SpouseK.D. Chalk (m. 2017)

Christopher Eugene Chalk is an American actor. He is most well-known for his role as Lucius Fox in Fox American drama series Gotham, and is also known for co-starring alongside Matthew Rhys in the HBO drama series Perry Mason.

Early life and education

Christopher Eugene Chalk[citation needed] was born in Asheville, North Carolina. He studied at Asheville High School, graduating in 1996.[1]

He attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.[2]

Career

On stage, Chalk is known for his role in the 2010 Broadway play Fences.[2]

He is known for television roles such as journalist Gary Cooper in The Newsroom,[3] Marine Tom Walker in Homeland,[4] and murderer Jody Adair in Justified.[1][3]

Chalk has also been in multiple Law & Order episodes[2] and appears in Gotham as a young Lucius Fox.[5] He appeared in the films 12 Years a Slave (2013)[6] and The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019).[citation needed]

He made his directorial debut with the film Our Deadly Vows in 2023.[7]

Personal life

In September 2016, Chalk got engaged to Kimberley Dalton Mitchell, whom he married in his hometown of Asheville on April 22 of the following year.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Rent Street Vendor Who Sells Coats
2006 The Architect Drug Dealer
2007 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Officer
2012 Being Flynn Ivan
2013 12 Years A Slave Clemens
Burning Blue Special Agent Jones
2015 Lila & Eve Alonzo
2016 Come and Find Me Buck Cameron / Kyle
2017 Detroit Officer Frank
2019 The Red Sea Diving Resort Col. Abdel Ahmed
2021 Godzilla vs. Kong Ben
2023 All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Isaiah
Our Deadly Vows Chance Charles Also director, writer, and executive producer

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Rescue Me Young Black Male Episode: "Sparks"; uncredited
2009 The Good Wife Third Year Associate Episode: "Crash"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Neal Douglas Episode: "Turmoil"
2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Austin Arvis Episode: "Inhumane Society"
2011 Person of Interest Lawrence Pope Episode: "Pilot"
2011–2013 Homeland Tom Walker 7 episodes
2012–2014 The Newsroom Gary Cooper 24 episodes
2013 Justified Jody Adair 2 episodes
2014 Sons of Anarchy Flint Episode: "Black Widower"
2015 Complications Darius Bishop 8 episodes[9]
2015–2019 Gotham Lucius Fox 33 episodes
2016 The Blacklist John Addison Episode: "Drexel (No. 113)"[10]
2016–2017 Underground William Still 5 episodes
2019 When They See Us Yusuf Salaam Miniseries; 2 episodes
2020–2023 Perry Mason Paul Drake 16 episodes
2022 Shining Girls Marcus 8 episodes
2024 Feud: Capote vs. The Swans James Baldwin Episode: "The Secret Inner Lives of Swans"
2025 It: Welcome to Derry TBA [11]

References

  1. ^ a b Williams, Sarah (July 10, 2010). "Young, Gifted, and Black". theurbannews.com. The Urban News. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Fences Star Chris Chalk on Eight Seconds in Rent and What He's Learned from Denzel". Broadway.com. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Sandford, Jason (July 23, 2012). "Chris Chalk has role in new HBO series The Newsroom". Ashvegas.com. Ashvegas. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  4. ^ "'Homeland' season finale review: Claire Danes and Damian Lewis provide an explosive conclusion,". EW.com. December 18, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 7, 2015). "Chris Chalk Cast As Lucius Fox On 'Gotham'". Deadline. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  6. ^ Obenson, Tambay A. "Chris Chalk Joins Steve McQueen's '12 Years A Slave' | IndieWire". indiewire.com. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  7. ^ Carey, Matthew (July 8, 2023). "Actor Chris Chalk Makes Directorial Debut With Horror-Thriller Our Deadly Vows, Now Playing In Theaters". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  8. ^ Nicholas Hautmann: ‘Gotham’ Star Chris Chalk Marries Kimberley Dalton Mitchell in Romantic North Carolina Wedding. US Magazine, 23 April 2017
  9. ^ "Chris Chalk on Gang-life and Humanity in USA Drama 'Complications'". NBC News. June 24, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  10. ^ Cropper, Anton (February 18, 2016), Drexel (No. 113), retrieved November 27, 2016
  11. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 5, 2023). "HBO Max 'It' Prequel Series 'Welcome To Derry' Sets Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, James Remar & Chris Chalk". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 5, 2023.


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