Chris Colfer

Chris Colfer at the 2011 Time 100 gala

Christopher Paul "Chris" Colfer^[1][2] (born May 27, 1990)^[3] is an American actor, singer, and author. He plays the role of Kurt Hummel on the FOX television show Glee. Time magazine called Colfer one of the "100 most influential people" in the world in 2011.^[4] He has won a Golden Globe Award and has been nominated two times for a Emmy Award. Colfer wrote the beloved children's fantasy series The Land of Stories and its prequel series, A Tale of Magic, among other books.

Colfer was born in Clovis, California. He is of Irish ancestry. He is openly gay.^[5]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Russel Fish: The Sausage and Eggs Incident	Russel Fish	Short film
2010	Marmaduke	Drama Dog #2	English dub, voice role
2011	Glee: The 3D Concert Movie	Kurt Hummel	Concert film
2012	Struck by Lightning	Carson Phillips	Writer and executive producer
2016	Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie	Christopher
TBA	The Potters	Asher Potter	Pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009–2015	Glee	Kurt Hummel	Main role; 116 episodes Also writer on "Old Dog, New Tricks"
2009–2010	Entertainment Tonight	Himself
2011	The Cleveland Show	Kurt Hummel	Voice
2011	Saturday Night Live	Himself
2012	8	Ryan Kendall	TV movie
2012	The Glee Project	Himself	Guest mentor
2012–2014	The Talk	Himself
2013	Bitter Party of Five	Himself
2014	Hollywood Game Night	Himself	1 episode
2014, 2015	Hot in Cleveland	Tony Chase	Episodes: "Straight Out of Cleveland", "All About Elka"
2017	Julie's Greenroom	Himself	Episode: "The Write Stuff!"
2018	RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars	Himself	Episode: "My Best Squirrelfriend's Dragsmaids Wedding Trip"
2020	Visible: Out On Television	Himself	Episode: "The New Guard"
2021	Ridley Jones	Kosy	Episode: "Dinner with Ismat"

References

1. "Show Tracker". Los Angeles Times.
2. According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searchable at http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461 Archived 2011-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
3. Ayers, Dennis (May 27, 2010). "Chris Colfer, Birthday Boy". AfterElton.com. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
4. "The 2011 Time 100". Time Magazine. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
5. "Time biography". Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2012-05-03.

Other websites

• Chris Colfer on IMDb