Chris Williams (actor)
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Chris Williams | |
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 Williams in 2016 | |
| Born | Westchester County, New York |
| Occupations | Actor, voice actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Relatives | Vanessa Williams (sister) Jillian Hervey (niece) |
| Website | www |
Chris Williams is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian. His roles include starring as "Eddie" on the CBS series The Great Indoors.
Williams has appeared on numerous television shows including CSI, JAG, The Shield, Weeds, Reno 911!, Californication, and popularly as fictional rap artist Krazee-Eyez Killa on Curb Your Enthusiasm.[citation needed]
He played Dwight Baumgarten in the 2004 comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.
He appeared as Tina in the 2005 film The World's Fastest Indian with Anthony Hopkins.[1]
In 2007, he guest starred on Monk in the episode "Mr. Monk and the Really, Really Dead Guy". On February 3, 2010, he made an appearance on his older sister Vanessa Williams' series Ugly Betty as Wilhelldiva Hater, a female impersonator of her character.[citation needed]
In 2012, he was featured in an Apple commercial. In 2016, he began playing the role of the bodyguard of tech billionaire Gavin Belson on the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley.[citation needed]
Personal life
Williams was raised Catholic[2][3] and is a graduate of Georgetown University. He is the great-great-grandson of Republican politician William A. Fields, a former slave who became an African-American legislator in the Tennessee House of Representatives. He is also of English, Welsh, Irish, Finnish, Italian, and Portuguese descent.[4][5]
In November 1990, Williams was a contestant on the NBC game show Classic Concentration, where he won $31,464 in cash and prizes, including a $15,000+ Jeep Wrangler.
