Biography
Chris Waters was born and raised in Wauwatosa, WI outside of Milwaukee. Back home, he was known as a good student and athlete, and was a First Team All Conference volleyball player as well as a Junior Olympic All American. Upon graduating, he then attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Chris continued to play volleyball there and graduated with a B.A in Broadcast Journalism.
Chris made his first larger budget Movie appearance in 2014's "Stretch," which starred Chris Pine, Jessica Alba, Ed Helms, Patrick Wilson, and Brooklyn Decker. "Stretch" was directed by Joe Carnahan, who also directed "Narc," "The A Team," "Smoking Aces," the "The Grey"
He followed that up by working with SNL's Rob Schneider on Rob's self financed/ self produced Comedy Series "Real Rob," which was released on Netflix in 2015.
Most recently, Chris worked w Director Nate Parker (Writer/Director of "A Birth of A Nation"), on his new mini series "Baselines."
He has also done many Commercial Projects - Mercedez Benz, Beats by Dre, Qualcomm,Toyota, Sensa Weight Loss, Shark Vacuums, Briggs and Stratton, and Indian Motorcycle to name a Few.
Outside of acting, his biggest passions are music and fitness. He is a singer/ songwriter/ rapper/ and a DJ. He released his debut EP called "Rise" on June 8, 2018. Since then has released a variety of covers and originals including "Feeling Whitney" which garnered a quarter million views on YouTube as well as "Blurry" which has been been streamed hundreds of thousands of times across various music platforms. He also posts DJ mixes on Soundcloud which have been well received by listeners in many countries around the world. With fitness, he works out 4-6 times/ week year round.... and calls it a "healthy addiction."
