Chris Colfer is a talented actor from California. His role in the popular television series "Choir" helped him become famous. Chris Colfer is the recipient of the Teen Choice Award, People's Choice Award, Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe. He has also received multiple Sputnik and Emmy nominations.
Christopher "Chris" Paul Colfer was born in the small California town of Clovis. In this place, the whole childhood of the future artist passed. Chris's date of birth: May 27, 1990. Chris is the second child in the family. He has an older sister who was diagnosed with severe epilepsy at an early age.
Facts from the biography of Christopher Colfer
Unfortunately, there are no details about who Colfer's parents are. It is known that their names are Timothy and Karina, and they are Irish by nationality.
Chris began to take an interest in art and creativity from a very early age. However, in the first place, at first, it was not acting that attracted him. The boy loved to read books, and gradually began to try to write stories and fairy tales.
Creativity helped Chris a lot in life. The artist has repeatedly said in his interviews that in childhood he was very scared when his sister had seizures. Therefore, in order to distract himself, he plunged into fantastic worlds, reading books or writing his own stories. In addition, at the age of twelve, Christopher underwent major surgery to remove a lymph node. During the rehabilitation period, the boy was distracted from his condition by enthusiastically composing fairy tales. Chris was especially actively supported in this endeavor by his grandmother. She later helped the talented boy publish his first book of fairy tales.
To date, Christopher Colfer has already established himself as a storyteller. He has more than ten books and collections on his account, which were published in the period from 2012 to 2018. Some of the publications have been translated into Russian; fairy tales with beautiful illustrations can be freely purchased on the Internet or offline stores.
When Chris went to get his education at school, the boy did not have a good relationship with classmates and teachers. Therefore, after the first grade, the parents transferred their son to another educational institution. As a result, Christopher received his secondary education at the Eastern School of Clovis.
In childhood and adolescence, Colfer attended creative studios, by the time he reached high school, he had already fired up the dream of becoming an actor, trying his hand at directing and writing scripts. Before graduating from high school, he wrote an amateur script based on the movie Sweeney Todd. This play, which was eventually staged at school under the direction of Chris himself, was a kind of parody of a famous work, the main characters changed their sex, and the production itself was called "Shirley Todd".
At school, Chris was quite active. He took part in various competitions and school debates, was the president of a literary club, led a school newspaper, played in a drama circle.
It is also worth noting that at the moment the artist takes part in various charity events, is a fighter for the rights of animals and people.
Career in film and television
Chris first appeared on the big screen in 2009 with the release of Russell Fish: The Egg and Sausage Incident. It was a short film in which Colfer played the main role. The film was shown at various film festivals, and film critics immediately appreciated the talent of the young actor.
Chris Colfer became famous for his role in the popular television series "The Choir". It is noteworthy that initially the artist auditioned for the role of a completely different character. However, the creators of the show became so interested in the actor that it was decided to add another character to the plot, which would ideally fit Christopher. As a result, the actor played the role of Kurt Hummel. The series "Choir" was released until 2015.
During the filming of the television project, Chris managed to work on a number of films, among which were: "Marmaduke", "Lightning Strike" (a film based on the tale of Chris himself).
In 2014, a new television series was launched - "Pretty Women in Cleveland", in which Christopher appeared. And in 2017, the feature film Noel was released, in which Colfer played one of the roles.
Personal life, family and relationships
Chris does not hide the fact that he is a homosexual. The actor made the come-out as a teenager, while his parents were extremely tolerant of this. In 2013, it became known that Colfer is in a relationship with a young man named Will Sherrod.
