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 and singer. 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 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"

Chris Colfer Media

References

  1. "Show Tracker". Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/09/glee-creator-and-executive-producer-ryan-murphy-discovered-chris-colfer-but-dont-tell-the-young-actor-that-it-makes-him-feel.html. 
  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
  3. Ayers, Dennis (May 27, 2010). "Chris Colfer, Birthday Boy". AfterElton.com. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
  4. The 2011 Time 100. Time Magazine. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2066367,00.html. Retrieved October 18, 2011. 
  5. "Time biography". Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2012-05-03.

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