CHRISTOPHER WAYLAND
- SAG-AFTRA,
- AEA (EMC)
Résumé Print Résumé
TV | ||
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The Chi (Showtime) |
Co-Star (Doctor) |
Dir. D. & Q. Gossfield |
The Chi (Showtime) |
Co-Star (Doctor) |
Dir: Gandja Monteiro |
Chicago MED (NBC) |
Co-Star (Business Man) |
Dir: Jono Oliver |
NeXt (FOX) |
Co-Star (Chris) |
Dir: Tim Hunter |
APB (FOX) |
Co-Star (Reporter) |
Dir: Matt Earl Beesley |
Pullman: A Chicago Story (WTTW) |
Lead (Pullman Porter) |
Dir: Rachel Pikelny |
Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Story (WTTW) |
Lead (Ferdinand Barnett) |
Dir: Stacy Robinson |
COMMERCIAL | ||
Cox Mobile |
Lead (Influencer) |
Dir. Becky Werve |
CDW/Nutanix |
Lead (Office Worker) |
Dir. John Condne |
CDW |
Lead (Dad) |
Dir: Matt Maniscalco |
Starbucks |
Lead (Barista) |
Dir. Kat Tushim |
Kellogg's Raisin Bran |
Lead (Steve) |
Dir: Peter Marquis |
BCU Credit Union |
Lead (Spokesman) |
Dir: Matt Williams |
James Hardie |
Lead (Hardie Rep) |
Dir: Guy Bauer |
Straight Talk |
Lead (Basketball Player) |
Dir: Michael Gabriele |
Miller Lite |
Co-Star (White Sox Fan) |
Miller Brewing Company |
Energy Dynamics - Renewable Energy |
Lead (Spokesman) |
Dir: Aaron Stowers |
FILM | ||
The Birder |
Lead |
Dir: Bradley V. Powell |
I Heard The Bells |
Lead |
Dir: Nick Benoit |
All The Flowers (That Cut Through The Earth) |
Lead |
Dir: Ward Crockett |
INDUSTRIAL | ||
United Airlines |
Lead (Customer Service) |
Dir. Jamie Miller |
United Airlines |
Lead (Business Traveler) |
Dir. Jamie McCulloch |
WebMD |
Lead (Doctor) |
Dir: Bill Frye |
WebMD |
Lead (Doctor) |
Dir: Bill Frye |
Deloitte US, Chicago |
Lead (INtelligence Officer) |
Dir: Guy Bauer |
Get Your Flu Shot! |
Lead (Patient) |
Dir: Julie Allen |
Fuel Your Engine With Smart Eats! |
Lead (Doctor) |
Dir: Julie Allen |
WEBSERIES | ||
They Wake Up |
Lead |
Dir: Samuel Wyatt Haines |
The Onion Live Election Coverage |
Lead |
The Onion |
VOICEOVER | ||
A Midnight Prayer |
Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
Willow Creek Community Church |
Management Training Tutorial |
Narrator |
DePaul University |
HR Training Tutorial |
Narrator |
QTS: IPL eLearning |
THEATRE | ||
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead |
Player U/S, Hamlet U/S |
Court Theatre |
School of Rock: the musical |
Gabe Brown, Jeff Sanderson, Mr. Sanford |
Paramount Theatre |
The Luckiest |
Peter |
Raven Theatre |
Cephianne's Reflection (public reading) |
Christopher |
Goodman Theatre |
Bachelor: the unauthorized parody musical |
Bachelor |
Right Angle Entertainment |
Love Actually: the unauthorized musical parody |
Liam Neeson and Others |
Right Angle Entertainment |
Nat Turner in Jerusalem (virtual) |
Nat Turner |
Oak Park Festival Theatre |
The Venetians (virtual) |
Aaron the Moor |
Oak Park Festival Theatre |
The Project(s) |
Dr. Brad Hunt/Steve Jones |
Stage Left Theatre |
Titus Andronicus |
Saturninus |
Haven |
Hoodoo Love |
Jib |
Raven Theatre |
Footloose |
Principal Clark |
Marriott Theatre |
Small Jokes About Monsters |
Derek |
16th Street Theater |
1776 |
Lewis Morris |
Porchlight Music Theatre |
A Raisin in the Sun |
George Murchison |
THEATREWORKS |
Shrew'd: a new musical |
Petruchio |
First Folio Theatre |
The Luckiest People |
David |
Stage Left Theatre |
Insurrection: Holding History |
Nat Turner/ Ova Seea Jones |
Stage Left Theatre |
Choir Boy |
Pharus Jonathan Young |
Raven Theatre |
Macbeth |
Macduff |
Oak Park Festival Theatre |
In To America |
African American Males |
Griffin Theatre |
Romeo & Juliet |
Capulet |
Teatro Vista |
Captain Blood! |
Wolverston |
First Folio Theatre |
Miss Holmes |
Inspector Lestrade |
Lifeline Theatre |
The Translation of Likes |
Too Legit To Quit |
The Theatre School at DePaul |
Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
Seth Holly |
The Theatre School at DePaul |
The Day John Henry Came to School |
John Henry |
The Theatre School at DePaul |
In The Heights |
Piragua Guy |
The Theatre School at DePaul |
Elemeno Pea |
Jos-B |
The Theatre School at DePaul |
Why We Left Brooklyn |
Jason |
The Theatre School at DePaul |
Educational Theatre Programs Tour |
Various Characters |
Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic |
Superior Donuts |
Franco Wicks |
Fells Point Corner Theatre |
Stop Kiss |
George |
Fells Point Corner Theatre |
Ain't Misbehavin' |
Self (André Vocal Part) |
Spotlighters Theatre |
Unraveled on the Gravel: a new musical |
Wricks |
Spotlighters Theatre |
Romeo & Juliet |
Paris/Gregory |
Baltimore Shakespeare Factory |
Othello (an adaptation) |
Othello/Cassio |
Baltimore Shakespeare Factory |
Much Ado About Nothing |
Claudio/Seacole |
Baltimore Shakespeare Factory |
Comedy of Errors |
Antipholus of Ephesus |
Baltimore Shakespeare Factory |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Lysander |
Baltimore Shakespeare Factory |
Ananse, Br'er Rabbit, & the Leprechaun |
Osman/Osceola |
Children's Theatre Association |
Top Dog/Underdog |
Lincoln |
Dartmouth College |
The Imaginary Invalid |
M. Purgon |
Dartmouth College |
& Juliet |
Muffin |
Dartmouth College |
OTHER PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE | ||
Baltimore Improv Group (BIG) |
Mainstage Performer |
Baltimore, MD |
Symphony Orchestra of Arlington, VA |
Vocal Soloist |
Washington, DC |
Chicago Improv Festival (2015-16) |
Improv Performer |
Chicago, IL |
Del Close Marathon (2013-16) |
Improv Performer |
New York, NY |
NYC Improv Festival (2012) |
Improv Performer |
New York, NY |
Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival |
Performer |
Washington, DC |
The Dog Day Players (Improv Troupe) |
President |
Dartmouth College |
The Dartmouth College Gospel Choir |
Tenor |
Dartmouth College |
Final Cut (A Cappella Group) |
Tenor/Baritone |
Dartmouth College |
Director | ||
Stupid Fucking Bird |
Chicago College of Performing Arts |
Roosevelt University |
The Phantom Tollbooth |
Chicago College of Performing Arts |
Roosevelt University |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 6' |
Weight: 185 lbs |
Eyes: Brown |
Hair Color: Black |
Hair Length: Short |
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Basic French, SAFD Actor Combatant, Baseball, Basketball, Running - General, Swimming - ability - general, Tennis, Comedian, Impressionist, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Singer, Vocal Range: Bari-Tenor, Voiceover, Whistler, American - New England Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Cockney Accent, French Accent, Puerto Rican Accent
Christopher was born and raised in Baltimore, MD and is currently based in Chicago, IL. He earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. He is an Adjunct Professor of Acting at the Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) at Roosevelt University. He is a Joseph Jefferson Award and Black Theatre Alliance Award nominee for achievement in Acting.