Christopher Marquette

A showbusiness veteran well before his 10th birthday, Secaucus, New Jersey native Christopher Marquette covered virtually all the bases of acting at a tender age, making a name for himself in such diverse venues as feature film, Broadway theater, Barney videos, and print advertisements. Marquette and his mother, Tisha, temporarily moved to Los Angeles to accommodate Chris's burgeoning acting career in the fall of 1995 (thus coinciding with TV pilot season), and indeed, he made his biggest splash with guest spots in television programs during the late 1990s and early 2000s, including Law & Order, ER and Touched by an Angel, before scoring a regular role as Marc Delgado (son of doctor Luisa Delgado) on the Lifetime network medical drama Strong Medicine (2001-6). Meanwhile, Marquette staked out feature territory in such projects as the guilty pleasure slasher opus Freddy vs. Jason (2003), the crime drama Alpha Dog (2006) and musician-turned-director Fred Durst's gritty drama The Education of Charlie Banks (2007).

~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide