Chris Massolia is an American film and television actor. He began his career in childhood. Most famous for the general public due to the main role in the fantasy action movie "The Story of a Vampire." Also appeared as a guest star in several popular TV series. In 2016, he returned to the acting profession after a four-year break.
Childhood and youth
Chris Massolia was born March 29, 1992 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He grew up in a Christian family, in his childhood he liked to listen to Christian pop music. Stand out high intelligence. He was at home training, the teacher was the actor’s mother. He outstripped an ordinary school curriculum by an average of five grades; at age 13, he already enrolled in an online university and completed several courses.
Chris Massolia also successfully performed in the children's baseball league, learned to play the piano and was engaged in dancing. In high school, he began to attend an acting studio. Then he began sending out video applications for castings across the country. Soon he received roles in commercials of brands Target, Bestby and Pepsi.
Actor career
In 2003, Chris Massolia appeared in one of the episodes of the popular series Law and Order under the pseudonym Chris Kelly. Used this name in the professional field until 2008. At the age of ten, he practically got the main role in the thriller "Birth", but in the story the hero had a naked scene with Nicole Kidman, and the actor's conservative parents refused to give permission for the shooting.
Over the next few years, Chris unsuccessfully auditioned for Hollywood movies, including the blockbuster Spider-Man 2. During this period, appeared in small roles in the series "Medical Investigation" and "Wanted."
In 2007, the actor appeared in the family film "Plum Summer." In 2009, the most popular film with Chris Massolia was released at the moment. He starred in the film “The Story of a Vampire,” where stars like Willem Dafoe and Salma Hayek became his screen partners. The film received mixed reviews from critics and did not show itself very well at the box office, failing to return its forty-million-dollar budget, but Chris's acting work was mostly praised by critics.
In the same year, Massolia played one of the main roles in the horror film "Hole" by cult director Joe Dante, the creator of the films "Piranha" and "Gremlins." In 2013, he appeared in the television movie "Our Wild Hearts" and after that disappeared from the screens for almost four years.
Break and return
In addition to acting, Chris Massolia is also engaged in public work, for four years he visited Israel and the Middle East five times with a humanitarian mission. She also actively works with the church, attracting young people there.
In 2016, he returned to the screens, playing a small role in the romantic comedy "The Divider". In subsequent years, he took part in several independent low-budget films. At the moment, two full-length films with Chris Massolia in the lead roles, the independent drama King of the Sawmill and the sci-fi thriller Defenders with a budget of less than a million dollars are under development.