Chris Lemke is an actor of Canadian origin who is known to many for his roles in films like Werewolf, One Eye, Destination 3, They Watch, etc. He had a dream of becoming a doctor, but instead he decided to study acting and achieved high results in this matter. In the article, we note the most popular projects from his filmography.
Chris Lemke: biography
Chris was born in 1978 in the Canadian city of Brampton (Ontario). His mother was a teacher then, and his father owned a heating business. He was going to study biochemistry, as in the future he planned to devote himself to medical practice. But when friends filed documents at the Mayfield Secondary School, Chris followed suit. While studying there, he saved up money for a medical university, but when he saw an announcement on the selection of actors in the newspaper, he decided to test his abilities and in 1996 got a role in an episode of the teenage series “Moments of Coming” (1995-1996).
Werewolf from New Moon
After his debut appearance on television, Chris decided to postpone the dream of becoming a doctor for a while, but he never returned to her, because invitations to shoot began to arrive regularly. In the same 1996, he received another episodic role in the serial horror film "Goosebumps" (1995-1998). A year later, Humphrey Newton played in Don McBritty’s biographical drama Newton: The Tale of Two Isaacs.
In 1999, Chris Lemke appeared in David Cronenberg's film Existence. From 1998 to 2000 he played the role of Perry Miller in the CBC series drama Emily from New Moon, the plot of which is based on the eponymous series of books by the Canadian writer Lucy Montgomery. And in 2000, he acted as drug dealer Sam Miller in John Fawcett's horror film Werewolf about two teenage girls with a keen interest in death and everything related to it.
Redemption Bouncers
In 2001, the actor, along with Vin Diesel, starred in the crime drama Brian Koppelman and David Levin “The Bouncers”. A year later, Mark Evans' thriller “One Eye” was released - a film with Chris Lemke, where he played Rex, one of the contestants who, for the sake of a million dollars, had to spend six months in a remote house under the supervision of many cameras. And in 2005, he received the main role in the drama Aubrey Nylon "Simple Turn".
In James Wong's thriller Destination 3 (2006), Chris played the role of Ian McKinley, one of the guys who survived a roller coaster ride. The role of financial broker Chris Wheatley he got in the television movie John Cassar's "24: Atonement" (2008th), based on the TV series Joel Surnou and Robert Cochran "24 hours." And Vince, the protagonist’s best friend, played in the comedy of Jordan Gallan “Rosencrantz and the Guildenstern Resurrected” (2009th).
Alter ego frankenstein
In the image of Travis Howard, a fraudster involved in money laundering, Chris Lemke performed in the criminal thriller Cole Muller "Amateurs" (2011). He played the main role in the next comedy of Jordan Gallan “Alter Ego” (2012) about the times when all superheroes lost popular support and state funding. Jonathan Wankenheim, a professor who claims that Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein novel is based on real facts, played in Andrew Weiner's science fiction film Frankenstein Theory (2013). And he tried on the image of Alex, a member of the American television show in a remote village, in the horror film Jay Lander and Mick Wright, "They're Watching."
There is information that Chris Lemke continues to act and soon it will be possible to see him again in business. We are talking about the drama of Luke Ebrel and Edgar Morais “You are Above All” (2019) and the short film Chris Levitus Never Odd or Even.