Biography
The Youth Film "American Pie" revealed a lot of young talents, among them was Chris Klein, the executor of the role of Chris Oz Ostroiker. The actor did not receive extensive fame outside the native states, but it turned out to be very in demand in the country: Hollywood agents willingly took him to secondary roles, calling "Young Keanu Rivz" due to explicit external similarity with the "Matrix" star.Childhood and youth
Frederick Christopher Chris Klein was born on March 14, 1979 in Hinsdale, Illinois, in the family of Teresa Bergen and Fred Klein. Father by profession engineer, and mother worked as an educator in kindergarten. However, she had enough houses "pupils": Frederick has an older debbie sister (1978) and the younger brother Timothy (1982). By nationality, Christopher - American, but has German, Irish and English roots.
Chris, like many boys at school age, preferred sports, played behind the football team at the position of defender and midfielder, floated. However, there was present in the future actor and creative vein. At the age of 10, he made his debut on stage in Chicago, fulfilled Madging "This Little Light Of Mine".
When the boy was 13 years old, Klein's family moved to Omaha, Nebraska. Enrolling in the older school "Millard", Chris again found himself on stage, this time as a soloist of the Westside History. In the graduation class, the young talent was the focus of the director Alexander Pain. He was going to shoot in Omaha, the film "Just", and found the performer of one of the main roles. So began the creative biography of Chris Klein.
Films
"Still" with Matthew Broderik and Reese Witherspoon starred in 1999. In the center of the narration - a self-confident student of Tracy, who wants to become president of the school council. Inside the Wheel sticks, Jim Makallister is inserted - a young and charismatic history teacher and social studies. He believes that such a dummy and junction, like Tracy, does not deserve places on the school pedestal of honor.
In the race for the presidency, Paul Metsler is entering the execution of Chris Klein. His hero is the star of the football team, but not arrogant and stupid, how accustomed to show athletes in modern youth comedies, and kind and polite.
Because of the injury, the floor, the student in the graduation class, does not enter the field, and Tracy motivates him to become president of the school. Despite the fact that the girl makes a good act, it makes it from arrogance - she wants to get around the most popular school handsome man.
The film was warmly perceived by critics, although I collected $ 14.9 million (with a budget of $ 25 million). Based on 107 critical articles, the "Rotten Tomatoes" aggregator set the picture rating of 93% and signature:
"Zip" is a successful combination of black humor and a smart script, witty and pleasant film. "In addition, "Justling" took 61st place in the ranking "100 most funny comedies" in the BRAVO rating, 9th place in the Entertainment Weekly list "50 best films about high school" and 45th place among the "100 best films of all Times "according to Premiere. Alexander Panne said that this is one of the favorite films of Barack Obama.
Participation in such an enchanting project, of course, gave Chris Klein ticket into a bright future of the prosperous actor. In the same 1999, the filmography was replenished with another painting, which is now considered to be a cult in the world of adolescents, "American Pie".
The plot is based on the story of four graduates - Jime (Jason Biggs), Lake (Chris Klein), Kevin (Thomas Yen Nicholas) and Fincé (Eddie Thomas), who during the training in high school never had sexual experience with girls. On the nose exams, and then - college. In the youth, the opinion of others has a decisive importance, and, not wanting to be among the luesrs, the guys plan to lose virginity to the graduation.
Everyone achieved the goal, but in different ways. For example, Hero Klein Oz met real love - the beauty-chore Heser, and Finch gained consolation in the arms of the Mother of the Styfaler Mother of Steve (Seann William Scott).
"American Pie" and "Justle" opened open before Chris Clean Doors in Hollywood. In 2000, the actor fulfilled the role of a guy ideal in a dramatic comedy "here on Earth." In 2001, the second part of the story of four concerned students and the film "Tell me, that is not so," whose heroes, future spouses, find out that they are relatives.
In 2002, in the film "RollerBar", Chris appeared together with Jean Reno. He got the role of Jonathan Cross, which was planned to invite Keanu Rivza. Critics put this film on the 28th place in the "100 worst films of the 2000s" list. Perhaps this failure was the reason for the fact that in the next project "We were soldiers" the actor played a secondary character.
"United States Lyland", "Long Weekend", "Just Friends", "Hank and Mike", "under cross-fire" - Since 2003, Chris Klein has regularly appeared on large screens both in the main and secondary roles.
In 2012, the actor returned "American Pie". The part was the name "all assembly". The mature heroes of the film met after 13 years to tell what they achieved. So, the hero of Klein Oz became a sports commentator and meets with supermodel.
In 2013, the artist, together with the star of the TV series "Theory of the Big Explosion" Keeie Kooko played in the film "Unknown Authors", and also lit up in the "Resident Evil: Retribution".
Personal life
In January 2000, Chris Klein began to meet with actress Katie Holmes. After 3 years, the lovers announced the engagement, and in 2005 he broke up, and without combining marriage's uzami. According to rumors, Holmes could not stand the addiction of a young man to alcoholic beverages.
In 2011, at the wedding of a friend, the actor met the Laya Rose Tiffo, a tourist agent. The pair was engaged in December 2014, and on August 9, 2015 played a wedding. Two children were born in the family: Frederick Easton (July 23, 2016) and Isla Rose (May 26, 2018). Photo with his wife and Children Chris will regularly post on social networks. Account in "Instagram" at the actor appeared on May 30, 2018.
In 2005, Klein began problems with alcohol. In February, he was detained for drunk riding, on June 16, 2010 - again. 5 days later, information appeared that the actor began a 30-day treatment program from alcohol dependence.
The representative of Klein noted that
"After the recent events, Chris was forced to soberly look at the problem with which he struggles for many years. Now he realized that she could not defeat his illness. "The rehabilitation course gave fruit. Now the actor is engaged in sports (with an increase in 185 cm weighs 81 kg), does not drink and does not smoke. Healthy lifestyle motivates including a happy family personal life.
Chris Klein now
In 2018, a romantic comedy "Competition" came out on the screens with Chris Klein in the lead role. She tells about a girl who, following his own "pig theory," completes relations with men six months old to avoid betrayal. However, the hero of Chris, Kelvin, wants to refute this theory.
In 2019, the sections of the second part of the film "Spare Bench" (2006) are announced. In Casta hit and Klein.
Filmography
- 1999 - "Job"
- 1999 - "American Pie"
- 2001 - "Tell me that it is not so"
- 2001 - "American Pie 2"
- 2003 - "United States Lyland"
- 2005 - "Just friends"
- 2009 - "Street Fighter"
- 2010 - "under cross-fire"
- 2012 - "American Pie: all assembled"
- 2016 - "Accesses game"
- 2018 - "Competition"