Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Chris Eigeman

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name  Chris Eigeman
Role  Actor

Spouse  Linda Eigeman
TV shows  It's Like, You Know...
Chris Eigeman Chris Eigeman in HBO39s 39Girls39 Whit Stillman

Full Name  Christopher Eigeman
Born  March 1, 1965 (age 58) (1965-03-01) Denver, Colorado, US
Occupation  Actor, screenwriter, director, producer
Nominations  Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award
Movies  Metropolitan, The Last Days of Disco, Turn the River, Kicking and Screaming, Maid in Manhattan
Similar People  Whit Stillman, Nicholas Jarecki, Noah Baumbach, Oren Rudavsky, Matt Ross

Gothamist q a with whit stillman chris eigeman at nitehawk


Christopher "Chris" Eigeman (born March 1, 1965) is an American actor and a film director.

Contents

Chris Eigeman httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Eigeman is best known for roles in films written and directed by Whit Stillman: Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco.

Chris Eigeman Chris Eigeman Wikipedia

Mediaplex interview with chris eigeman


Personal life

Eigeman was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1965. He attended The Putney School, Putney, Vermont, from 1979 to 1983, and graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Theatre in 1987. He has been married to Linda D. Eigeman since 1993. They have a son, born in 2008.

Career

Eigeman has appeared in these films: Kicking and Screaming (1995), Mr. Jealousy (1997), Highball (1997), Maid in Manhattan (2002), Crazy Little Thing (aka The Perfect You) (2002), The Treatment (2006).

Eigeman has appeared in these TV series: It's Like, You Know..., Gilmore Girls, Malcolm in the Middle, Homicide: Life on the Street, Fringe, and Girls.

In 1992, Eigeman filmed a pilot for an American version of the British cult sci-fi television show Red Dwarf playing the part of Arnold Rimmer; however, the show was not picked up as a series. During the mid-1990s, he appeared in a series of television advertisements for Pacific Bell that highlighted his sarcastic, straight ahead delivery. In these spots, Eigeman always appeared in dark suit and tie, regardless of the situation.

Eigeman wrote and directed the film Turn the River (2007).

References

Chris Eigeman Wikipedia