| Name Chris Eigeman Role Actor | Spouse Linda Eigeman TV shows It's Like, You Know... | |
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| 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
- Gothamist q a with whit stillman chris eigeman at nitehawk
- Mediaplex interview with chris eigeman
- Personal life
- Career
- References
Eigeman is best known for roles in films written and directed by Whit Stillman: Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco.
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).