Chris Lemke's Selected Filmography

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Chris Lemke is a Canadian-born actor known to many for his roles in films such as Werewolf, One Eye, Final Destination 3, They're Watching, and others. 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 then a teacher, and his father owned a heating business. He was going to study biochemistry, as he planned to devote himself to medical practice in the future. But when friends applied to the Mayfield Secondary School of Fine Arts, Chris followed suit. While studying there, he saved up money for a medical university, but after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper for the selection of actors, he decided to test his abilities and in 1996 received a role in an episode of the teenage series “Moments to Come” (1995-1996).

Werewolf from NewMoon

After his debut appearance on television, Chris decided to postpone his dream of becoming a doctor for a while, but he never returned to it, 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, he played Humphrey Newton in Don McBreathy's biographical drama Newton: A Tale of the Two Isaacs.

In 1999, Chris Lemke appeared in David Cronenberg's Existence. From 1998 to 2000, he played the role of Perry Miller in the CBC serial drama Emily of New Moon, based on the book series of the same name by 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 an increased interest in death and everything connected with it.

Bouncer Redemption

In 2001, the actor, along with Vin Diesel, starred in the crime drama Brian Koppelman and David Levine "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 video cameras. And in 2005 he got the lead role in Aubrey Nealon's drama A Simple Turn.

In James Wong's thriller Final Destination 3 (2006), Chris played the role of Ian McKinley, one of the guyssurvivors of a rollercoaster ride. He played financial broker Chris Wheatley in John Kassar's television film 24: Atonement (2008), based on Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran's 24 series. And Vince, the best friend of the protagonist, played in Jordan Gallan's comedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Resurrected (2009).

Frankenstein's alter ego

Chris Lemke portrayed money laundering fraudster Travis Howard in Cole Muller's crime thriller The Amateurs (2011). He played the main role in Jordan Gallan's next comedy "Alter Ego" (2012) about the times when all superheroes lost their popular support and government funding. Jonathan Wankenheim, a professor who claims that Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" is based on real facts, played in Andrew Weiner's science fiction film "The Frankenstein Theory" (2013). And he tried on the image of Alex, a member of the group involved in filming an American television show in a remote village, in the horror film They're Watching by Jay Lander and Mick Wright.

There is information that Chris Lemke continues to act and soon it will be possible to see him again in action. We are talking about the drama You Above Everything by Luc Ebrel and Edgar Morais (2019) and the short film Never Odd or Even by Chris Levitus.