Chris Ellis (actor)
Chris Ellis (born April 14, 1956) is an American film and television actor.
Early life
Ellis was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He grew up in Frayser, a suburb of Memphis, in a middle class/working class area. He always wanted to be an actor because of what he saw on television.
It took him seven years to finish college however, because "I have always been shiftless". During those years Chris became involved in community theatre in Memphis, Tennessee, where "I did and do still think the quality of the work has always been quite good". By the time he moved to New York, he had worked with many excellent actors in about two dozen plays, classical and contemporary. "I cannot imagine what might have supplanted that background for a newcomer in New York."
Career
His first part in either television or film came in 1979, where he played a truck driver in the television movie The Suicide's Wife, which starred Angie Dickinson. The role resulted in little further work. After working in regional theatre for a year or so, Chris did not work for about ten years. During that time he lived in "bone-grinding poverty" in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen. In one nine-month period of 1987, Chris accepted 102 dinner invitations. "I don't know why they kept arriving, nor why I counted them, though I do know why I accepted them."
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Chris Ellis (basketball)
Christopher Allan Cortez Ellis, also known as Chris Ellis (born December 5, 1988) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player and plays for Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was selected 6th overall in the 2012 PBA draft by Barangay Ginebra San Miguel.
Known to many as Air Force Ellis for his high-flying capabilities. Ellis won the 2013 PBA All-Star Weekend Slamdunk Competition during his rookie season in Digos, Davao del Sur.
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Correct as of December 2, 2015
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Chris Ellis (musician)
Chris Ellis (also known as Christopher Piers Ellis) is a British songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist, who has been recording and touring in the UK since 1984. In addition to solo work Chris Ellis has played keyboards, flute and guitar in several bands, the most notable being the Anglesey based band Ghostriders of which he was a member between 1982 and 1991.
Appearances include Glastonbury Festival, the Djanogly stage at The National Theatre and numerous other festivals and venues across the UK. Ellis performs solo and also with the ensemble "Chris Ellis & Celeste Lovick", with fretless-bass player Dave Sturt, and with violinist Rosie Toll.
Albums written and recorded by Ellis include: Tread Softly (2001), First Reflection (2003), Piano Improvisations (2009) and Dreaming (2010). Ellis has also collaborated with songwriter Brian Boothby on his album Honour (2010).
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