Chris Potter: Summary

Recent Role:: on The Chopping Block

Gender:: Male

Birthday:: 8-23-1960

Birthplace:: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Birth Name:: Christopher Jay Potter

AKA:: CJ & Cricket

Christopher Jay Potter was born in Toronto, he discovered a love of acting in school, but never considered pursuing it as a career. Eventually he worked as a stockbroker in Europe & in Canada, while continuing to perform in amateur theater productions. He caught the attention of Martha Henry, 1 of Canada's leading actresses, who cast him in the Canadian production of "Biloxi Blues" in Toronto. Potter won rave reviews & within a month landed a leading role in the CBC television series "Material World" ('90).

He made a name for himself in tv starring in 2 long-running popular dramatic series, which at 1 point let to him appearing on screen in 2 different roles at the same time. He played David Carradine's son & crime fighting partner in "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues" ('93), which aired for 4 seasons, & starred as a hard-hitting police sergeant for 3 yrs. in USA Network's "Silk Stalkings" ('91), for which he also served as an episode director. Some of his other credits include CBS's "Open House" ('03) (TV) , "Rush of Fear" ('03) (TV), the ABC pilots "The Big House" ('01) (TV) & "Astronauts" ('02), "Andromeda", the USA Network television movie, "The Waiting Game" ('98) (TV), as the voice of Gambit in the Fox animated series "X-Men" ('92) & as a guest star on "Will & Grace" ('98).

An actor with a flair for edgy, unconventional roles, Potter recently guest starred as Dr. David Cameron in the 1st season of Showtime's much-talked-about hit series, "Queer as Folk" ('00). He has also just completed production on the upcoming Miramax feature film release Spymate ('03) & will be seen in the ABC mini-series "Wrinkle in Time, A" ('03) (mini). In '01, he received the NY International Independent Film & Video Festival Award for best actor for his 1st feature film role in the drama Rocket's Red Glare ('00).

Potter is married & has 4 children. Christopher Jay Potter was born in Toronto, he discovered a love of acting in school, but never considered pursuing it as a career. Eventually he worked as a stockbroker in Europe & in Canada, while continuing to perform in amateur theater productions. He caught the attention of Martha Henry, 1 of Canada's leading actresses, who cast him in the Canadian production of "Biloxi Blues" in...

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TS82
member since: Mar 9, 2008
Chris Jay Potter is my favourite actor up to date. Love his character in QAF Season 1. I wish to see him more though. ...Continue »
I love to watch him when he was on QAF Season 1. Nice, gentle, and loving person.

I must admit he caught my eyes in that series, and my gosh, wish i can date him someday. Guess what, he played Gambit in X-Men, which is my favourite character out of all. Perhaps this is not appropriate, but I am quite disappointed to find out that he is straight, with family and 4 children. Life goes on and we dont get what we wish for sometimes. I will dig out his previous movies and enjoy my fantacies with such a lovely guy.
03/09/08 06:56am | report abuse
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pinklavender
member since: Oct 14, 2006
Seriously hot! This actor is SO underused! He definitely needs another series or better movie where he is not playing second fiddle to Vin Diesel or a chimpanzee (not sure which was which in that particular case!)! ...Continue »
I can never understand why actors with talent like this are not used to their better advantage and for their fans! There are so many talentless and not hot actors on our screens that it makes you weep that an actor of this calibre is not in a major hit show or movie! It doesn't help that many of the TV films are not syndicated in the UK! Thank heavens for Amazon and downloads! I never got to see the Kung Fu series or Silk Stalkings (why hasn't series 6, 7 & 8 he was in been released on DVD? 1-5 have!!??)that are often raved about, but loved Wild Card and Queer as Folk - Dr David should have stayed!! And there definitely should have been a series 3 of Dan and Zoe or at least a proper finale! Sex Traffic was one of the best dramas I have ever seen - he suited and played the part so well.

Enough already of the one-off appearances on TV shows and second rate movies, it is time to get serious and show how sexy this man is and allow him to finally be able to show all his talents - although maybe not as graphic as was the case in QAF ... well ... perhaps a raincheck on that one!?

Definitely lots more please!!
01/04/07 01:44am | report abuse
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JPPT1974
member since: Nov 2, 2005
Talented and Handsome ...Continue »
I first saw Chris Potter back in 1993 as Detective
Peter Caine, the cop son of the Kwai Chang Caine
In the reamke of Kung Fu the Legend Continues! He can
Not just only act but is very handsome and very funny!
Also loved him in Silk Stalkings! The guy is very hot
When he is wearing a tuxedo! Hope he will land a tv show asap!
05/07/06 06:49pm | report abuse
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loyerd6
member since: Aug 28, 2005
Very talented, very handsome and has a great sense of humor. It doesn't hurt that he's lefthanded! ...Continue »
He's very talented, very handsome and has a wonderful sense of humor. Tall, muscular and it doesn't hurt that he's lefthanded! He hasn't received the respect he deserves. I loved his show 'Silk Stalkings'. I never missed an episode. He and Janet Gunn were very good together! He needs another show, but he's falling into the 'Dennis Franz Sydrome' where he only plays cops. Come on Hollywood, this man needs a show!
02/24/06 09:17pm | report abuse