Christopher Donald Saphire was born in Princeton, NJ on October 10th, 1984. Growing up in nearby Lawrenceville, Chris was a dramatist from a young age, appearing in his first stage production at age ten. He continued through high school and earned his acting degree from Emerson College in Boston, MA in 2006. While at Emerson, Chris was in productions all over the city, including a starring role on The Cutler-Majestic stage. After college, he moved to Los Angeles where he has appeared in various films, plays and television commercials. In 2011 he produced his first short film, an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," in which he played the starring role.