Chris Norton

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Status:

Lefou in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast"

Updated More than a month ago

Homebase:

Fulton, MO

Title:

Actor, Crew, Director, Sound, Special Effects, Writer

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  Overview

• Bio

  Chris was born in Lancaster, CA, in the suburbs of Los Angeles. At a young age, he moved to Alamogordo, NM, and moved again at a young age to Lonedell, MO, in the outer suburbs of St. Louis.

  While growing up, Chris new in his heart that he wanted to work in film. As soon as he could get his hands on a camcorder, he immediately began making short films of his own. Most did not gain much popularity, like his TROOPERS franchise, but some did, like Spider-Man and Venom. He has even made two feature-length films: TROOPERS The First Movie, and TROOPERS The 2nd Movie. Although the actors were with legos, impressive editing and special effects were used.

  Chris first began acting in high school, his first role was Charlie Sloane in "Anne of Green Gables". Later in that year, he portrayed James in "The Understudy" and earned the Best Actor Award from his high school in just his first year of acting. Now, he is currently in college, at William Woods University, studying in Film and Communications. He has also had roles, and various tech work in productions in college, such as Steve Martin's "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" and Edward Albee's "Seascape". Currently, he is enjoying his role in his first professional theatre production as Lefou in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" at The Little Theatre in Jefferson City.

  Chris has also founded his own production and special effects companies: NFProductions and Cerbius Effects, respectively. He hopes to see both of those names upon a silver screen someday. He also writes most of his screenplays. Most recently co-writing a trilogy of Indiana Jones fan films, co-writing "Indiana Jones and the Sword of the Ancients" and writing "Indiana Jones and the Lost City". He has also written an original script for "Vendetta", an experimental film.

• Favorite Movies

  Star Wars saga, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Indiana Jones saga, Apollo 13, The Thin Man series, North By Northwest, Beauty and the Beast, The Rocketeer, Stargate, Casablanca, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Edward Scissorhands, The Thin Man series, 300, Moulin Rouge!, Serenity, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, X-Men

• Favorite TV Shows

  Stargate SG-1, Red Dwarf, Firefly, Star Trek, Get Smart, Stargate: Atlantis, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Band of Brothers, Attack of the Show!

• Favorite Music

  Rock, Metal, Video game/Movie soundtracks, Oldies. Anything except for new Country and Rap/Hip Hop, except for Nerdcore.

• Links

  Current films:

  http://swordoftheancients.blogspot.com/