Chris Owens (actor)

Not to be confused with Chris Owen (actor).

Chris Owens
Owens (left) with actress Farah Merani at 2016 CFC Annual BBQ Fundraiser
Born	Christopher Bradley Owens (1961-09-07) 7 September 1961 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present

Christopher Bradley Owens (born 7 September 1961) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his performances on the television series The X-Files.

Early life

Owens was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Jeannette, a jazz singer, and Garry Owens, a jazz drummer.

Career

Owens has performed in many feature films, often in minor roles, including appearances in Cocktail and The Recruit. However, he is best known for his performances on the television series The X-Files. Owens initially guest starred as the younger version of William B. Davis's character, the Cigarette Smoking Man, in a 1996 episode "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man". He returned in 1997 in the same role in an episode called "Demons". Later that year, he played the Frankenstein-esque Great Mutato in a surreal episode called "The Post-Modern Prometheus".

In 1998, Owens was cast as special agent Jeffrey Spender, son of The Smoking Man and alien abductee Cassandra Spender. Owens was credited as 'Also Starring' but only appeared in eight episodes, spread across the show's fifth and sixth seasons, before his character died at the hand of his father. Owens returned in a 2002 episode called "William", playing a hideously disfigured Jeffrey Spender who had survived the "murder". He appeared a few episodes later in "The Truth", the series finale. Owens appeared one final time as Jeffrey Spender, on January 3, 2018, in The X-Files Eleventh Season Premiere, "My Struggle III", in order to warn Agent Scully and also divulged the last name of her son’s adoptive parents.

He has been nominated for numerous awards, including a 2002 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for The Uncles.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Cages	Billy Simpson	Short film
1987	The Big Town	Garage Boy
1988	Cocktail	Soldier
1990	The Nutcracker Prince	Erik	Voice
1996	Sabotage	Young Security Guard
1998	Disturbing Behavior	Officer Kramer
2000	The Uncles	John	Nominated—Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
2003	The Happy Couple	Dwayne
	The Recruit	Art Wallis
2007	Breach	Trunk Cataloguer
2008	The Incredible Hulk	Commando
	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Dancer
2009	Saw VI	Additional voices
2010	Red	Hanged Man
	Saw 3D: The Final Chapter	Additional voices
2011	Dream House	Tom Barrion	Uncredited
2017	Molly's Game	LA Player
2024	The Apprentice	Jay Pritzker

Television films

Year	Title	Role
1986	As Is	Pickup #2
1986	9B	Steven Lapiere
1987	Haunted By Her Past	Thomas
1996	Double Jeopardy	Rocco
1994	Paris or Somewhere	Shawn
1995	Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story	Nebraska
1996	Giant Mike	Tom Aitken
1997	Their Second Chance	Jeff Colvin
2000	Python	Brian Cooper
2001	A Glimpse of Hell	Agent Flynn
	My Louisiana Sky	Lonnie Parker
2002	Guilt by Association	Roger
	Power and Beauty	Weston
2008	Victor	Dave Stubbs
2018	Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey	Detective Wolf

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Hangin' In	Brian	Episode: "Video Fever"
1985	Night Heat	Mel Braddock	Episode: "Ancient Madness"
1986	Adderly	Gang Member	Episode: "Rich Kid"
1988	9B	Steven Lapiere	5 episodes
	The Campbells	Volunteer Rifleman	Episode: "The Rifle Company"
1989	Street Legal	Ricky Palmer	Episode: "Slipping Through the Cracks"
1990	Top Cops	Astorotti	Episode: "James Garcia/Mike Coleman"
	Street Legal	Seth Cuthbert	Episode: "Standard of Care"
1992	Rin Tin Tin K-9 Cop	—N/a	Episode: "Under Siege"
1993	The Hidden Room	Peter Semple	Episode: "The First Battle"
1995	TekWar	Roy Henry	Episode: "Chill Factory"
1996	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Tremaine	Episode: "Shaolin Shot"
	PSI Factor	Deputy Carl Hall	Episode: "Reptilian Revenge/Ghostly Voices"
1996–1997	The X-Files	Young Cigarette Smoking Man	2 episodes
1997	Millennium	Deputy Bill Sherman	Episode: "Monster"
	The X-Files	Mutato	Episode: "The Post-Modern Prometheus"
1998	Stargate SG-1	Armin Selig	Episode: "Secrets"
1998–2018	The X-Files	Jeffrey Spender	11 episodes Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
1999	The Net	Sam Lloyd	Episode: "Y2K: Total System Failure"
2001	Blue Murder	Speltz	Episode: "Wrongful Convictions"
	Lexx	Biff	Episode: "Texx Lexx"
	Soul Food	Jim	Episode: "Fly Away Home"
2002	Mutant X	Mr. Delay	Episode: "Interface"
2003	Blue Murder	John Doe	Episode: "John Doe"
2004	This Is Wonderland	—N/a	Episode: "#1.9"
	The Grid	Polygrapher	Episode: "#1.2"
2005	1-800-MISSING	—N/a	Episode: "Sisterhood"
	Air Crash Investigation	Scott Lustig	Episode: "Mistaken Identity"
2007	Til Death Do Us Part	Carl Lawford	Episode: "The Pond Scum Murder"
2009	The Line	Andy	15 episodes
2010	Baxter	Sam	4 episodes
2011	Combat Hospital	Sergeant Major Gaestner	Episode: "Shifting Sands"
2015	The Strain	Medical Officer	Episode: "Quick and Painless"
2016	11.22.63	Anesthesiologist	Episode: "Happy Birthday, Lee Harvey Oswald"
2018	The Expanse	Kolvoord	6 episodes
2020	The Comey Rule	Man Behind Him	Episode: "Night One"
2021	Mayor of Kingstown	Tom	Episode: "Orion"
2023	Murdoch Mysteries	Bruce Marshall	Episode: "Cool Million"
	Fellow Travelers	Barker	2 episodes
2024	The Madness	Levi	2 episodes
2026	Reacher	Nolan Cahill	3 episodes

External links

• Chris Owens at IMDb