Chris O'Neil (actor)

Not to be confused with Chris O'Neal.
Chris O'Neil

press photo 2005
Born November 8, 1994 (age 21)
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 2007-2010

Chris O'Neil (born November 8, 1994[1]) is an American actor, primarily known for the 2007 science fiction drama, The Last Mimzy.

O'Neil was born in Boulder, Colorado, and attended Dennison Elementary. He attended D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School as a seventh grader.[1] He attended Denver Academy. His family hired an acting coach for him after he did well in school oral interpretation classes.[2] O'Neil subsequently won five silver and one bronze medals at amateur acting competitions during the summer of 2005 and was taken on by Cutler Management, who sent him to study acting.[1] Shortly thereafter, in what was only his second acting audition, he was cast in The Last Mimzy.[1]

O'Neil had recently attended St. John's Military School in Salina, Kansas and graduated from Wasatch Academy in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, he then lived in Laurel, Maryland while he attended the Rochester Institute of Technology.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Roberts, Sheila (2007-03-21). "Rhiannon Leigh Wryn & Chris O’Neil The Last Mimzy". MoviesOnline. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
  2. Portman, Jamie (2007-03-21). "She believes in magic". The Gazzette. Retrieved 2007-03-22.

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