Actor / Director Profile

Christopher Malcolm Bruno was born in the small town of Milford, Connecticut. Chris attended college in Vermont, where he was a member of the school's ski team while studying Psychology. During his sophomore year, he was temporarily sidelined with an injury, so he decided to try something different. He auditioned for and was cast as the lead in his first play, Machiavelli's "The Mandrake".Having discovered a new passion for the arts, Bruno transferred as a theatre major to the State University of New York at Stonybrook, where he was also a walk-on starting pitcher for the school's baseball team (his fastball was clocked at 90 mph), and he finished with a 6-0 record his senior year. He also broke some of the school's records for strike-outs and wins which were later broken by The Minnesota Twins perennial all-star Joe Nathan.Upon graduation, Chris moved to New York, where one year (and several bar-tending jobs) later, he was offered a two-year contract on NBC's"Another World" (1964). During his first year on the show, Chris was nominated for a Soap Opera Award as "Outstanding Newcomer". A few years later, he was cast in the role of "Michael Delaney" on ABC's "All My Children" (1970), which won an Emmy the year he joined the cast for his story line.Chris eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he began performing stand-up comedy at The Improv. This led him guest-starring roles on the sitcoms - "Suddenly Susan" (1996), "The Nanny" (1993), "Jesse" (1998) and a recurring role on Alan Ball's series "Oh, Grow Up" (1999).In 1998, Bruno and his brother Dylan Bruno, were cast in Lorenzo Carcaterra's dark & gritty New York cop show The Force for The WB(1999) (TV). Then came Chris' biggest break so far when he was cast as Walt Bannerman in "Stephen King's The Dead Zone"(2002) which ran successfully for 6 seasons on USA Network.In the summer of 2004, Chris produced & starred in the feature film Last of the Romantics (2007). Before filming "Stephen King's Dead Zone" (2002) Season 4, Chris completed work on the feature film The World's Fastest Indian (2005) opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins, which Chris said was one of the most exciting jobs he'd ever done.Chris was able to exercise his directing skills as he guided an episode of "Stephen King's Dead Zone" (2002) Season 5,entitled "Independence Day", which also included his brother, Dylan Bruno. They dedicated this episode to the memory of their mom who had just passed away from cancer. Chris has had recurring roles on Tony and Ridley Scott's show Numb3rs, FOX's Prison Break and appeared in the movie "Prison Break, The Final Break". Chris was also the male lead in "The Cell2" opposite Tesse Santiago. Directing has become a second passion for Chris and he has two projects in development with his friend and business partner Sean Patrick Flanery of Boondock Saints fame.