QUICK FACTS
Activity Actor
Nationality USA
Birth September 27, 1960 (New York, United States)
BIOGRAPHY
With a huge career in film and television, Christopher Cousins is an American actor active since 1986. During his childhood, Cousins was very interested in the visual arts, however, after taking some theater workshops in high school, he became captivated by the art of acting. He later graduated from Boston University with a degree in Fine Arts. Cousins’ career consists mainly of playing secondary or incidental characters: his on-screen debut came with the local series Another World (1986) where he appeared for three episodes. Shortly after, he was part of the main cast of Raging Fury (1989), a crime film. Later, he was opposite Kevin Costner in For Love (1999), a romance film that earned some nominations in Hollywood. Regarding television, Cousins has appeared briefly in series such as The Invisible Man (2000-2002), during its first season; The OC (2003-2007), a youth drama from the beginning of the decade that became a phenomenon. Likewise, Cousins appeared in C SI: Miami and CSI: NY during 2005 and a year later in Dr. House during season 2. The character for which the actor will be remembered is Ted Beneke in the iconic Breaking Bad (2009-2012 ): this series was one of the greatest television successes and earned the acting team several Emmy and Golden Globe awards. Among other things, he was part of Glee between 2013 and 2015; The Vampire Diaries, and more recently, Christopher was part of The Gifted (2017-2019) for its second season and 9-1-1 (2918-) in the episode called Kids today .
