Christopher R Ellis

Christopher is an American actor known for roles on Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Redline, Empire, Power Book IV Force, as well as the award winning indie film The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain. In the national Broadway tour, he played Horace Gilmer in Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird, directed by Bartlett Sher. After earning his B.A. in Theatre from Idaho State University (2007), he attended graduate school at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, earning his M.F.A. in acting from the Hilberry Theatre graduate rep program (2012). He earned an Advanced Acting Certificate from the Moscow Art Theatre School in Moscow, Russia (2011- study abroad program).