Chris O'Neill

CHRIS
Actor, Comedian, Director and Screenwriter

Los Angeles, California

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June 2015

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About Chris

British actor filmmaker comedian based in Los Angeles.
Writer director of award winning feature horror HEADSHOTS, now available on VOD.
Winner/Finalist in:
- the Nicholl Fellowship
- Scriptapalooza
- Screencraft
- ISA
- Emerging Screenwriters
- Creative Screenwriting
- Filmmatic InRoads Fellowship

Wrote scripts for Tapestry Films, Mark Pellington, Anthony Bregman, Mad House and the UK Film Council.

Trained with National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, the Royal Academy and The Second City.

Unique traits: British but not interested in soccer

Gender:
Male

Height:
5' 10"

Weight:
200

Body type:
Average

Hair:
Medium

Hair color:
Brown

Eyes:
Blue

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Loglines

DEAD CELEBRITIES (TV Pilot) Comedy When her manager fakes her death to steal her fortune, a Popstar finds herself trapped on an island of supposedly "dead" celebrities and must figure a way out- or be stuck there forever.
GHOST HUNT Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller ⋄ Horror A woman suffering PTSD goes on a reality TV game show daring contestants to stay in a "haunted" house but soon discovers the hauntings are real- and the network will do ANYTHING for ratings.
AFFECTION Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama Three office co-workers have a devastating effect on each other as they battle their personal demons- told from each character's perspective.
PRESIDENT'S DAY Budget: $10M - $30M | Action ⋄ Comedy When terrorists attack LA in a bid to kill the President, a reluctant government agent is forced to save the city- and fix his fractured personal life in the process.
TRIGGERED Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller ⋄ Action A young man finds himself being hunted through downtown LA after witnessing corrupt cops using a protest as cover to pull a jewelry heist that leaves two men dead- and him holding the phone that recorded it all. DIE HARD in a riot.
URBAN EXPLORERS Budget: $5M - $10M | Thriller ⋄ Horror Trapped overnight in an abandoned desert town, a team of Urban Explorers find themselves fighting for their lives against a dangerous Satanic cult using the site for a deadly ritual.
MOTHERHOOFERS Budget: $10M - $30M | Comedy A disgraced Broadway chorus girl returns home to LA to repair her relationship with her disapproving Father, only to find her true purpose coaching a mismatched group of amateur dancer moms for a national competition.
ROXY & RYAN (TV) Romance ⋄ Comedy An Asian American party girl and a driven British screenwriter in LA discover the key to happiness might just be each other. Based on a true romance.
CLOSE TO YOU Budget: $5M - $10M | Thriller Dangerous escaped mental patient Lena McCabe takes over her twin sister's life but when US Marshals close in and her new "family" become suspicious, she must resort to murder to keep her new life.

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Credits

Drowning Ducks
Film (short) by Brier Hill
Razorblade Room
Film (short) by Prolific Pictures The Guest
Dial 911!
Television Paramedic
I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant
Television by Discovery ID
Emmerdale
Television by Yorkshire Television
Coronation Street
Television by Granada Television
The Vig
Film (short) by Alley Gang Media Parker
Absolute Debauchery
Film by Chape Works Kaze Brown
Heartbeat
Television by ITV
Scarface: The Musical (An Unauthorized Workshop By The Royal Shakespeare Corporation)
Theater by Orbital Jigsaw St John Smythe/Tony Montana