Person Details

Birthday: 1966-03-15 08:19:34

Aliases: Christopher Malcolm Bruno

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New Haven - Connecticut - USA

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Movie Involvements: 16

TV Involvements: 13


Most Famous Work

Biography

Chris Bruno (born March 15, 1966, Milford, Connecticut) is an American film and television actor best known for his role as Sheriff Walt Bannerman on the USA Network television series The Dead Zone. His brother Dylan Bruno plays Colby Granger on Numb3rs. During college, Bruno was active in both theater and sports. After an injury sidelined his skiing career while attending college in Vermont, he auditioned for and was cast in the lead in The Mandrake. Transferring to the State University of New York at Stony Brook as a theatre major, he also became the starting pitcher for the school's baseball team. Soon after college graduation, Bruno joined the cast of NBC's Another World as Dennis Carrington Wheeler and was nominated for a Soap Opera Award for Outstanding Newcomer. After Another World, he was cast as Michael Delaney on ABC's All My Children. Bruno spent some time as a stand up comedian in the years following his soap opera stints and landed several guest-starring spots on the sitcoms The Nanny, Jesse and Suddenly Susan. In 2001, he was cast as Walt Bannerman in USA Network's sci-fi drama The Dead Zone, the premiere of which was the highest-rated cable television series premiere at that time. In the series' fifth season, Bruno's directorial debut was the episode "Independence Day," which was dedicated in memory of his mother, Nancy M. Bruno, who died of cancer. His brother, Dylan Bruno, guest-starred. His father is actor Scott Bruno (b. 1942). Bruno remained a star on the show for the first five seasons; his character was killed off during the sixth season premiere. Bruno made three additional guest appearances for the remainder of the final season. He also starred opposite Anthony Hopkins in the 2005 Roger Donaldson film The World's Fastest Indian, which according to Bruno was "one of the most exciting jobs" he's ever done. In 2009 he appeared in 2 episodes of Prison Break and then appeared in the television movie Prison Break: The Final Break Description above from the Wikipedia article  Chris Bruno, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.  

Most Famous Work

NCIS
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8

NCIS

(2003) Captain James Powell
CSI: Miami
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8

CSI: Miami

(2002) Jeff Zader
Castle
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8

Castle

(2009) Randall Bedford
The Fosters
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8

The Fosters

(2013) Adam
JAG
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7

JAG

(1995) Franco Cefalu
The Dead Zone
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7

The Dead Zone

(2002) Walt Bannerman
ER
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8

ER

(1994) Richie
Wildfire
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9

Wildfire

(2005) Dr. Elliot

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Alan Weddle
Rodriguez
2022 Captain William Scott
2020 Sal
2017 Red
2016 Lenny
2014 Dirty Cop
Charlie Harding
2013 Paramedic Vasquez
Adam Stevens
Adam
2011 Danny
2010 Dale Komack
2009 Agent Todd Wheatley
Randall Bedford
Harris
2007 Self - Guest
Parker Graves
Beowulf
2005 Bob
Dr. Elliot
N/A
2003 Captain James Powell
2002 Sheriff Walt Bannerman
Jeff Zader
Walt Bannerman
1999 Delivery Guy
Cliff
1998 Rob
1995 Franco Cefalu
1994 Richie
1993 Ski Instructor
1964 Dennis Wheeler
Bishop
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2016 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2002 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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