Chris O'Neil (actor)
Encyclopedia
Chris O'Neil is an American
actor
, primarily known for the 2007 science fiction
drama, The Last Mimzy
.
O'Neil was born in Boulder, Colorado
, and attended Dennison Elementary. He attended D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School as a seventh grader. He attended Denver Academy. His family hired an acting coach for him after he did well in school oral interpretation
classes. O'Neil subsequently won five silver and one bronze medals at amateur acting competitions during the summer of 2005 and was taken on by Cutler Management, who sent him to study acting. Shortly thereafter, in what was only his second acting audition, he was cast in The Last Mimzy
.
O'Neil lives in Salina, Kansas in saint johns military school. His favorite video game is Halo Reach.
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, primarily known for the 2007 science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
drama, The Last Mimzy
The Last Mimzy
The Last Mimzy is a 2007 science fiction family film directed by Bob Shaye and loosely adapted from the acclaimed 1943 science fiction short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett...
.
O'Neil was born in Boulder, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...
, and attended Dennison Elementary. He attended D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School as a seventh grader. He attended Denver Academy. His family hired an acting coach for him after he did well in school oral interpretation
Oral Interpretation
Oral Interpretation is a dramatic art, also commonly called "interpretive reading" and "dramatic reading", though these terms are more conservative and restrictive...
classes. O'Neil subsequently won five silver and one bronze medals at amateur acting competitions during the summer of 2005 and was taken on by Cutler Management, who sent him to study acting. Shortly thereafter, in what was only his second acting audition, he was cast in The Last Mimzy
The Last Mimzy
The Last Mimzy is a 2007 science fiction family film directed by Bob Shaye and loosely adapted from the acclaimed 1943 science fiction short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett...
.
O'Neil lives in Salina, Kansas in saint johns military school. His favorite video game is Halo Reach.