Christian Boeving
Encyclopedia
Christian Boeving is an American actor, writer, producer, fitness model, personal trainer, and former bodybuilding supplement
spokesperson. He grew up in Missouri
, United States
and resides in Los Angeles County in Southern California
.
. One of his best known roles was in the 1999-2000 sports entertainment
series "Battle Dome
" playing "The Commander". He has also appeared in several films including the documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster. As a fitness model, he has appeared on numerous magazine covers, most notably Muscle and Fitness and the October 2000 issue of Playgirl
.
Boeving was a subject of the acclaimed documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster in which he revealed that he has used anabolic steroid
s since the age of sixteen. Shortly after the film's premiere at the Sundance Film Festival
MuscleTech
, a bodybuilding supplement company, dropped its sponsorship of Boeving for breaching the company's rules by discussing his steroid use.
Boeving went on to guest-star in television shows like "V.I.P.
", "Sheena
", and "Nash Bridges
" and gain roles in major motion pictures like Batman & Robin and Daredevil
. He played lead role (lt. Andrew Wyatt) in low budget action film When Eagles Strike
(2003), directed by Cirio H. Santiago
, and later played Grendel
in 2007's charity-film Beowulf
: Prince of the Geats, produced in order to benefit the American Cancer Society
. Boeving also played Dash Rendar in the yet-to-be released fan film
Star Wars: Secrets of the Rebellion.
Bodybuilding supplement
Bodybuilding supplements are dietary supplements commonly used by those involved in bodybuilding and athletics. Bodybuilding supplements may be used to replace meals, enhance weight gain, promote weight loss or improve athletic performance...
spokesperson. He grew up in Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and resides in Los Angeles County in Southern California
Southern California
Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...
.
Biography
Boeving was born in Dallas, TexasTexas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. One of his best known roles was in the 1999-2000 sports entertainment
Sports entertainment
Sports entertainment is a type of spectacle which presents an ostensibly competitive event using a high level of theatrical flourish and extravagant presentation, with the purpose of entertaining an audience...
series "Battle Dome
Battle Dome
Battle Dome was a syndicated American television series that aired from September 1999 to April 2001. It combined elements of American Gladiators - inspired athletic competition with scripted antics more reminiscent of professional wrestling...
" playing "The Commander". He has also appeared in several films including the documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster. As a fitness model, he has appeared on numerous magazine covers, most notably Muscle and Fitness and the October 2000 issue of Playgirl
Playgirl
Playgirl is a print quarterly adult magazine published in the United States that is marketed mainly to heterosexual women, but has also gained a considerable gay following...
.
Boeving was a subject of the acclaimed documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster in which he revealed that he has used anabolic steroid
Anabolic steroid
Anabolic steroids, technically known as anabolic-androgen steroids or colloquially simply as "steroids", are drugs that mimic the effects of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone in the body. They increase protein synthesis within cells, which results in the buildup of cellular tissue ,...
s since the age of sixteen. Shortly after the film's premiere at the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
MuscleTech
MuscleTech
MuscleTech is a brand of sports nutrition supplements marketed by Iovate Health Sciences Inc.- History :Some products bearing the MuscleTech brand name include Anator P70, Anabolic Halo, Gakic Hardcore, Leukic Hardcore, Vitakic, supplements containing creatine and protein supplements .The brand...
, a bodybuilding supplement company, dropped its sponsorship of Boeving for breaching the company's rules by discussing his steroid use.
Boeving went on to guest-star in television shows like "V.I.P.
V.I.P. (TV series)
V.I.P. is an American action/comedy-drama series starring Pamela Anderson. Created by J. F...
", "Sheena
Sheena (TV series)
Sheena is an American action-adventure/fantasy television series which was produced for first-run syndication from 2000 to 2002.Based upon the comic book character Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, which previously spawned a popular 1950s TV series of the same title, the 2000s series updated the...
", and "Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges is an American television police drama created by Carlton Cuse. The show starred Don Johnson and Cheech Marin as two Inspectors with the San Francisco Police Department's Special Investigations Unit. The show ran for six seasons on CBS from March 29, 1996 to May 4, 2001 with a total of...
" and gain roles in major motion pictures like Batman & Robin and Daredevil
Daredevil (film)
Daredevil is a 2003 American superhero film written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson. Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, the film stars Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer who fights for justice in the courtroom and out of the courtroom as the masked vigilante Daredevil...
. He played lead role (lt. Andrew Wyatt) in low budget action film When Eagles Strike
When Eagles Strike
When Eagles Strike is a 2003 action film starring ex-bodybuilder Christian Boeving, Stacy Keach, Nate Adams, Eddie Garcia and Monsour del Rosario. It was directed/co-produced by Cirio H. Santiago, and also shot on Philippines due to low budget....
(2003), directed by Cirio H. Santiago
Cirio H. Santiago
Cirio H. Santiago was a prolific Filipino film producer, director, writer and cinematographer. He also uses the screen names: Cirio Santiago and Leonard Hermes.-Life and career:...
, and later played Grendel
Grendel
Grendel is one of three antagonists, along with Grendel's mother and the dragon, in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf . Grendel is usually depicted as a monster, though this is the subject of scholarly debate. In the poem, Grendel is feared by all but Beowulf.-Story:The poem Beowulf is contained in...
in 2007's charity-film Beowulf
Beowulf
Beowulf , but modern scholars agree in naming it after the hero whose life is its subject." of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature.It survives in a single...
: Prince of the Geats, produced in order to benefit the American Cancer Society
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is the "nationwide community-based voluntary health organization" dedicated, in their own words, "to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and...
. Boeving also played Dash Rendar in the yet-to-be released fan film
Fan film
A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book or a similar source, created by fans rather than by the source's copyright holders or creators. Fan filmmakers have traditionally been amateurs, but some of the more notable films have actually been produced by...
Star Wars: Secrets of the Rebellion.