Biography
MUSICIAN/SONGWRITER
Christopher's love of music began very young as he grew up listening to his grandfather playing country and bluegrass music on the piano and guitar. But it wasn't until a bet from a close friend when he was 15 that Christopher picked up the guitar, and never put it back down.
He was in numerous punk and grunge bands in his late teens and early 20's, but nothing ever progressed past small shows. Christopher stopped music for a few years to focus on family, but still wrote songs and kept playing at home. After his divorce in 2011 he decided to get back to his love of music and started Stays In Vegas with a friend. They focused on 90's to current cover songs and played numerous clubs and pubs around Arkansas. In 2014, Stays In Vegas went through some member changes and became stagnant. It was at this point Christopher started his solo musical career with his first single Let It Go. Stays In Vegas eventually started back up in 2015 with the release of their first album Faces for the Moment, which featured some of Christophers solo songs.
Stays In Vegas has kept going strong, and they have released 3 albums and numerous singles. However, Christopher has kept writing songs that weren't the typical hard rock/punk songs Stays In Vegas are known for. So he put together a compilation of these songs and released his first solo album titled Reflections in 2019.
Christopher is still writing songs and performing with Stays In Vegas, as they work on releasing their 4th studio album in 2025. They just released a new EP in October 2024 titled Duality. He is also still writing solo songs and just released Restless Heart, his first solo release since 2019. He is working on a new solo album that plans to release in 2025.
ACTOR/POET
Christopher never had dreams of being an actor. Even though his first stage performance ever he was cast as the lead role...Santa Claus in his kindergarten Christmas play. His second acting role he was cast as the lead in the 2nd grade performance of Over the Rainbow, where he played Kermit the Frog. That was the extent of his acting career until much later in life.
It wasnt until he was on a work trip in Los Angeles in 2016 that he discovered his love for acting. While on a day off, he saw an ad looking for extras for a film shoot. He submitted his information and got the job the next day. His first on-screen performance was in the film Gemini as Restaurant Patron. It was from this role that he fell in love with the process and environment of film making and acting.
He went on to perform in series such as the Travel Channel - Legendary Locations and Lifetimes #textmewhenyougethome. He has appeared in numerous feature films and short films and tried to participate in film roles for the University of Central Arkansas Film School when he can. Christopher has also worked on commercial and modeling projects for Arkansas Department of Transportation, Bad Boy Mowers, law firms and national/local organizations.
In 2023, Christopher began his theater acting career with an ensemble role in the production on One Ninth which is based on the life of Minnijean Brown Trickey and the Little Rock Nine.
Christopher is also a published poet and has written numerous poetry publications and been featured in print media and Poetry compilations.