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Chris Owen (actor)

Chris Owen (born September 25, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for his supporting role as Chuck "Sherminator" Sherman in the American Pie franchise (1999–2012), appearing in American Pie, American Pie 2, American Pie Presents: Band Camp and American Reunion. Owen has also appeared in multiple National Lampoon films, including starring as the co-lead in National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2003).

For his supporting role in October Sky (1999), Owen was nominated for the YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film. He has also had supporting roles in the comedy films Angus (1995), Black Sheep (1996), and Ready to Rumble (2000), and the drama films Dear Wendy (2005), The Mist (2007), and Fortress (2012).

Life and career

Owen was born in Royal Oak, Michigan. He began acting as early as age ten, with his first recorded film credit in Le peloton d'exécution (1991), a French-Canadian film. After that, he appeared in numerous films of the 1990s, like Major Payne, Black Sheep, Can't Hardly Wait, She's All That, October Sky and the 1995 film Angus, the first of five films with longtime friend and collaborator Charlie Talbert.

In 1999, Owen appeared in the hit comedy film American Pie as Chuck Sherman, a teenager that boasts himself of being a "ladies man" and goes by "The Sherminator". Owen reprised his role in all of the sequels of the American Pie franchise, including one of the straight-to-DVD spin-offs called American Pie Presents: Band Camp. Aside from Eugene Levy, he is the only actor from the theatrical features to appear in the American Pie Presents direct-to-video spin-off series.

Along with his appearances in the American Pie and National Lampoon franchises, Owen has appeared in TV shows like 7th Heaven, Monk and The Mentalist.

In 2014, a New York Daily News article reported Owen was working as a waiter at a sushi restaurant in Santa Monica, California. In the article, Owen says that "life doesn’t always go the way you planned. I love acting and this job lets me stay in the fight." Since that article was published, Owen has appeared in several films, including a supporting role in The Last Sharknado: It's About Time, as well as a guest spot on Criminal Minds.

During his career, Owen also appeared in the music videos of Something Corporate's song "If You C Jordan" and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike's song "Mammoth" with Moguai.

Filmography

Film

Title Year Role Notes
Le peloton d'exécution 1991 Jorge Zebrowski Television film
My Summer Story 1994 “Scut” Farkus Originally released in theaters as It Runs In The Family
Major Payne 1995 Cadet Wuliger
Angus Troy Wedberg
Black Sheep 1996 Hal
The Ride 1997 Steve
Veronica's Video Kid Customer Television film
Short film
Can't Hardly Wait 1998 Klepto Kid
She's All That 1999 Derek Funkhouser Rutley
October Sky Quentin Wilson Nominated – YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film
American Pie Chuck "Sherminator" Sherman
Ready to Rumble 2000 Isaac
Going Greek 2001 Davis
American Pie 2 Chuck "Sherminator" Sherman
Van Wilder 2002 Suicidal Freshman Also known as National Lampoon's Van Wilder
A Midsummer Night's Rave Frankie
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers 2003 Leonard Smallwood Also known as National Lampoon's Lady Killers
National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze Booker McFee Also known as Dorm Daze
Hidalgo 2004 First Soldier
Dear Wendy 2005 Huey
Old Man Music Teenager #1 Short film
American Pie Presents: Band Camp Chuck "Sherminator" Sherman
National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2: College @ Sea 2006 Booker McFee Also known as Dorm Daze 2
The Mist 2007 Norm
Just Add Water 2008 Will
Super Capers Igniter Boy
The Life of Lucky Cucumber 2009 Rodney Machado
Hit List 2011 Wick
Expired Nelson Short film
Fortress 2012 Burt
American Reunion Chuck "Sherminator" Sherman
Pretty Bad Actress Officer Young
Undead: A Love Story Chad Short film
Bachelors 2015 Floyd
All That Jam 2016 Matthew
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time 2018 30 Year Old Gil
Joy & Hope 2020 Matt Clark Television film
A Cape Cod Christmas 2021 Tom Television film
Off-Time 2022 Ross the Cashier
The Epidemic 2024 Josh
Money Game Coughlin

Television

Title Year Role Notes
Picket Fences 1993 Milton Lebeck Episode: "Frog Man"
Boy Meets World Ned Episode: "Cory's Alternative Friends"
VR.5 1995 Harassing Boy Episode: "Pilot"
The Faculty 1996 Petey Episode: "Spirit Day"
7th Heaven 1996–1997 Sam 2 episodes
Social Studies 1997 Collin McGuirk
Sister, Sister Neil Hawkins Episode: "Inherit the Twin"
Meego Tod Johnson Episode: "It's Good to be King"
Good vs. Evil 1999 Trekkie Episode: "Men Are from Mars, Women Are Evil"
Brutally Normal 2000 Corey Episode: "Mouth Full of Warm Roses"
Cover Me 2001 Agent Mace 2 episodes
Everwood 2003 Pierson Episode: "Snow Job"
Monk Trainee Episode: "Mr. Monk and the 12th Man"
Without a Trace 2004 Trent Barker Episode: "In the Dark"
Brothers & Sisters 2006 Taylor the Clerk Episode: "An Act of Will"
The Mentalist 2011 Nick aka Megafan8 Episode: "The Redshirt"
Criminal Minds 2016 Kevin Decker Episode: "Scarecrow"
Hand of God 2017 Mike Kastelein 2 episodes

References

  1. ^ "Chris Owen". Allmovie. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  2. ^ Pevos, Edward (August 22, 2021). "Remember 'The Shermanator' from 'American Pie?' We caught up with the Michigan native at Astronomicon". MLive. Retrieved November 5, 2023. Owen was born in Royal Oak, Michigan...
  3. ^ Settembre, Jeanette (October 5, 2014). "Celebs trade spotlight for normal jobs". The New York Daily News. Retrieved January 17, 2015. ...says Owen, 34.
  4. ^ Corey Moss (February 8, 2002), SOMETHING CORPORATE TAKE DOWN THE SHERMANATOR, TAKE HOME A PLAYMATE, MTV, archived from the original on February 22, 2018, retrieved September 8, 2019