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Chris Williams
Williams in 2016
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor, comedian
Years active	1992–present
Relatives	Vanessa Williams (sister) Jillian Hervey (niece)
Website	www.instagram.com/chris.williams_

Chris Williams is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian, known for his role in the 2004 comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. He also starred as "Eddie" on the CBS series The Great Indoors.

Career

Williams has appeared on numerous television shows including CSI, JAG, The Shield, Weeds, Reno 911!, Californication, and popularly as fictional rap artist Krazee-Eyez Killa on Curb Your Enthusiasm.

In 2007, he guest starred on Monk in the episode "Mr. Monk and the Really, Really Dead Guy". On February 3, 2010, he made an appearance on his older sister Vanessa Williams' series Ugly Betty as Wilhelldiva Hater, a female impersonator of her character.

In 2012, he was featured in an Apple commercial. In 2016, he began starring as the bodyguard of tech billionaire Gavin Belson on the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley.

Personal life

Williams was raised Roman Catholic and is a graduate of Georgetown University. He is the great-great-grandson of Republican politician William A. Fields, a former slave who became an African-American legislator in the Tennessee House of Representatives. He is of African-American, English and Welsh descent.

In November 1990, Williams was a contestant on the NBC game show Classic Concentration, where he won $31,464 in cash and prizes, including a $15,000+ Jeep Wrangler.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video Games

References

1. "Video: Vanessa Williams on Her Faith". ABC News. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
2. "She's Black and Miss America, but Vanessa Williams Is Most of All Her Own Woman". People.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
3. "African American Legislators in 19th Century Tennessee: William Alexander Feilds". State of Tennessee. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
4. "Who Do You Think You Are?: Season 2, episode 1, Vanessa Williams (February, 2011)". Who Do You Think You Are?. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

External links

• Chris Williams at IMDb

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