Jade Bahr Posted January 15 Posted January 15 Christopher Jacob Abbott (born February 10, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his work in independent films. In 2011, Abbott made his feature film debut in Martha Marcy May Marlene and his Broadway debut in the revival of the play The House of Blue Leaves. Abbott received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for the drama film James White (2015). He portrayed astronaut David Scott in the biographical drama film First Man (2018), and had further supporting roles in the films A Most Violent Year (2014), It Comes at Night (2017), Possessor (2020), Black Bear (2020), and Poor Things (2023). Abbott portrayed Capt. Yossarian in the Hulu miniseries Catch-22 (2019) for which he earned a Golden Globe Award nomination. He also acted in the HBO series Girls (2012–2016), the USA Network series The Sinner (2017), and the Apple TV+ series The Crowded Room (2023). Early life Abbott was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, the son of Anna (née Servidio) and Orville Abbott. He has an older sister, Christina. Abbott's father was born in the Caribbean and his maternal grandmother Angelina was born in Rosà, a town in the province of Vicenza in Italy. He has described himself as being a "Euro-mutt", with distant Portuguese and Eastern European ancestry. He spent his early years in Chickahominy, a working-class, heavily Italian-American neighborhood in Greenwich, and grew up in Stamford. Abbott worked at a local video store and at his friend's wine store. He attended Norwalk Community College shortly before he began studying acting at HB Studio. He moved to New York City in 2006 to be closer to school. Personal life Abbott lives in New York. Abbott considers John Cassavetes to be the model for the type of creative life he would like to emulate. Filmography Television Theatre Awards and nominations Source: wikipedia Quote
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