Christopher Gorham (born August 14, 1974), is an American actor.
Gorham was born in Fresno, California. He attended Roosevelt School of the Arts and graduated from UCLA with a BA in Film & Theater Arts.
Gorham has appeared in a number of science fiction TV series, ranging from a starring role in Odyssey 5 to a lead role in Jake 2.0. He also had roles on Party of Five and Felicity. Gorham has also been in a few films, including the 2001 film The Other Side of Heaven co-starring Anne Hathaway. He also has done voice-overs for some computer and video games.
Gorham played Harrison John in the WB series Popular, Dr. Miles McCabe in the NBC drama Medical Investigation, and played the lead role in the short lived CBS series Out of Practice. He was also the lead of ABC Family's original movie Relative Chaos.
Three years after Jake 2.0 ended, Gorham again worked with series creator Silvio Horta for a recurring role in Horta's new series — Ugly Betty — playing Henry Grubstick, the main love interest for the series' heroine Betty Suarez (played by America Ferrera). Gorham joined the cast full-time for the series' second season.
Gorham is married to his former Popular co-star, Anel Lopez-Gorham, with whom he has two young children, Lucas and Ethan. .
| Work | Role |
|---|---|
| Shopping for Fangs (1997) | Extra |
| A Life Less Ordinary (1997) | Walt |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer(1998) | James Stanley |
| Odyssey 5(2002) | Neil Taggart |
| Popular (1999) | Harrison John |
| Dean Quixote (2000) | Real Happy Fella |
| The Other Side of Heaven (2001) | John Groberg |
| Jake 2.0 (TV) (2003) | Jake Foley |
| Spam-ku (2004) | |
| Medical Investigation (TV) (2004) | Dr. Miles McCabe |
| Out of Practice (TV) (2005) | Benjamin Barnes |
| Relative Chaos (TV) (2006) | Dil Gilbert |
| Ugly Betty (TV) (2006 - Present) | Henry Grubstick |
Attended high school at Roosevelt School of the Arts and graduated from UCLA with a BA in Film & Theater arts. While in college, he participated in many sports including martial arts, stage combat, fencing, roller-blading, and ballroom dancing.
He resides in San Fernando Valley, California, USA.
Although he doesn't actually play the trumpet, his brother does, so he was guided in his determination that his fingering would at least appear authentic in Other Side of Heaven, The (2001). Likewise, he does not speak Tongan, but he practiced hard, and his coach declared that he had perfect pronunciation. The cast and crew were quite impressed and, in this way, he set the work ethic for the entire shoot. Gorham was cast in the starring role as a Mormon missionary although he is not part of the LDS church in real life; in the director's words, Gorham was chosen because "he has a very gentle soul.".
He proposed to his wife, Anel, on a bench outside of Tiffany's on Rodeo Drive, where he had made a picnic breakfast so that they could have Breakfast at Tiffany's-style meal before going in and buying their wedding rings.
While still in high school, he won Young Male Talent of the Year at an International Modeling Talent Association competition in New York City.
In the fourth grade he starred as the Mad Hatter in Lewis Carroll's Alice Through the Looking Glass, for which he won the Best Actor award that was usually reserved for sixth graders.
He is a licensed auctioneer, having trained with his grandfather in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
