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- Chris Leavins is a Canadian actor and writer based in Los Angeles, USA. He has appeared in a number of successful Canadian television shows and been nominated for two Gemini Awards. Internationally, he is best known for his satirical internet show, Cute With Chris. Leavins has been a cast member, or guest-star on some of Canada's most popular and critically acclaimed television series including Traders (Gemini Winner 1997 and 1998 Best Dramatic Series), The Eleventh Hour (Gemini Winner 2002-2003 Best Dramatic Series) and Slings and Arrows (Gemini Winner 2006 Best Dramatic Series) which airs in America on the Sundance Channel. Leavins was also in the 1997 film The Hanging Garden which won four Gemini Awards. Leavins was nominated for a Gemini Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for his work as Christopher Todson in the series, Traders, in 1997, and for Best Actor in a Guest Role for his work on Slings and Arrows in 2007. Features & TV Movies: Nothing to Lose (1994) Deeply, Deeply Trunk (1996) The Hanging Garden (1997) American Whiskey Bar (TV-1998) Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion (TV-1999) TV Series - Cast: Traders (1996-2000) TV Series - Guest Appearances: Robocop (1994) Due South (1995) La Femme Nikita (1998) Blue Murder (2003) Zoe Busiek: Wild Card (2004) The Eleventh Hour (2003, 2004, 2005) An accomplished stage performer and playwright, Leavins' shows Posterchild, The Captain, and The Best Play in the Fringe Festival Ever have been performed across North America. After 12 years living and working in Toronto, Leavins moved to Los Angeles, USA in 2003. In 2006 he started the internet show Cute with Chris, a satirical video podcast which he writes, anchors and produces himself in his apartment. The show features photos and letters sent in by viewers, which Leavins comments on, mocks, and subjects to polls on which is cutest. His show also features co-hosts: Colty, the female plastic horse, Pervy, the larger male perverted plastic horse with racist issues, and Peanuts, a bag of polystyrene peanuts that can only be understood by Leavins. Its popularity has increased over time, and the weekly episodes now regularly attract at least 100,000 views each. On January 30, 2008, he performed a live version of the show for free at the 99-seat Hudson Theater in Hollywood, California. The show sold out in 85 minutes. Another two shows, this time charging money for tickets, were put on at the Theatre Centre, Toronto on April 19 and April 20, 2008. Both sold out; the first in 20 minutes. Leavins has said that he sees this use of an Internet fan base to attract theatre audiences as a new model for success, and a solution to the difficulties that he experienced attracting audiences as a conventional writer and performer.
- Chris Leavins ist ein kanadischer Schauspieler. Chris Leavins spielte in mehreren kanadischen TV-Serien wie Traders (Gemini Gewinner 1997, 1998 als Best dramatic Series), Eleventh Hour (Gemini Gewinner 2002-2003 als Best dramatic Series) und Slings and Arrows (Gemini Gewinner 2006 als Best dramatic Series) Leavins wurde 1997 für den Gemini Award als Best Supporting Actor und 2007 als Best Actor in einer Gastrolle in Slings ans Arrows nominiert. Leavins spielte in den Stücken Posterchild, The Captain, and The Best Play in the Fringe Festival Ever, die in Nordamerika aufgeführt wurden. Leavins wurde auch seine Internetshow Cute with Chris bekannt. Jeden Montag veröffentlicht er auf seiner Website eine neue Show, in der es größtenteils um Tierbabys geht. Er hat begonnen, Live-Shows aufzuführen. Seine erste Show war am 30. Januar 2008 im Hudson Theater" in Hollywood, Californien. Eine weitere Live-Show ist für den 19. April 2008 im Theatre Centre in Toronto, Kanada geplant.
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