Chris Klein
Biography
Chris Klein is an American actor who grew up in Hinsdale, Illinois, and later in Omaha, Nebraska, and began his screen career with a supporting part in the comedy Election (1999). That same year he broke through as Oz Ostreicher in American Pie, a box office success he returned to for American Pie 2 (2001) and American Reunion (2012). He went on to lead roles in the dramas Here on Earth (2000) and The United States of Leland (2003), the comedies Say It Isn't So (2001), Just Friends (2005) and American Dreamz (2006), the war film We Were Soldiers (2002), and the action film Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009). On television he played Drew on Wilfred and the villain Cicada on The Flash, then Bill Townsend on Sweet Magnolias, and he starred in the slasher film Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025).
47years old
Turns 48 on March 14in 164 days
- Born Hinsdale
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Frederick Christophe Klein (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 22
- Career span
- 26 years1999 to 2025
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Early training
Klein studied theater at TCU and joined the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity there while he was already finding steady work in film.
A role that slipped away
Klein was left out of American Wedding reportedly because of scheduling conflicts, though he returned as Oz in American Pie 2 and American Reunion.
Chris Klein movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Paul Weitz directed two of these films, J.B. Rogers two. Thirteen actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Paul Weitz
All films by J.B. Rogers
Also three films together7 more actors
- Seann William ScottAmerican Reunion (2012), American Pie 2 (2001) and American Pie (1999)
- Jason BiggsAmerican Reunion (2012), American Pie 2 (2001) and American Pie (1999)
- Shannon ElizabethAmerican Reunion (2012), American Pie 2 (2001) and American Pie (1999)
- Thomas Ian NicholasAmerican Reunion (2012), American Pie 2 (2001) and American Pie (1999)
- Eddie Kaye ThomasAmerican Reunion (2012), American Pie 2 (2001) and American Pie (1999)
- Chris OwenAmerican Reunion (2012), American Pie 2 (2001) and American Pie (1999)
- Alyson HanniganAmerican Reunion (2012), American Pie 2 (2001) and American Pie (1999)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Chris Klein's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.0 billion
13 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 13 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found.
- 13Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 7Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 96% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$288M28.3% of the total
- 2$235M23.1% of the total
- 3$235M23.1% of the total
- 4$115M11.3% of the total
- 5$51M5.0% of the total
- 6$26M2.5% of the total
- 7$17M1.6% of the total
- 8$15M1.5% of the total
$36.3 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 4% of the total
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