Chris Massoglia
Biography
Chris Massoglia is an American actor. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he started acting in middle school through workshops at Lundstrum Performing Arts and homemade audition tapes for commercials, landing spots for Target, Marshall Field's, PepsiCo and Best Buy. He made his feature debut in A Plumm Summer (2007) and in 2009 took his most prominent role as Darren Shan in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009). He followed that with the 3-D horror film The Hole (2009), directed by Joe Dante. After a four-year break, he returned to acting with a minor role in The Matchbreaker (2016). He also wrote, directed and starred in Playball, a short film released online in 2018. His work in Cirque du Freak drew criticism from Variety and The Boston Globe, while The Hollywood Reporter praised his performance in The Hole.
34years old
Turns 35 on March 29in 166 days
- Born Minneapolis
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Christopher Paul Massoglia and Chris J. Kelly
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 9 years2007 to 2016
Every film, newest first
- 2016The MatchbreakerIMDb rating 5.6
- 2009Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's AssistantIMDb rating 5.8
- 2009The HoleIMDb rating 5.7
- 2007A Plumm SummerIMDb rating 6.0
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A role that slipped away
Massoglia tried out for Spider-Man 2 and made it deep into casting, even spending an afternoon with Tobey Maguire. He also returned six times for Bad News Bears call-backs but was not cast.
Early training
While in middle school, Massoglia attended acting workshops at Lundstrum Performing Arts, a dancing academy in his home town of Minneapolis. He also made home-made audition tapes to try out for television commercials.
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Worked with
Chris Massoglia made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Willem Dafoe's page
Richard Riehle's page
Bruce Dern's page
Colleen Camp's page
Clint Howard's page
Dick Miller's page
All films by Paul Weitz
All films by Joe Dante
Caleb VetterDirector, 1 film, 2016
All films by Caleb Vetter
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