Christian Clemenson
Biography
Christian Clemenson is an American actor who grew up in Humboldt, Iowa, and trained at Harvard College and the Yale School of Drama after winning a scholarship to Phillips Academy. He moved to Los Angeles in 1984 and began in character roles, among them a bailiff in Legal Eagles (1986), the flight surgeon in Apollo 13, a cop in The Big Lebowski (1998) and Dr. Dale Lawrence in And the Band Played On (1993), as well as a regular part as Socrates Poole on The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. He won an Emmy Award in 2006 for his guest role as Jerry Espenson on the drama series Boston Legal and stayed with the show until its finale in 2008. He also played Tom Burnett in United 93 (2006), Abel Koontz on Veronica Mars, William Hodgman in American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson and the medical examiner Dr. Tom Loman from 2009.
68years old
Turns 69 on March 17in 155 days
- Born Humboldt
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Christian Dayton Clemenson
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 38 years1986 to 2024
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Early training
As a straight-A junior high student in his early teens, Clemenson won a Des Moines Register paper boy scholarship to Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, where he took part in many theatrical productions.
Beyond film
Clemenson took on the solemn part of Erde, the green-faced torso and Earth goddess, in Peter Sellars's puppet staging of Wagner's Ring cycle at the Loeb Drama Center in 1979.
Christian Clemenson movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Nine actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Michael Caine's page
Richard Jenkins's page
John Turturro's page
Joan Cusack's page
Glenne Headly's page
David Clennon's page
Also two films together3 more actors
- Tom VirtueNo Man of God (2021) and Live by Night (2016)
- Bruce FrenchSurrender (1987) and Legal Eagles (1986)
- Julie KavnerSurrender (1987) and Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Christian Clemenson's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$449 million
11 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 11 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 94% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$93M20.7% of the total
- 2$76M17.0% of the total
- 3$67M15.0% of the total
- 4$47M10.5% of the total
- 5$42M9.4% of the total
- 6$40M8.9% of the total
- 7$35M7.8% of the total
- 8$23M5.1% of the total
$25.3 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 6% of the total
Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2006 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Boston Legal | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.