Kristoffer Polaha
Biography
Kristoffer Polaha is an American actor born in Reno, Nevada who trained at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He started in theater before taking small television and film parts, first appearing on screen in That's Life. He gained notice as John F. Kennedy Jr. in America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story (2003). In 2004 he took the role of Jason Matthews in the prime-time soap North Shore. He later played Nate Bazile on Life Unexpected and Henry Butler on Ringer. His film work includes Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Jurassic World Dominion (2022) and Devil's Knot (2013). He has appeared in many Hallmark movies since 2016, among them Dater's Handbook (2016), Rocky Mountain Christmas (2017) and Pearl in Paradise (2018), and starred as detective Travis Burke in the Mystery 101 series. He received a best actor jury prize at the Seattle Shorts Film Festival for his role in Frontman and co-wrote romance novels.
49years old
Turns 50 on February 18in 128 days
- Born Reno
- Star sign: AquariusLast day of the sign, on the Pisces cusp
- Also credited as Kristoffer Caleb Polaha
Movie Career
- Films
- 32
- Career span
- 21 years2003 to 2024
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Behind the camera
In 2010, Polaha started a production company that he named Podunk Productions, which is the title he gave to the company he founded.
Big break
Polaha gained attention playing John F. Kennedy Jr. in the TBS film America's Prince, which he said drew 40 million viewers and put his face on a Times Square billboard.
Behind the camera
Polaha signed a deal with Rosewind Books in June 2020, as Variety reported, to write romance novels alongside Anna Gomez. Moments Like This, the first From Kona with Love book, is set in Hawaii and came out on February 2, 2021.
Behind the camera
Polaha took on directing and co-producing duties and also starred in Mimics, a 2025 horror comedy. In it he plays an impressionist who struggles and strikes a bargain with a dummy that is alive, hoping for stardom.
Kristoffer Polaha movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Chris Dowling directed two of these films, Maclain Nelson two and Blair Hayes two. Jill Wagner appears in eight of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jill Wagner's page
Robin Thomas's page
Preston Vanderslice's page
Sarah Dugdale's page
Marci T. House's page
Lossen Chambers's page
Chris DowlingDirector, 2 films, 2014 to 2019
All films by Chris Dowling
All films by Maclain Nelson
Blair HayesDirector, 2 films, 2019
All films by Blair Hayes
Box office
What Kristoffer Polaha's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.2 billion
6 of the 32 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 32 films: 6 worldwide figure; 23 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 6Worldwide figure
- 23Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.0B84.1% of the total
- 2$170M14.2% of the total
- 3$12M1.0% of the total
- 4$6.4M0.5% of the total
- 5$1.2M0.1% of the total
- 6$847K0.1% of the total
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