---
name: "Chris Downey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-downey"
fi1m_id: "chris-downey"
imdb_id: "nm1108246"
tmdb_id: 1236114
wikidata_id: "Q5106425"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T04:42:45.139308+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chris Downey

## Identity

Chris Downey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-downey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-downey
- **IMDb ID:** nm1108246
- **TMDB ID:** 1236114
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5106425
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Downey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5106425, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1108246/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236114

Writer. Born 1 January 1901 in Santa Monica.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Santa Monica
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Lilla Zuckerman](https://film.one/person/lilla-zuckerman.md), [Nora Zuckerman](https://film.one/person/nora-zuckerman.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Downey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5106425, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1108246/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236114

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Poker Face*](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Chris Downey is a television writer and producer. A former criminal defence attorney in New York and reporter covering crime and government, he began his television career writing for half-hour comedies including *Lateline*, *What About Joan* and six seasons of *The King of Queens*.

Downey co-created the TNT caper series *Leverage* (2008–2012) with John Rogers. He has been an executive or co-executive producer on *King & Maxwell*, *Suits*, the *Suits* spin-off *Pearson*, *Unsolved*, *Station 19*, *The Lincoln Lawyer*, *Poker Face* (2023) and *Bosch: Legacy*. He has also written episodes for several of these series, as well as *Almost Human* and *Incorporated*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Poker Face* (2023), Fi1m 82, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bad Monkey* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Poker Face* (2023), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/poker-face.md)
- *The Lincoln Lawyer* (2022), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Bosch: Legacy* (2022), series, Writer
- *Leverage: Redemption* (2021), series, Consulting Producer, Writer, Story, Teleplay, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Pearson* (2019), series, Writer
- *Station 19* (2018), series, Writer
- *Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.* (2018), series, Writer
- *Incorporated* (2016), series, Writer
- *Almost Human* (2013), series, Writer
- *Suits* (2011), series, Writer
- *Leverage* (2008), series, Writer, Creator

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