---
name: "Chris Owens"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-owens"
fi1m_id: "chris-owens"
imdb_id: "nm0654334"
tmdb_id: 158459
wikidata_id: "Q504028"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 September 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 59
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T20:26:59.231733+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 Owens

## Identity

Chris Owens

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-owens
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-owens
- **IMDb ID:** nm0654334
- **TMDB ID:** 158459
- **Wikidata ID:** Q504028
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Owens_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504028, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654334/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/158459

Actor. Born 7 September 1961 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 September 1961, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 1988–present
- **Also known as:** Christopher Bradley Owens
- **Average Fi1m score:** 59, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 38 (1), 2000s 58 (1), 2010s 70 (1), 2020s 64 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 59 to 57 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $513m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Owens_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504028, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654334/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/158459

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Cocktail*](https://film.one/film/cocktail.md) (38)

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

## Biography

Chris Owens is a Canadian actor. Born Christopher Bradley Owens on 7 September 1961 in Toronto, Ontario, he has appeared in numerous film and television productions since the early 1980s.

He is best known for his recurring roles on the television series *The X-Files* (1993–2018), including FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Spender and the young Cigarette Smoking Man. His film credits include the role of a soldier in *Cocktail* (1988), as well as appearances in *The Recruit* (2003), *The Incredible Hulk* (2008) and *RED* (2010).

Owens received a Genie Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his work in *The Uncles* (2000). He has been married to Tara Parker since July 2001.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Apprentice* (2024), Fi1m 61, as Jay Pritzker — [page](https://film.one/film/the-apprentice.md)
- *Fellow Travelers* (2023), Fi1m 68, as Barker — [page](https://film.one/tv/fellow-travelers.md)
- *Molly's Game* (2017), Fi1m 70, as LA Player — [page](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md)
- *The Incredible Hulk* (2008), Fi1m 58, as Commando — [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredible-hulk.md)
- *Cocktail* (1988), Fi1m 38, as Soldier — [page](https://film.one/film/cocktail.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

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

- *The Apprentice* (2024), as Jay Pritzker — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-apprentice.md)
- *Fellow Travelers* (2023), series, as Barker — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/fellow-travelers.md)
- *Reacher* (2022), series, as Subway Rider, Nolan Cahill
- *Mayor of Kingstown* (2021), series, as Tom
- *Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey* (2018), as Det. Wolf
- *A Simple Favor* (2018), as Detective
- *Molly's Game* (2017), as LA Player — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md)
- *Cardinal* (2017), series, as SIU Agent
- *The Expanse* (2015), series, as Kolvoord, UN Scientist / Kolvoord — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-expanse.md)
- *The Strain* (2014), series, as Medical Officer
- *Dream House* (2011), as Tom Barrion (uncredited)
- *Saw 3D* (2010), as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
- *RED* (2010), as Hanged Man
- *Lost Girl* (2010), series, as Lieutenant
- *Saw VI* (2009), as Additional Voice Talent (voice)
- *The Line* (2009), series, as Andy
- *High School Musical 3: Senior Year* (2008), as Featured Dancer - The Boys Are Back
- *The Incredible Hulk* (2008), as Commando — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredible-hulk.md)
- *Victor* (2008), as Dave Stubbs
- *Breach* (2007), as Trunk Cataloguer
- *The Dresden Files* (2007), series, Actor
- *Face Machine* (2006), as Mersault
- *This Is Wonderland* (2004), series, Actor
- *Mayday* (2003), series, as Scott Lustig
- *The Happy Couple* (2003), as Dwayne
- *The Recruit* (2003), as Art Wallis
- *The Interrogation of Michael Crowe* (2002), Actor
- *Power and Beauty* (2002), as Weston
- *Street Time* (2002), series, as Assistant U.S. Attorney
- *Mutant X* (2001), series, as Mr. Delay
- *My Louisiana Sky* (2001), as Lonnie Parker
- *A Glimpse of Hell* (2001), as NIS Agent Flynn
- *The Uncles* (2000), as John
- *Python* (2000), as Brian Cooper
- *Soul Food* (2000), series, as Jim
- *Stargate SG-1* (1997), series, as Armin Selig
- *Lexx* (1997), series, as Biff
- *Their Second Chance* (1997), Actor
- *Giant Mine* (1996), as Tom Aitken
- *Millennium* (1996), series, as Deputy Bill Sherman
- *Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal* (1996), series, as Deputy Carl Hall
- *Sabotage* (1996), as Young Security Guard
- *Paris or Somewhere* (1994), as Shawn
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Mutato, Young Cigarette Smoking Man, Young Smoking Man, FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Spender, Jeffrey Spender / SS Untersturmfuehrer, Daniel Miller / Jeffrey Spender, Jeffrey Spender — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Kung Fu: The Legend Continues* (1993), series, as Jersey, Tremaine
- *The Hidden Room* (1991), series, as Peter Semple
- *Katts and Dog* (1988), series, Actor
- *Cocktail* (1988), as Soldier — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/cocktail.md)
- *Haunted by Her Past* (1987), as Thomas
- *The Big Town* (1987), as Garage Boy
- *9B* (1986), as Steven Lapiere
- *As Is* (1986), as Pickup #2

## Gallery

- ![Chris Owens](https://film.one/media/person/337314/gallery-1a86867e6f24.jpg) Chris Owens — Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Chris_Owens_and_Farah_Merani.jpg/1280px-Chris_Owens_and_Farah_Merani.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Chris Owens](https://film.one/media/person/337314/gallery-6741aef6b692.jpg) Chris Owens — Image via TMDB

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