---
name: "Chris Ruppenthal"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-ruppenthal"
fi1m_id: "chris-ruppenthal"
imdb_id: "nm0750499"
tmdb_id: 1217746
wikidata_id: "Q18749168"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 June 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:36:09.617920+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."
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# Chris Ruppenthal

## Identity

Chris Ruppenthal

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-ruppenthal
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-ruppenthal
- **IMDb ID:** nm0750499
- **TMDB ID:** 1217746
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18749168
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ruppenthal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18749168, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217746

Writer. Born 1 June 1954 in Coral Gables.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 June 1954, Coral Gables
- **Active:** 1985–1993
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ruppenthal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18749168, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1217746

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84), [*Moonlighting*](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Chris Ruppenthal is an American television writer and producer. Born John Christian Ruppenthal on 1 June 1955 in Coral Gables, Florida, he earned an A.B. from Harvard University in 1976 and an M.A. from the USC Film School.

Ruppenthal has written for series including *Moonlighting* (1985), *Quantum Leap* (1989), *The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.* (1993), *The X-Files* (1993), *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), *The Outer Limits* (1995) and *The Pretender* (1996). He has also worked as a producer or supervising producer on several of these programmes and teaches at UCLA Extension and for LAUSD.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Moonlighting* (1985), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Happiest Season* (2020), Assistant Location Manager
- *The Pretender* (1996), series, Writer
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, Writer
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, Writer
- *Burke's Law* (1994), series, Story, Teleplay
- *Harts of the West* (1993), series, Writer
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, Writer
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.* (1993), series, Writer
- *Covington Cross* (1992), series, Writer
- *Silk Stalkings* (1991), series, Writer
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, Writer, Producer, Director
- *Max Headroom* (1987), series, Writer
- *Sledge Hammer!* (1986), series, Writer
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)

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