---
name: "Christopher Carley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-carley"
fi1m_id: "christopher-carley"
imdb_id: "nm1542291"
tmdb_id: 74308
wikidata_id: "Q3675841"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 May 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T23:22:25.728454+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."
---

# Christopher Carley

## Identity

Christopher Carley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-carley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-carley
- **IMDb ID:** nm1542291
- **TMDB ID:** 74308
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3675841
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Carley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3675841, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1542291/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74308

Actor. Born 31 May 1978 in Suffern, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 May 1978, Suffern, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2004–2008
- **Also known as:** Chris Carley, Christopher Murphy Carley
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Carley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3675841, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1542291/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74308

## Biography

Christopher Murphy Carley, sometimes credited as Chris Carley, is an American actor. He was born on 31 May 1978 in Suffern, New York. He graduated from Pearl River High School in 1996 and studied at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, with training at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School and the Experimental Theatre Wing.

Carley made his Broadway debut in 1998 in The Beauty Queen of Leenane, taking over the role of Ray, and appeared in Once in a Lifetime. He is known for the role of Father Janovich in Gran Torino (2008). His other credits include Garden State (2004), Lions for Lambs (2007), Miss Nobody (2010) and television appearances in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Veronica Mars, House and The Sopranos.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Gran Torino* (2008), Fi1m 76, as Father Janovich — [page](https://film.one/film/gran-torino.md)
- *Garden State* (2004), Fi1m 71, as Gleason Party Drunk — [page](https://film.one/film/garden-state.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *God Friended Me* (2018), series, as Pete
- *The Crazy Ones* (2013), series, as Peter
- *Miss Nobody* (2010), as Frankie Sheftell
- *Gran Torino* (2008), as Father Janovich — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/gran-torino.md)
- *Backseat* (2008), as Guy at Party
- *Lions for Lambs* (2007), as Sniper
- *Gnome* (2005), as Toll Booth Clerk
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as FBI Tech #3
- *Veronica Mars* (2004), series, as Travis — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/veronica-mars.md)
- *Garden State* (2004), as Gleason Party Drunk — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/garden-state.md)
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Adam
- *Colin Fitz* (1997), as Lonely Fan

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