---
name: "Maris Valainis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/maris-valainis"
fi1m_id: "maris-valainis"
imdb_id: "nm0883471"
tmdb_id: 1350139
wikidata_id: "Q6765555"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 February 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:58:19.596803+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."
---

# Maris Valainis

## Identity

Maris Valainis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/maris-valainis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** maris-valainis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0883471
- **TMDB ID:** 1350139
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6765555
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maris_Valainis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6765555, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0883471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1350139

Actor. Born 18 February 1963 in Indiana.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 February 1963, Indiana
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maris_Valainis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6765555, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0883471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1350139

## Biography

Maris Valainis is an American construction consultant and former actor. He was born on 18 February 1963 in Indiana.

Valainis was cast as Jimmy Chitwood in the 1986 film *Hoosiers* after being spotted playing basketball at an open-gym night in Indianapolis. He had no prior acting experience and had not played high school basketball. His other screen credits include the role of Streibig in *Casualties of War* (1989), a guest appearance in the television series *Private Eye* (1987), and the part of Scott Thorson in the television film *Liberace* (1988).

After a brief acting career, Valainis worked in golf course management before becoming a construction consultant.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hoosiers* (1986), Fi1m 79, as Jimmy Chitwood — [page](https://film.one/film/hoosiers.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Casualties of War* (1989), as Streibig
- *Liberace* (1988), as Scott
- *Hoosiers* (1986), as Jimmy Chitwood — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/hoosiers.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/maris-valainis