Chandler Riggs was born on 27th June, 1999. He started acting at the age of 7 years in a telefilm Jesus. H Zombie by playing the role of Egon. He gained fame and prominence from a TV series The Walking Dead. The series on aired on AMC in 2010 and is continued till date. He made a musical theatre debut in Atlanta’s Fox Theatre; here he played the role of Munchkin. It was in the 2009 when Chandler got the major career breakthroughs. His age was only 9 years when he got the role of Tom, in the film Get Low and played very small role in The Wronged Man, A Television movie. Chandler is amongst the few richest young child starts of America. Till now his net worth is reported to be $1 million.
The Walking Dead
The famous AMC T.V series proved to be a major breakthrough in career of Chandler Riggs. He played the role of Carl Grimes, the leading role. The TV series is all about a world occupied with Zombies. There are very few humans who survived. It is not all about danger and harms of zombies, there are such surviving persons that prove to be more dangerous than the Zombies themselves. Here, the Grimes plays heroic role and fights against zombies along with his friends and family. It is reported that series is highest rated series in the history of Cable TV. It has also succeeding in beating all the previous records of rating. Grimes has become a household name now.
The main reason behind the huge success of the show can be attributed to the cast which has proved to be a big hit. Another reason can be the good working relation of the Riggs with executive producer of the show; Gale Ann Hurd. Riggs had worked with him in Wronged Man too.
Achievements and Awards
Most of the roles performed by Riggs are credited for some award and major achievements. In 2012, he was nominated for Best Performance in a TV series- Leading Young Actor, Young Artist Award. In the same year he won the Best Cast- Television Series in Satellite Awards and Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series. In the year 2013 he was again nominated for the Young Artist Award, for best performance in the TV series. The same award was won by him in 2014.In 2015 he was nominated again for Saturn Award for the Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series. In the 2016, he won the same award. All these awards and achievements are attributed to his performance in the Walking Dead.
Personal Life of Chandler Riggs
Chandler Riggs is the son of William Riggs and Gina Ann. The couple has two children, Chandler Riggs and Greyson Riggs. He was born in Atlanta Georgia. Chandler is only of 16 years old. He is very much popular among the teen girls. It is said that he is dating her girlfriend, Briana Memphis. He is for sure not married as he is very young. There is no news about engagement, wedding and divorce of the couple. Chandler Riggs is also famous for some notable charity related activities.
| Birth Date: | 27 Jun, 1999 |
| Age: | 20 yrs |
| Occupations: | Actor Television actor Film actor |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Atlanta |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American actor and DJ |
| Twitter Id: | ChandlerRiggs |
| Net Worth 2021: | 8 million |
