Chris Hardwick aka Christopher Ryan Hardwick is an actor, producer, musician, television host, writer, podcaster, voice artist and a stand-up comedian. Chris was born in Louisville, United States on 23rd November, 1971. Chris’ father is famous bowler Billy Hardwick and his mother is Sharon Hills who is a real estate agent based in California. He is active in industry from 1991 to present.
Education
Hardwick attended St. Benedict at Auburndale K-12 School and then shifted his schooling to Regis Jesuit High School based in Colorado. Later on he enrolled for his graduation in Loyola High School. Hardwick was a Philosophy student at UCLA.
Career
He used to be a DJ in his early life at Los Angeles in KROQ-FM in the year of 1990. He is a great stand-up comedian. He performed in the music comedy duo, Hard ‘n Phirm with Mike Phirman in January 2008. He had played interesting roles in movies, short films and televisions. He hosted some successful TV shows and also played the role of voice artist. He had some Discographies such as Horses and Grasses in the year of 2005 and Mandroid in the year of 2012.
Movies
He played the role of Tim in Courting Courtney in 1997, as Evrett in Win a Date in 1998. He acted as Jack in Jack & Diane. He acted as Jerry Goldsmith in House of 1000 Corpses in 2003. He played a short role of an Engineer in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines in 2003. He acted as Sam Phillips in Spectres in 2004. He played the role of Drake Wooderson in the Mother of invention in 2009. He appeared as David Newman in Halloween II in 2009 as well. He again acted in a short film in 2013, as Booker in Booker, Catch!
Television
He acted as a young man in Thirtysomething in 1991. He hosted many shows such as Singled Out, Shipmates, WIRED Science, Web Soup, Talking Dead, The Nerdist, Talking Bad, @midnight with Chris Hardwick, Talking Saul etc. He appeared as himself in Boy Meets World, MADtv, Comedy Central Presents, Attack of the Show! , The Benson Interruption, Comedy Bang! Bang! Etc. He also plays the role of voice artist in Family Guy, Sanjay and Craig, The Legend of Korra, McBusters, The Batman, Back at the Barnyard, The X’s, The Zeta Project and the voice of Vaughn in a video game named as Tales from the Borderlands.
Awards
He won the Spike Guys’ Choice Award for Smartacus in the year of 2014 and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Original Interactive Program for @midnight with Chris Hardwick.
Personal Life
Chris’ was involved in two relationships during the time period of 2004 to 2011 with Jacinda Barrett and after break up, with Janet Varney. Then he was in a relationship with Chloe Dykstra from 2011 to 2014. Presently he is engaged with model cum blogger and actress Lydia Hearst since 12th September, 2015. He is not married yet so there is no questions could be answered about his wife.
As per sources, Chris Hardwick’s Current estimated net worth is approximately $10 million.
Birth Date: | 23 Nov, 1971 |
Age: | 48 yrs |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | Louisville |
Education: | University of California, Los Angeles |
Gender: | Male |
Twitter Id: | Hardwick |
Spouse: | Lydia Hearst-Shaw |
Net Worth 2021: | 25 million |