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Christopher Titus Biography

Birth Name:Christopher Todd Titus

Birth Place:Castro Valley, California, United States

Profession Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Composer, Editor, Music department

Fast Facts

  • Established The Insight Youth Project, a non-profit aimed at supporting young adults who often face the same struggles he once did at home in a dysfunctional family
  • Struggling with alcohol and drugs early on, he used a trip to the hospital as inspiration to turn his life around and begin pursuing comedy as a career
  • Began airing his own podcast series, The Combustion Lounge, in early 2011
  • Following a three-season run of his self-titled comedy series, he would begin touring the country for his first one-man show, Norman Rockwell is Bleeding
  • Often uses personal experiences from his difficult childhood as material for his stand-up routines, the subjects of which include alcohol, drugs, mental illness and death

Awards

  • 2000OFTA Television Award-Best Actor in a New Comedy Series: nominated
  • 2002WGA Award (TV)-Episodic Comedy: nominated
  • 2017Jury Prize-Best Direction Award: winner
  • 2017Festival Award-Best Comedy Feature: winner