Christopher Gorham's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Ugly Betty Henry Grubs… Covert Affairs Auggie Ande… Harper's Island Henry Dunn Felicity Trevor O'Do… Jake 2.0 Jake Foley Odyssey 5 Neil Taggart Popular Harrison John Medical Investigation Dr. Miles M… Out of Practice Benjamin Ba…

Main Movie Roles 2010 - My Girlfriend's Boyfriend 2007 - Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience 2002 - The Other Side of Heaven 1997 - A Life Less Ordinary

BIOGRAPHY:

Audiences will likely best remember Gorham from his role on ABC's "Ugly Betty" as Betty's boyfriend, Henry, as well as the critically-acclaimed CBS Series "Harper's Island." Prior to that, he was a series regular on the NBC comedy "Out of Practice" opposite Henry Winkler, Ty Burrell, Stockard Channing and Jennifer Tilly and also starred as Dr. McCabe opposite Neal McDonough in NBC's "Medical Investigation." Other television credits include recurring roles on both "Felicity" and "Party of Five." Gorham also has guest-starred on such series as "CSI," "Without a Trace," "Boomtown" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" before transitioning to leading man in "Jake 2.0." In the acclaimed action-adventure drama series he starred as Jake Foley, a computer technician whose life is drastically changed when he is accidentally injected with microscopic machines that invade his nervous system and endow him with superhuman abilities. Gorham also starred in the sci-fi adventure series "Odyssey 5" with Peter Weller.

Gorham made his feature film debut in acclaimed director Danny Boyle's "A Life Less Ordinary," with Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz. In direct contrast, he starred opposite Anne Hathaway as a missionary who heads to Tongan Islands in the film "The Other Side of Heaven" for producer Gerald Molen. He recently completed starring roles in four independent films, the latest being "The Ledge" opposite Liv Tyler, Patrick Wilson and Terrence Howard.

In addition to acting in television and film, Gorham also completed a guest star performance role in the Off-Broadway production of "Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell" at the Minetta Lane Theatre.

A native of Fresno, CA, Gorham, attended UCLA. While there, he met his wife, actress Anel Lopez, Gorham with whom he now has two sons and a daughter.


TRIVIA:

• He proposed to his wife, 'Anel Lopez Gorham' (qv), on a bench outside of Tiffany's on Rodeo Drive, where he had made a picnic breakfast so that they could have a Breakfast at Tiffany's-style meal before going in and buying their wedding rings. They were college sweethearts.
• Attended high school at Roosevelt School of the Arts and graduated from UCLA with a BA in Film & Theater arts. While in college, he participated in many sports including martial arts, stage combat, fencing, roller-blading, and ballroom dancing.
• He is a licensed auctioneer, having trained with his grandfather in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
• Two sons with wife 'Anel Lopez Gorham' (qv): Lucas Gorham (born 2001) and Ethan Gorham (born 2003).
• He resides in San Fernando Valley, California, USA.
• While still in high school, he won Young Male Talent of the Year at an International Modeling Talent Association competition in New York City.
• In the fourth grade he starred as the Mad Hatter in 'Lewis Carroll' (qv)'s Alice Through the Looking Glass, for which he won the Best Actor award that was usually reserved for sixth graders.
• First job in the business was as an intern on _"Baywatch" (1989)_ (qv).