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He was Sue Ellen’s controversial young lover in the hit television series, Dallas, and has appeared in nearly 100 movie and television projects.

Christopher Atkins is a Golden Globe nominee and an accomplished screenwriter and producer. His latest acting projects include, Attraction In Paris with Tara Reid and Dina De Laurentis, the cutting edge virtual reality film, Defrost, directed by Blue Lagoon director Randal Kleiser, and, One Remains, where he plays a creepy elderly forest ranger.

. One Remains was the second time he played an elderly person. The first time was in his own film he wrote and directed called, The Storyteller. Chris is the consummate adventurer. Loving the outdoors he has traveled the world exploring Viking burial grounds to hand feeding sharks and handling deadly sea snakes. On those travels he has come into contact with some fascinating stories and people which he is pitching to networks in a series called, Mystery Adventures with Christopher Atkins

"I have been blessed and lucky to have continued to work in this industry for over 37 years"." I ducked out to be a dad but kept my foot in the door acting."

Chris now has broadened his scope and has been working on writing, producing and directing. He is working on a family film of his own in Australia and is in the process of setting up a fun, adventure, Goonies, type kids film entitled Jumper Reese and The Lost Dixie Queen Gold Mine, to shoot in Washington state. Chris was recently submitted for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film, Lake Of Fire.

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