Chris Carmack Biography

James Christopher "Chris" Carmack (born December 22, 1980) is an American actor, singer and former fashion model, best known for his roles in two popular television shows"?the 2003 teen drama series The O.C., and the 2012 country music drama Nashville. Carmack has also appeared in films, including The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations, Into the Blue 2: The Reef, Love Wrecked, Beauty & the Briefcase and Alpha and Omega.

Early life and education

Carmack was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Derwood, Maryland. He has two siblings, a brother and sister. As a young boy, he enjoyed participating in all types of sports: baseball, basketball, football, and wrestling. Carmack was also a longtime counselor at Seneca Creek Day Camp, known for singing the original "Rocko the Lazy Moth" and "Ode to Salpino" among other favorites. At Magruder High School, however, his attentions turned to theatre and he began working on three productions per year, on-stage and off, in addition to competing in numerous drama festivals.

Career

After graduation, Carmack attended New York University to pursue an Arts degree at the Tisch School. He left NYU after he was discovered by John Yannella, a modeling scout, and decided to have a go at the profession. His looks were exactly what Bruce Weber was seeking for Abercrombie & Fitch. The other catalogs and editorials that he has worked for include: Lord and Taylor, Macy's, Target, Who.A.U, Elle France, Nautica, Guess?, and Cosmogirl.

After two years in New York City, Carmack decided to move to Los Angeles and immerse himself in acting. He is best known by global audiences as Luke on the first season of The O.C., but did not continue because producers could not guarantee him airtime in the upcoming year. In 2005, Carmack became a model for Ezra Fitch, a limited upscale label sold at Abercrombie & Fitch.

In 2006, Carmack starred in the film Lovewrecked with Amanda Bynes and Jonathan Bennett and decided to hone his acting skills in the theatres of New York and London.

From 16 March-21 May 2006 Carmack starred in the Off Broadway production of Entertaining Mr. Sloane at the Laura Pels Theatre. The play, directed by Scott Ellis, also featured Tony Award nominees Alec Baldwin and Jan Maxwell.

In 2006 Carmack made his London stage debut in a rare revival of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke, a play unperformed in London for 55 years. Carmack starred opposite Rosamund Pike and was directed by former Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director Adrian Noble. It played the Apollo Theatre from 21 October-25 November 2006, failing to complete its scheduled run.

Carmack portrayed Susan Delfino's cousin Tim in the television show Desperate Housewives for one episode.

He portrayed Sam Reide, the main character of the film The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations, the third film in The Butterfly Effect film franchise, released in theaters in January 2009. He also made his first voice role in Alpha and Omega, which was released in theaters in September 17, 2010, and reprised his role as Garth in Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure, being one of the few actors from the original to appear in at least one sequel.

In 2013, he was cast in the ABC drama series Nashville as Scarlett and Gunnar's neighbor Will, a sexy and charming country singer and guitar player. Carmack's character initially appeared to be a womanizer and a potential threat to Scarlett and Gunnar's relationship, but it was revealed that the character is gay, and trying to protect his image as a heterosexual country music heartthrob. Carmack appeared in the final six episodes of the season, and was promoted from a recurring role to a series regular for season 2.

Personal Life

Carmack and his fiance Erin Slaver welcomed a daughter in September 2016.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Bring It On Again	Todd
2004	The Last Ride	Matthew Rondell	TV movie
2005	Candy Paint	Football player
2005	Love Wrecked	Jason Masters
2006	Just My Luck	David Pennington	Uncredited
2007	Suburban Girl	Jed Hanson
2008	H20 Extreme	Austin
2009	The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations	Sam Reide	lead role
2009	Into the Blue 2: The Reef	Sebastian White
2010	Alpha and Omega	Garth	voice
2010	Beauty & the Briefcase	Liam	TV Movie
2010	Deadly Honeymoon	Trevor Forrest	TV Movie
2011	Grace	Dylan Doran	TV Movie
2011	Shark Night	Dennis
2012	Dark Power	Durant
2012	A Christmas Wedding Date	Chad	TV Movie
2012	All About Christmas Eve	Aidan Green	TV Movie
2013	Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure	Garth	Direct-to-DVD release
2015	The Dust Storm	David	Post-production

List of television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Strangers with Candy	Laird	Episode: "Insivible Love"
2003	Player$	Himself	Episode: "Voodoo That You Do... with Hobbits!"
2003	The Sharon Osbourne Show	Himself	aired November 11, 2003
2003	Soap Talk	Himself	aired November 18, 2003
2003-2004	The O.C.	Luke Ward	28 episodes
2005	Beach Girls	Cooper Morgenthal	6 episodes
2005	Smallville	Geoff Johns	Episode: "Recruit"
2005	Jake in Progress	Jared Rush	Episode: "Ubusy?"
2005-2006	Related	Alex Brody	11 episodes
2007	CSI: Miami	Cole Telford	Episode: "Kill Switch"
2007	Higglytown Heroes	Referee Hero	Episode: "Little Big Fish / Good Sports"
2008	Desperate Housewives	Tim Bremmer	Episode: "Sunday"
2008	CSI: NY	Colby Duncan	Episode: "Forbidden Fruit"
2009	NCIS	Kevin Nelson	Episode: "Love & War"
2009	Drop Dead Diva	Brian	Episode: "Crazy"
2013-present	Nashville	Will Lexington	Recurring (Season 1) Main Role (Season 2-present) 66 episodes

List of video game credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Final Fantasy Type-0 HD	Quon Yobatz	Voice

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Other notes
2006	Entertaining Mr Sloane	Sloane	Laura Pels Theatre
	Summer and Smoke	John Buchanan Jr.	Apollo Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue

Discography

EPs

• Pieces of You (2015)

Soundtrack

The Music of Nashville: Season 1, Volume 2 (2013)

• Contributed 1 track: "You Ain't Dolly (And You Ain't Porter)" with Clare Bowen

The Music of Nashville: Season 2, Volume 1 (2013)

• Contributed 2 tracks: "What If I Was Willing" and "Can't Say No To You" with Hayden Panettiere

The Music of Nashville: Season 2, Volume 2 (2014)

• Contributed 4 tracks: "It's On Tonight" with Will Chase and Charles Esten, "Is That Who I Am", "Hurtin' On You" and "Then I Was Loved By You"

Nashville: On the Record (2014)

• Contributed 2 tracks: "It's On Tonight" with Will Chase and Charles Esten and "A Life That's Good" with the Nashville cast

The Music of Nashville: Season 3, Volume 1 (2014)

• Contributed 2 tracks: "If It's Love" and "If Your Heart Can Handle It" with Aubrey Peeples

Nashville: On the Record Volume 2 (2015)

• Contributed 3 tracks: "If I Drink This Beer" with Will Chase, "If Your Heart Can Handle It" with Aubrey Peeples and "Friend of Mine" with the Nashville cast

The Music of Nashville: Season 3, Volume 2 (2015)

• Contributed 2 tracks: "I'm On It" and "Broken Song"

The Music of Nashville: Season 4, Volume 1 (2013)

• Contributed 2 tracks: "Sleep Tonight (A Lullaby)" with Jonathan Jackson and "Run With Me"

Nashville: On the Record Volume 3 (2016)

• Contributed 2 tracks: "Being Alone" and "And Then We're Gone" with the Nashville cast

Singles

Year	Single	Album
2013	"What If I Was Willing"	The Music of Nashville: Season 2 Volume 1
2015	"Being Alone"	Pieces of You

Tours

• Nashville In Concert (2014)