Biography
Christopher Denham is an American actor, screenwriter and director. He is perhaps best known for supporting roles in Argo, Being the Ricardos, Shutter Island and his role in the Sundance Film Festival cult phenomenon, Sound of My Voice, as well as the television series Billions, Shining Girls, opposite Elisabeth Moss and Amazon Prime's Utopia, created by Gillian Flynn.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Good Night, and Good Luck
2025
as John Aaron
Livestreamed from the penultimate show at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, this stage adaptation of George Clooney's 2005 film follows the ...
Dogman
2023
as Ackerman
A boy, bruised by life, finds his salvation through the love of his dogs.
The Adults
2023
as Scott
Eric returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As the...
Oppenheimer
2023
as Klaus Fuchs
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Maggie Moore(s)
2023
as Andy Moore
Bizarre back-to-back murders in an otherwise quiet Arizona desert town has rattled local Police Chief Jordan Sanders. The two dead women have no conne...
Night Shift
2023
as Walton Grey
A young woman working her first night shift at a remote motel begins to suspect that she is being followed by a dangerous character from her past. As ...
Old Flame
2022
Director
A college reunion spirals into violence when two former lovers reconnect and rediscover a dangerous secret.
Being the Ricardos
2021
as Donald Glass
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
Half Empty/Half Full
2020
Producer
Four friends reunite for a dinner to catch up on each other's lives. As the night progresses, it devolves into a whirlwind of jealousy, lies and big r...
Fast Color
2019
as Bill
A woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left ...
The Amaranth
2018
as Dr. Alan Campbell
Lily and Richard move to a luxurious and cult-like community, where Lily becomes unsettled by the transformation she observes in her older husband and...
Camera Obscura
2017
as Jack Zeller
A photojournalist suffering from PTSD returns home from Iraq and finds himself struggling to keep his sanity and family intact.
Money Monster
2016
as Ron Sprecher
Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.
Bad Country
2014
as Tommy Weiland
When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's mo...
Preservation
2014
Director, Writer
Three family members head deep into the woods for a hunting trip that doubles as a distraction from their troubles at home. When all of their gear is ...
Argo
2012
as Mark Lijek
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter ...
Forgetting the Girl
2012
as Kevin Wolfe
Kevin is obsessed with finding a girl who can help him forget his unpleasant past. However, all his encounters with the opposite sex inevitably go afo...
The Bay
2012
as Sam
Two million fish washed ashore. One thousand blackbirds dropped from the sky. On July 4, 2009 a deadly menace swept through the quaint seaside town of...
Restive
2011
as Lott
An intensely bizarre tale of a mother who inhabits her husbands suffocating behavior before falling into her own flawed maternal instincts. Centering ...
Enter Nowhere
2011
as Kevin
Three strangers arrive one by one to a mysterious cabin in the middle of nowhere after enduring separate life-altering predicaments. Searching for a w...
Sound of My Voice
2011
as Peter Aitken
A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.
Camp Hell
2010
as Christian
At the end of every summer, the children of a Christian community from a suburb of New Jersey attend Camp Hope. They travel deep into the woods far fr...
Shutter Island
2010
as Peter Breene
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his ...
Duplicity
2009
as Ronny Partiz
Two romantically involved corporate spies team up to manipulate a race to corner the market on a medical innovation that will reap huge profits and al...
Alexander the Last
2009
as Actor
An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.
Alexander the Last
2009
Additional Writing
An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.
Home Movie
2008
Author, Director, Writer
Reverend David Poe and his psychiatrist wife trade hectic New York life for an idyllic rural farmhouse; the perfect place for 10 year old twins Jack &...
El Camino
2008
as Gray
Three young people drive to Mexico to scatter their friend's ashes, they are forced to confront their own sense of family, identity and future.
The Seed
2008
Screenplay
The Seed follows the events surrounding a homeless veteran named Ken Mercado, played by Will Yun Lee. Living along the banks of the Los Angeles River,...
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
as Mike Vickers
In the 1980s U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, Texas socialite Joanne Herring and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos form an unlikely alliance to boost funding for Afgh...
The Key to Reserva
2007
as Leonard
Finding an unfinished script written by Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese attempts to recreate it himself as Hitchcock would have.
Blackbird
2007
as Clarke
In 1990s New York City, teen runaway Froggy is caught in the throes of heroin addiction as she falls in love with a fellow junky, war veteran Baylis. ...
Headspace
2005
as Alex Borden
25-year-old Alex Borden's chance encounter with a mysterious stranger has found his intellect rapidly expanding, but as the power of his mind grows so...