Biography
Chris Eigeman (born March 1, 1965) is an American actor best known for roles in the Whit Stillman films Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco. He usually plays quick-witted, articulate characters, who speak with a healthy dose of sarcasm. Eigeman also appeared in the films Kicking and Screaming, Crazy Little Thing (aka The Perfect You), Mr. Jealousy, Maid in Manhattan in 2002 as John Bextrum, Highball, The Treatment (2006) and the TV series It's Like, You Know..., Gilmore Girls (a...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Please Baby Please
2022
as Arthur's Father (voice) (uncredited)
After witnessing a murder in the gritty streets of 1950s Manhattan, newlyweds Suze and Arthur become the dangerous obsession of a greaser gang that aw...
Seven in Heaven
2018
Writer, Director
Sixteen year old Jude discovers each and every one of his fears is true.
Arbitrage
2012
as Gavin Briar
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for ...
Turn the River
2008
as Mike Simms
A pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.
Turn the River
2008
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
A pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.
The Treatment
2007
as Jake Singer
Jake Singer is at loose ends in NYC, and neck deep in psychoanalysis with the outrageous Dr. Morales when he meets the enigmatic and beautiful widow A...
Clipping Adam
2004
as Tom
Despite what he says, Adam is not "fine". The summer before freshman year should be a time full of possibilities, but Adam struggles with family trage...
Path to War
2003
as Bill Moyers
A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way the USA goes to war—as seen from inside t...
Maid in Manhattan
2002
as John Bextrum
Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, ...
Highball
2002
as Fletcher
A newly married couple tries to enhance their social life by throwing fabulous parties and inviting all their friends in Brooklyn to their home.
The Perfect You
2002
as Jimmy
A waiter/writer living with his dad and a neat freak who's just landed a job as a reporter in New York, meet by colliding on the Brooklyn Bridge, and ...
The Next Big Thing
2001
as Gus Bishop
A painter who finds success (and true love) after a pickpocket steals one of his works, gives it a false authorship and promotes the imaginary artist ...
Mr. Jealousy
1998
as Dashiell Frank
After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriend...
Mr. Jealousy
1998
Associate Producer
After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriend...
The Last Days of Disco
1998
as Des
Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.
The Next Step
1997
as David
A professional chorus line dancer is about to learn that his days of playing around with women’s hearts is headed to an abrupt end.
Kicking and Screaming
1995
as Max
After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding inste...
Barcelona
1994
as Fred Boynton
During the 1980s, uptight Ted Boynton is a salesman working in the Barcelona office of a Chicago-based company. He receives an unexpected visit from h...
Metropolitan
1990
as Nick Smith
A radical student is adopted by a group of young New Yorkers, serves as a catalyst to alter his and their lives. Gathering in a Manhattan apartment, t...