27 May 1990, Fresno, California, USA
Birth Name
Christopher Paul Colfer
Height
5' 10½" (1.79 m)
Trivia
Before becoming an actor, Chris worked mornings before school in the cafeteria as a cookie scooper and summers as a clerk at a dry cleaners.
The scar on the left side of his neck is from surgery in 1998.
迷失 over 40 pounds in 2007 thanks to "horrible methods called diet and exercise.".
He practices Sai.
Wrote and directed Shirley Todd, a musical spoof of Sweeney Todd during his senior 年 of high school. He also starred as Mr. Lovett.
Assistant directed a theatrical benefit for Valley Children's Hospital when he was 14.
Holds many speech and 辩论 champion titles.
During high school, he was involved with speech & debate, drama, the F.F.A., was president of the writers' club, editor of the school literary magazine, and captain of Destination Imagination.
Was bullied in high school, but feels that it made him much 更多 quick witted and fast on his feet.
Inspired the Rocky Horror episode of 欢乐合唱团 due to his persistent campaigning to get to sing The Time Warp.
Originally auditioned for the role of Artie on Glee, but did not get it. The casting agents were so impressed with his audition that they wrote the role of Kurt for him. They named the character Kurt Hummel due to Colfer's past role of Kurt in The Sound of 音乐 when he was fourteen and because of his rosy cheeks, which reminded them of Hummel figurines.
最喜爱的 movie when he was little was Sister Act. He would put a pillowcase on his head and pretend to be a nun while watching the movie.
Personal Quotes
My life is an awkward visit from the kids table.
On getting slushied on Glee: It felt like I was bitch-slapped 由 an iceberg.
Nurse Jackie is my 最喜爱的 show! Brilliant characters! It makes me laugh so hard police come to my door thinking an animal is being abused.
It doesn't matter how old I get, I always act like an excited five year-old kid with severe ADD and a waddle at Disneyland.
Oh, I have this feud going with the L.A. Unified School District, because I keep getting these phone calls saying my daughter keeps missing classes, I mean, at all hours of the night, I had like, two calls this morning and I keep calling saying I haven't got a daughter! I'm 19! I mean, the 90's were a blur but I don't think I was impregnating anyone when I was two. I'm gonna find this girl and get her 屁股 to school!
[about Kristin Chenoweth being on Glee] As soon as she came on, I was like, 你 know, constantly like, "Oh hi Kristin! Hi... I'm your biggest fan... We sound exactly alike."
I'm pretty sure I'm going to fall in my GaGa shoes one night on tour and I'm hoping it becomes a youtobe sensation.
xoxo Fantastic Evie
