# Chris Sullivan (actor)

Chris Sullivan (born July 19, 1980) is an American actor and musician. He starred on the NBC drama This Is Us as Toby Damon, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

## Career

Much of Sullivan's early stage experience came in Chicago, where he received improv training at the iO Theater. Among his Chicago stage experiences were in the cast of Defending the Caveman at the Lakeshore Theater and the cast of The Ballad of Emmett Till at the Goodman Theatre. After appearing in the original Broadway cast of Lombardi, Sullivan joined the long-running revival of Chicago in 2011.
He first gained attention for his portrayal of Tom Cleary on the Cinemax drama The Knick. He also played Taserface in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Benny Hammond in Stranger Things.
He has starred in single episodes of various TV series: A Gifted Man (2012), Elementary, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and The Americans (2013).
He also played Sprit in the 2008 Sundance Film Festival nominated movie North Starr, and appeared in such films as The Normal Heart and The Drop (2014), the latter with The Knick co-star Jeremy Bobb.
From 2016 to 2022, Sullivan starred as Toby Damon on This Is Us. For this role, Sullivan has received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Sullivan has done voice-over work. He provided the voice of the camel in the popular "Hump Day" ad for American auto insurance company GEICO.
In March 2022, Sullivan was set to lead comedy pilot The Son In Law at ABC.

## Personal life

Sullivan married producer Rachel Reichard in 2010. Their son was born in 2020 and their daughter in 2022.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | North Starr | Sprit | |
| 2008 | Sugar | Loud Cook | Short film |
| 2012 | Death and the Red Dress | Smitty | Short film |
| 2014 | The Drop | Jimmy | |
| 2016 | Morgan | Dr. Darren Finch | |
| 2016 | Imperium | Andrew Blackwell | |
| 2016 | Live by Night | Brendan Loomis | |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Taserface | |
| 2018 | The Independents | Alvin | |
| 2019 | Adopt a Highway | Orankle | |
| 2019 | I Trapped the Devil | The Man | |
| 2021 | Broadcast Signal Intrusion | Phreaker | |
| 2021 | Agnes | Curly | |
| 2023 | Merry Little Batman | Bane | Voice; direct-to-streaming film |
| 2024 | Presence | Chris | |
| 2024 | Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate | Behemoth | Voice |
| 2026 | Mercy | TBA | Post-production |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Pleading Guilty | Rash | Television film |
| 2011 | Weekends at Bellevue | Officer Mike | Television film |
| 2012 | A Gifted Man | Biker | Episode: "In Case of a Bolt from the Blue" |
| 2013 | Elementary | Todd Clarke | Episode: "The Red Team" |
| 2013 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Eddy Galtin | Episode: "Monster's Legacy" |
| 2013 | The Americans | Assassin | Episode: "Mutually Assured Destruction" |
| 2014 | The Normal Heart | Mike the Tech | Television film |
| 2014 | Peter Pan Live! | Noodler | Television film |
| 2014 | Where's This Party? | Tristan Barlow | Web series; 1 episode |
| 2014–2015 | The Knick | Tom Cleary | Main role; 19 episodes |
| 2016 | Stranger Things | Benny Hammond | 2 episodes |
| 2016–2022 | This Is Us | Toby Damon | Main role; director: "Heart and Soul" |
| 2017 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Husband #1 | Episode: "Fatwa!" |
| 2018 | Camping | Joe | 8 episodes |
| 2019 | The Good Fight | Judge Dash Toosi | Episode: "The One About the End of the World" |
| 2019 | Amphibia | Gunther, Teddy (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Where's Waldo? | Santa Claus (voice) | Episode: "A Wanderer Christmas" |
| 2020 | Vampirina | Grogg / Steve (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | What If...? | Taserface (voice) | Episode: "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?" |
| 2022 | The Calling | Paul Serra | 4 episodes |
| 2023 | American Dad! | Jerry (voice) | Episode: "Viced Principal" |

### Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Theatre | Notes |
| 2010–2011 | Lombardi | Jim Taylor | Circle in the Square Theatre | Original |
| 2011–2012 | Chicago | Amos Hart | Ambassador Theatre | Replacement |
| 2012–2013 | Nice Work If You Can Get It | Duke Mahoney | Imperial Theatre | Original |
| 2016 | Hadestown | Hermes | New York Theatre Workshop | Original |
| 2023 | The Thanksgiving Play | Caden | Hayes Theater | Original |
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### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2018 | Madden NFL 19 | Mack McGlinn | Story mode, "Longshot Homecoming" |