Chris William Martin

Chris William Martin is a Canadian actor who portrays Zach Salvatore in the first and sixth seasons of The Vampire Diaries.
==Biography==
Chris William Martin was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, on January 17, 1975 to Chris William Martin and Victoria Kathleen Martin, Chris was raised first in East Vancouver (until he was 2) and then in a small town called Yarrow. He first became an actor after answering a cattle call for a new teen drama, "Fifteen" in 1991, which was to film in Vancouver. Chris, who had barely passed high school drama, walked off the street with 4000 other kids and was one of 15 to get the part. the serious ran for 3 years, during which it was picked up by Nickelodeon and subsequently filmed out of their studios in Florida. Chris portrayed Dylan, a brooding rebel for which he won a nomination for Best Actor at the Youth in Film Awards. He landed his next starring role as Jamie Novak in the series "Madison" (1993), a half-hour drama about high school that was critically acclaimed and won Martin a Gemini nomination for Best Actor.
Martin made his feature film debut playing the title role in Carl Bessai's Johnny (1999), a movie filmed in the Dogma 95 style, about squeegee kids who stage action on the streets and capture it on video. He won a Jury Citation for Outstanding Performance from the Toronto International Film Festival in 1999 for his work in the film. He also featured in Bessai's next film, Lola (2000/I), which was screened in festivals around the world in 2001. Since then Chris has appeared in other independent films, including Carl Bessai's new film which is currently being filmed in British Columbia (December 2002). This season, Chris made his directorial debut on an episode of "Tom Stone" (2002).
In his free time, Chris enjoys spending time with friends and family (he is the godfather of John Scarfe & Suki Kaiser's son), playing the guitar, and hanging out with his chocolate Labrador, Merlin and his cat, The Dane. He's also drawn to extreme sports: dabbling in surfing, motorcycle riding and sky diving.
==Filmography==
Year 	Title 	Role
2016 	Death Al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery	Steve
2016 	When Calls the Heart 	Jake Garrison
2014-2015	Cedar Cove 	Anthony
2015 	Motive 	Dr. Garrison Osgood
2015 	The Age of Adaline 	Dale Davenport
2015 	Assassin Banana 	Naval Orange / Aubergine / Gay Pear (voice)
2015 	I Didn't Kill My Sister 	Mason (as Chris Wiliam Martin)
2009-2014	The Vampire Diaries 	Zach Salvatore
2013 	Arctic Air 	David
2011 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 	Pilot Kirk Harmon
2011 	Look Again 	Rick Palmer
2011 	Cookie 	Patrick
2010 	Terriers 	Billy Whitman
2010 	Lone Star 	Steve
2010 	Huge 	Jonathan
2010 	Buried 	State Department Rep. (voice)
2009 	Dollhouse 	Griff
2008 	The Mentalist 	Police Chief Trey Piller
2008 	The Terrorist Next Door 	Pelletier
2008 	Bones 	Garth Jodrey
2008 	Chaos Theory 	Damon
2008 	The Unquiet 	Tom
2007 	Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 	Deputy Ray
2007 	NCIS 	Brian Matthews / Taylor
2007 	CSI: Miami 	Rich Caprioto
2007 	Lincoln Heights 	Dr. Cole
2007 	Heartland 	Dr. Simon Griffith
2007 	Robson Arms 	Perry Sound
2007 	Psych 	J.P. Berger
2007 	Shark 	Ryan Stafford
2006 	Moments 	
2005 	Intelligence 	Damon Horvath
2005 	The L Word 	Hunter Kirby
2005 	Nature Unleashed: Volcano 	Russell Woods
2004 	DeMarco Affairs 	Peter Copeland
2004 	Veronica Mars 	Josh
2004 	Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman 	Young Hal
2004 	North Shore 	Eli Manheim
2002-2004	Tom Stone 	Tom Stone
2004 	Tru Calling 	Justin Burke
2003 	Hotel 	Case (as Chris Martin)
2003 	Emile 	Carl
2003 	Burn: The Robert Wraight Story 	Paramedic
2002 	Try Seventeen 	Steve
2001 	Lola 	The Driver
2001 	The Outer Limits 	Gavin
2001 	Sanctuary 	Brian Hathaway (as Chris Martin)
2000 	Earth: Final Conflict 	Richard Palmer
1999-2000	Amazon 	Jimmy Stack
2000 	Felicity 	Greg Stenson
1999 	Johnny 	Johnny (as Chris Martin)
1999 	Traders 	Stash Roberts
1999 	Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story 	Sergeant Martin (as Chris Martin)
1998 	Someone to Love Me 	Cowboy (as Chris Martin)
1998 	Poltergeist: The Legacy 	Elliot Black
1997 	All the Winters That Have Been 	Gabe (as Chris Martin)
1997 	Dead Man's Gun 	Richard Tyler
1993-1997	Madison 	Jamie Novak
1996 	Two 	Hitchhiker
1996 	Highlander 	Carter Wellan
1996 	Home Song 	Robbie Gardner (as Chris Martin)
1996 	Susie Q 	Ray Kovich (as Chris Martin)
1995 	Beauty's Revenge 	Jimmy Nolan (as Chris Martin)
1995 	Hawkeye 	Tim Surrey
1994 	Robin's Hoods 	Tito
1994 	Moment of Truth: Broken Pledges 	Scott Stevens (as Chris Martin)
1994 	Beyond Obsession 	Arthur (as Corky Martin)
1994 	Moment of Truth: To Walk Again 	Dave (as Chris Martin)
1991-1993	Fifteen 	Dylan Blackwell
1993 	Family of Strangers 	Young Jake (as Corky Martin)
1992 	Neon Rider 	Ray
==Appearances==
;Season One
*Pilot
*The Night of the Comet
*Family Ties
*You're Undead to Me
;Season Six
*Black Hole Sun
==External links==
*IMDb
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