Key facts
- Born
- Frederick Christopher Klein , ( 1979-03-14 ) March 14, 1979 (age 47) , Hinsdale, Illinois , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1999–present
- Known for
- American Pie
- Spouse
- Laina Rose Thyfault ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2015 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Chris
- Family name
- Klein
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hinsdale
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Chris Klein 2012.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Chris Klein
- birth name
- Frederick Christophe Klein
- date of birth
- 1979-03-14
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
- different from
- Chris Klein
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Frederick Christopher Klein (born March 14, 1979) is an American actor. He made his on-screen debut with a supporting role in the dark comedy film Election (1999) before his breakout starring role as Chris "Oz" Ostreicher in the teen sex comedy film American Pie (1999). He reprised his role in two sequels: American Pie 2 (2001) and American Reunion (2012).
Following American Pie, Klein starred in the comedy films Say It Isn't So (2001), Just Friends (2005), and American Dreamz (2006), and had lead roles in the drama film Here on Earth (2000) and the science fiction sports film Rollerball (2002). He also starred in the war film We Were Soldiers (2002), the drama film The United States of Leland (2003), and the martial arts action film Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chris Klein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.