Chris Owen (actor)

Chris Owen (born September 25, 1980) is an American actor and photographer. He is best known for his role as The Sherminator in the American Pie film franchise, appearing in American Pie, American Pie 2, American Pie Presents: Band Camp and American Reunion. Aside from Eugene Levy, he is the only actor from the theatrical features to appear in the "American Pie Presents:" direct-to-video spin-off movies.

Life and career

Owen was born in Michigan but moved to California with his family as a young child. Chris also lived in Parkhead, Edinburgh where he later attended Stevenson College. He was lovingly known in Edinburgh as "Livie". He began acting as early as age 10, with his first recorded film credit in Le peloton d'exécution (1991), a French-Canadian film. Along with his appearances in the American Pie and National Lampoon film franchises, he has also had episodic appearances in several television series. In 1995, he appeared in Angus, the first of five films with longtime friend and collaborator Charlie Talbert. He was married to Michelle Beck from 2007 to 2012.

Filmography

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Major Payne	1995	Cadet Wuliger
Angus	1995	Troy Wedberg
Black Sheep	1996	Hal
The Ride	1997	Steve
Can't Hardly Wait	1998	Klepto Kid
She's All That	1999	Derek Funkhouser Rutley
October Sky	1999	Quentin Wilson	Nominated – YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film
American Pie	1999	Chuck "Sherminator" Sherman
Ready to Rumble	2000	Isaac
Going Greek	2001	Davis
American Pie 2	2001	Chuck "Sherminator" Sherman
National Lampoon's Van Wilder	2002	Suicidal Freshman
A Midsummer Night's Rave	2002	Frankie
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers	2003	Leonard Smallwood	Also known as National Lampoon's Lady Killers
National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze	2003	Booker McFee
Hidalgo	2004	First Soldier
Dear Wendy	2005	Teenager #1
American Pie Presents: Band Camp	2005	Chuck "Sherminator" Sherman	Direct-to-video
National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2'	2006	Booker McFee	Direct-to-video
The Mist	2007	Norm
Just Add Water	2008	Will
The Life of Lucky Cucumber	2009	Rodney Machado
Super Capers	2009	Igniter Boy
Love, Gloria	2011	Officer Young
American Reunion	2012	Chuck "Sherminator" Sherman
Hit List	2012	Wick
Fortress	2012	Burt

Additional notes

• Owen also stars as Jordan in Something Corporate's music video "If You C Jordan".

• "Sherminator" is a portmanteau of his American Pie character's last name, "Sherman" and the Arnold Schwarzenegger character "The Terminator", from the Terminator film franchise.

• Owen also appears in The Mentalist season 4 episode 9 "The Redshirt".

• Owen appears in the musical video for Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike's with Moguai hit single "Mammoth" remixed by Hardstyle superstar Coone .

External links

• Chris Owen at the Internet Movie Database