Chris Owens

Christopher Bradley Owens (born 7 September 1961) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his performances on the television series The X-Files.

Early life Owens was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Jeannette, a jazz singer, and Garry Owens, a jazz drummer.

Career Owens has performed in many feature films, often in minor roles, including appearances in Cocktail and The Recruit. However, he is best known for his performances on the television series The X-Files. Owens initially guest starred as the younger version of William B. Davis's character, the Cigarette Smoking Man, in a 1996 episode "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man". He returned in 1997 in the same role in an episode called "Demons". Later that year, he played the Frankenstein-esque Great Mutato in a surreal episode called "The Post-Modern Prometheus".

In 1998, Owens was cast as special agent Jeffrey Spender, son of The Smoking Man and alien abductee Cassandra Spender. Owens was credited as 'Also Starring' but only appeared in eight episodes, spread across the show's fifth and sixth seasons, before his character died at the hand of his father. Owens returned in a 2002 episode called "William", playing a hideously disfigured Jeffrey Spender who had survived the "murder". He appeared a few episodes later in "The Truth", the series finale. Owens appeared one final time as Jeffrey Spender, on January 3, 2018, in The X-Files Eleventh Season Premiere, "My Struggle III", in order to warn Agent Scully and also divulged the last name of her son’s adoptive parents.

He has been nominated for numerous awards, including a 2002 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for The Uncles.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1985 Cages Billy Simpson Short film 1987 The Big Town Garage Boy 1988 Cocktail Soldier 1990 The Nutcracker Prince Erik Voice 1996 Sabotage Young Security Guard 1998 Disturbing Behavior Officer Kramer 2000 The Uncles John Nominated—Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 2003 The Happy Couple Dwayne The Recruit Art Wallis 2007 Breach Trunk Cataloguer 2008 The Incredible Hulk Commando High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dancer 2009 Saw VI Additional voices 2010 Red Hanged Man Saw 3D: The Final Chapter Additional voices 2011 Dream House Tom Barrion Uncredited 2017 Molly's Game LA Player 2024 The Apprentice Jay Pritzker

Television films Year Title Role 1986 As Is Pickup #2 1986 9B Steven Lapiere 1987 Haunted By Her Past Thomas 1996 Double Jeopardy Rocco 1994 Paris or Somewhere Shawn 1995 Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story Nebraska 1996 Giant Mike Tom Aitken 1997 Their Second Chance Jeff Colvin 2000 Python Brian Cooper 2001 A Glimpse of Hell Agent Flynn My Louisiana Sky Lonnie Parker 2002 Guilt by Association Roger Power and Beauty Weston 2008 Victor Dave Stubbs 2018 Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey Detective Wolf

Television series