Christopher Shyer

Christopher Shyer (sometimes credited as Chris Shyer) is a Canadian-American actor who has appeared in over 100 film and television roles.

Acting career Shyer has appeared in multiple guest roles on television since 1994, including: Viper, The New Outer Limits, Smallville, Monk, JAG, CSI: Miami, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and a critically acclaimed recurring role as the Hannibal Lecter-like character "Lawrence O'Malley" in The Practice. He more recently appeared in a supporting role on ABC-TV's re-imagined V series as "Marcus," second-in-command to the V high commander, Anna (Morena Baccarin).

His varied film roles have included The Falling (1998, as "Lars"), The Invitation (2003, as "Joel Gellman"), The Lazarus Child (2004, as "John Boyd"), Fierce People (2005, as "Dr. Leffler"), and Big Bad Wolf (2006, as "Charlie Cowley").

He has also starred on Broadway as Sam Carmichael in Mamma Mia and Dean Newhouse in Going Down Swingin’, following successful stints in the Canadian productions of Miss Saigon, Les Misérables (as Joly & understudy Marius Pontmercy), The Phantom of the Opera (as Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny), Assassins (as John Wilkes Booth), and Sunset Boulevard (as Artie Green). He also played four supporting roles in the US tour of The Book of Mormon and Governor John Slaton in the 2025 US tour of Parade.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1994 Janek: The Silent Betrayal Dancer Television movie 1998 Voyage of Terror Ship's Officer #2 Television movie 1998 The Falling Lars 1999 Little Boy Blues Daniel 2000 G-Saviour Barkeep Television movie 2000 Cinderella: Single Again Prince Charming 2000 The Operative Albright 2001 A Girl Thing Rick Television movie 2001 The Unprofessionals Marlon Carlson 2001 Along Came a Spider Jim 2001 Kiss My Act Tommy Television movie 2002 Life or Something Like It Mark Laughlin 2003 Before I Say Goodbye Adam Cauliff / Harry Reynolds Television movie 2003 The Invitation Joel Gellman Leo Award for Best Lead Performance – Male 2003 The Core Dave Perry 2003 Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company Alan Hamel Television movie 2003 See Grace Fly Bathroom Transvestite 2003 Phenomenon II George Malley Television movie 2004 Traffic Home Owner Television movie 2004 The Lazarus Child John Boyd 2005 Fierce People Dr. Leffler 2009 Killer Hair Boyd Radford Television movie 2011 The True Heroines Mayor Fitzgerald 2011 J. Edgar Richard Nixon 2011 Maybe Tomorrow Senator Monty Clemens 2012 Big Time Movie Agent Lane Television movie 2018 Curry Western Simon 2023 Cat Person Ernie 2023 Friends & Family Christmas Luke McCalan Television movie 2024 Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home Leonard Alexander Television movie 2024 From Embers Dr. Morgan 2024 Three Wiser Men and a Boy Roy Television movie (Hallmark) 2024 Leah's Perfect Gift Mitchell Westwood (Graham's Dad) Television movie (Hallmark) 2024 Happy Howlidays Jim Park Television movie (Hallmark)

Television Year Title Role Notes 1997 Riverdale Ben MacKenzie Unknown episodes 1998 Viper Elliott Peoples Episode: "Paper Trail" 1998 The Crow: Stairway to Heaven Drew Kessler Episode: "Solitude's Revenge" 1998 The New Addams Family Vlad Episode: "Deadbeat Relatives" 1999 The New Addams Family Governor Episode: "The Tale of Long John Addams" 1999 Night Man Pentacost Episode: "Sixty Minute Man" 1999 First Wave Lon Episode: "All About Eddie" 1999 Cold Squad Dr. Ben Walker Episode: "Death, A Love Story" 2000 Higher Ground Bob Episode: "World Apart" 2000 The Outer Limits Harold Zimmer Episode: "Seeds of Destruction" 2000 Nuremberg General Telford Taylor Episode: "#1.1" 2000 Relic Hunter Jason Clark Episode: "Last of the Mochicas" 2001 Seven Days Caesar Gustaf Episode: "Sugar Mountain" 2001 The Chris Isaak Show Brian Bulander Episode: "Wages of Fear" 2002 The Practice Lawrence O'Malley 3 episodes 2002 Monk Carl 2 episodes 2003 Jake 2.0 Abdul Tiranzi Episode: "Training Day" 2003 Smallville Nicholas Convoy Episode: "Slumber" 2004 The Days Scott Eaton 4 episodes 2004 JAG Commander Steve Lundt Episode: "One Big Boat" 2005 The L Word Rod Sebring Episode: "Loyal" 2005 Cold Squad Miles Larson 2 episodes 2005 CSI: Miami Larry Musgrave Episode: "Whacked" 2005 NCIS Kyle Boone Episode: "Mind Games" 2006 Without a Trace Ken Robinson Episode: "The Stranger" 2006 Kyle XY Brad Episode: "The Lies That Bind" 2006–2007 Whistler Adrian Varland 26 episodes 2007 Falcon Beach Bobby Tanner Episode: "Sins of the Father" 2008–2014 Canooks Richard Reddick 16 episodes 2009–2011 V Marcus 21 episodes 2010 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Bill Episode: "Lost & Found" 2011 Lights Out The Dentist Episode: "Pilot" 2011 Endgame Gareth Hart Episode: "Opening Moves" 2011 The Good Wife Dr. Dominic Lawton Episode: "In Sickness" 2011 Combat Hospital Colonel Axelquist Episode: "Reckless" 2012 Good God Tony Cassano 8 episodes 2017 Tin Star Dermot O'Hanrahan Episode: "This Be the Verse" 2018 Instinct Sebastian Trevor Episode: "Wild Game" 2018 Blue Bloods Martin Post Episode: "The Devil You Know" 2019 The Blacklist ATF DA Charleston Episode: "The Cryptobanker (No. 160)" 2019 Madam Secretary FBI Director Frank Meredith Episode: "Better Angels" 2019 Two Sentence Horror Stories Doug Episode: "Squirm" 2020 FBI: Most Wanted George Locke Episode: "Ride or Die" 2021 Debris Richard Hegman Episode: "Solar Winds" 2021 Chesapeake Shores Robert Lewis 2 episodes 2022 Paper Girls Ozzie Brandman 2 episodes 2023 The Night Agent Vice President Redfield Recurring 2023 Riverdale Brad Rayberry 2 episodes 2023 Bookie Patrick Ryan Episode: "Beware the Family Jewels" 2025 Family Law Christian Keller Episode: "Knowing Me, Knowing You" 2026 Tracker Dr. Brett Hooper Episode: "Do No Harm"