|
|
Chris Klein
Possessing the sort of apple-cheeked, translucent-skinned All-American wholesomeness that has made him a natural for the pretty-boy jock roles that began his career, Chris Klein started a minor sensation after appearing in only two films. The actor, who is a testament to both good public relations and the American appetite for all that is young, athletic, and bearing no discernible acne scars, was born in Hinsdale, Illinois, on March 14, 1979. After spending the first thirteen years of his life there, he moved with his family to Nebraska. It was while he was in high school that Klein was discovered by director Alexander Payne, who was busy casting his upcoming film, Election (1999). Klein won the role of Paul Metzler in Payne's film, which opened to enthusiastic reviews. As Paul, Klein played the dim but sweet football player persuaded by Matthew Broderick's Jim McAllister to run against the unopposed Tracy Flick ( Reese Witherspoon) in the school's student council Election.
News |
What members say |
Filmography
Chris Klein - news / articles
-
-
Klein battling sickness as he promotes latest American Pie -
17 April 2012
-Actor Chris Klein proved his dedication to the new American Pie movie on Tuesday (17Apr12) by battling through a sore throat to take part in a TV interview.-The stars of American Reunion are in Britain to promote the latest film in the franchise, and Klein - along w
-
-
Klein gives publicist star treatment at special screening -
6 April 2012
-Actor Chris Klein treated his publicist's friends and family to a special screening of the new American Pie film to thank her for her hard work.-Klein is making his comeback in American Reunion, in which all the original characters in the 1999 high school hit get to
-
-
Klein jokes about 'dreadful' Mamma Mia! audition -
30 March 2012
-Actor Chris Klein feared he had upset a Hollywood executive after his self-confessed "dreadful" Mamma Mia! audition was leaked online.-The American Pie star was left red-faced after video footage of him singing off-key while trying for a role in the ABBA movie music
Chris Klein - what members say
review by A customer from Langport
Comi-tragedy 3 April 2008
review by from Camborne, Cornwall
NAFF! 6 December 2006
review by from ilford essex
just bloody brilliant!!! 11 January 2006
Chris Klein - filmography
-
-
Caught in the Crossfire
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: 50 Cent, Chris Klein, Christine Lakin
Director: Brian A Miller
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Crime drama starring 50 Cent and Chris Klein. Two homicide detectives enlist the help of gang member-turned-informant Tino (50 Cent) when they are targeted by both gangsters and bent cops after becoming caught between a gang-related homicide and a hotbed of corruption within the police force.
 
50%
from 232 members
-
-
The Valley Of Light
(2007)
Starring: Gretchen Mol, Chris Klein, Jay O. Sanders
Director: Brent Shields
Certificate: 
When Noah Locke returns home from World War II he finds that his home now belongs to someone else, and his family's fortunes have not been kind. With little to hold him there, he begins a journey to find a path of his own, coming across a community that may hold all his heart desires.
68%
from 36 members
Currently unavailable
-
-
Day Zero
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Elijah Wood, Chris Klein, Jon Bernthal
Director: Bryan Gunnar Cole
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
The U.S. military draft is back. You have thirty days to report...
DAY ZERO follows the lives of three best friends in New York City who have thirty days to come to terms with their fate - the draft is back and they've been called to serve. Dixon, Rifkin and Feller grew up together in New York. ..read more »
51%
from 151 members
-
-
American Dreamz
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore
Director: Paul Weitz
Certificate: 
In the world of right-now, it seems as if literally everybody wants to be famous. Thanks to the global phenomenon of reality television, literally anyone can be.
From the Director of American Pie & About a Boy, Hugh Grant has never been better as the sleazy, self-centred host of the hugely popular ..read more »
46%
from 10,715 members
-
-
The Long Weekend
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Brendan Fehr, Chris Klein, Paul Campbell
Director: Pat Holden
Certificate:
A comedy about two brothers, uptight Ed and playboy Cooper. Ed has a weekend to save his career, but Cooper has other plans for the weekend; to help his stressed out brother get lucky with the ladies.
57%
from 12,688 members
-
-
Just Friends
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Chris Klein
Director: Roger Kumble
Certificate:
A hip music executive (Ryan Reynolds) gets stranded in his New Jersey hometown and becomes reacquainted with the woman (Amy Smart) who, years earlier, rejected him in high school.
60%
from 28,880 members
-
-
We Were Soldiers
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Madeline Stowe, Greg Kinnear
Director: Randall Wallace
Certificate:
In 1965, 400 American troops faced an ambush by 2,000 enemy troops in the Ia Drang Valley (also known as the Valley of Death), in one of the most gruesome fights of the Vietnam War. WE WERE SOLDIERS is a detailed recreation of this true story--of the strategies, obstacles, and human cost faced by ..read more »
70%
from 11,235 members
-
-
Say It Isn't So
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Heather Graham, Orlando Jones, Chris Klein
Director: J.B. Rogers
Certificate:
With SAY IT ISN'T SO, the Farrelly Brothers (THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, DUMB AND DUMBER) give their former first assistant director J. B. Rogers a shot at the big time. The result is another crude comedy that finds laughs in a series of outrageous situations. Working from a script by first-..read more »
55%
from 1,096 member
-
-
American Pie 2
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jason Biggs, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eugene Levy
Director: J.B. Rogers
Certificate:
Bringing back the entire ensemble from the original hit comedy, AMERICAN PIE 2 finds Jim (Jason Biggs), Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Oz (Chris Klein), and Stifler (Seann William Scott) reunited for the summer after their first year at college. When the boys rent a beach ..read more »
67%
from 20,605 members
-
-
Rollerball
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Chris Klein, Jean Reno, L.L. Cool J.
Director: John McTiernan
Certificate:
It's the year 2005; the new sport of Rollerball is hugely popular in the unstable, ex-Soviet republics of South Asia. Marcus Ridley (LL Cool J) invites NHL-hopeful Jonathan Cross (Chris Klein) to join him playing for the Zhambel Horsemen, in Kazahkstan. The highly paid Marcus and Jonathon are ..read more »
42%
from 1,421 member
-
-
American Pie 2 - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Jason Biggs, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eugene Levy
Director: J.B. Rogers
Certificate:
Bringing back the entire ensemble from the original hit comedy, AMERICAN PIE 2 finds Jim (Jason Biggs), Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Oz (Chris Klein), and Stifler (Seann William Scott) reunited for the summer after their first year at college. When the boys rent a beach ..read more »
79%
from 24 members
Not available for rental
-
-
Rollerball - Blu-ray
(2001)
Starring: Chris Klein, Jean Reno, L.L. Cool J.
Director: John McTiernan
Certificate:
It's the year 2005; the new sport of Rollerball is hugely popular in the unstable, ex-Soviet republics of South Asia. Marcus Ridley (LL Cool J) invites NHL-hopeful Jonathan Cross (Chris Klein) to join him playing for the Zhambel Horsemen, in Kazahkstan. The highly paid Marcus and Jonathon are ..read more »
41%
from 306 members
-
-
Here On Earth
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Leelee Sobieski, Tac Fitzgerald, Bruce Greenwood
Director: Mark Piznarski
Certificate:
HERE ON EARTH is the story of a well-to-do prep school youth, Kelley (Chris Klein), who is sentenced to spend the summer in a small town, rebuilding a diner that he accidentally helped burn down. Once there, he forges a bond with an underprivileged girl, Samantha (Leelee Sobieski), who is living ..read more »
56%
from 340 members
-
-
American Pie
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Jason Biggs, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein
Director: Paul Weitz
Certificate:
A surprise hit comedy, Paul and Chris Weitz's AMERICAN PIE follows four high school friends--Jim (Jason Biggs), Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), and Oz (Chris Klein)--through their sexually frustrated senior year. Boy-next-door Kevin hopes to finally lose his virginity to his ..read more »
70%
from 26,922 members
-
-
American Pie - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Jason Biggs, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein
Director: Paul Weitz
Certificate:
A surprise hit comedy, Paul and Chris Weitz's AMERICAN PIE follows four high school friends--Jim (Jason Biggs), Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), and Oz (Chris Klein)--through their sexually frustrated senior year. Boy-next-door Kevin hopes to finally lose his virginity to his ..read more »
73%
from 752 members
Not available for rental
-
-
Election
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein
Director: Alexander Payne
Certificate:
In this satirical comedy, a hotly contested high school election becomes a metaphor for the current state of American politics. Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) is a popular and well-respected instructor at George Washington Carver High School in Omaha, Nebraska, but lately he's been unhappy in ..read more »
66%
from 9,514 members
-
-
Election - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein
Director: Alexander Payne
Certificate:
Director Alexander (CITIZEN RUTH) Payne's second film, based on the novel by Jim Perotta, takes the scandal and mudslinging associated with presidential elections and transposes them to a high school election for student council president in Nebraska- with impossibly sharp, satirical results. ..read more »
66%
from 564 members
|
Chris Klein facts
|
...s to stop Reece's climb to the top for good reasons which turn horribly wrong. Chris Klein plays the super popular jock who is loved by the whole school and is basically ...
