Chris Easley
Encyclopedia
Chris Easley is an actor
and stuntman
.
Xena: Warrior Princess
and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
.
As an actor, he appeared in several episodes of Jack of All Trades, starring Bruce Campbell
.
More recently, he had a recurring role on the New Zealand
television soap opera
Shortland Street
while he played a hitman
named Don Lennox
, who was a member of a ruthless gang known as the whitetails. He also appeared in the first episode of season five of Outrageous Fortune.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and stuntman
Stunt performer
A stuntman, or daredevil is someone who performs dangerous stunts, often as a career.These stunts are sometimes rigged so that they look dangerous while still having safety mechanisms, but often they are as dangerous as they appear to be...
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Career
As a stuntman, he appeared in many episodes of the television seriesTelevision program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....
and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles...
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As an actor, he appeared in several episodes of Jack of All Trades, starring Bruce Campbell
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Lorne Campbell is an American film and television actor. As a cult movie actor, Campbell starred as Ashley J. "Ash" Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series of films and he has starred in many low-budget cult films such as Crimewave, Maniac Cop, Bubba Ho-tep, Escape From L.A. and Sundown:...
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More recently, he had a recurring role on the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
television soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Shortland Street
Shortland Street
Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...
while he played a hitman
Hitman
A hitman is a person hired to kill another person.- Hitmen in organized crime :Hitmen are largely linked to the world of organized crime. Hitmen are hired people who kill people for money. Notable examples include Murder, Inc., Mafia hitmen and Richard Kuklinski.- Other cases involving hitmen...
named Don Lennox
Don Lennox
Don Lennox was a fictional character in the soap opera Shortland Street. He was the soap's local mechanic and hitman. He appeared in both 2008 and 2009 and was portrayed by Chris Easly. Though Don only appeared in the show a few times, he featured in two prominent storylines and another similarly...
, who was a member of a ruthless gang known as the whitetails. He also appeared in the first episode of season five of Outrageous Fortune.
Mixed Martial Arts Career
Chris Easley was inducted into the ICNZ MMA Hall of Fame on the 27th November 2009 on their ICNZ 8 Show.- One of the founding people for MMA in NZ
- Mentor for project k (kids mentor)
- Ran the 1st MMA club in the North Island
- 1 x New Zealand cage fighting champion
- 1 x New Zealand Ju Jitsu champion
- 1 x British Ground Fighting Champion Team
- 1 x British Knockdown Judo champion
- 4 x British Ju Jitsu Champion
- 2 x World Ju Jitsu Champion
- Founding member of the World Pankration Association
- Representative on the World council of Ju Jitsu organisations NZ
- Trained in Traditional Ju Jitsu
- Chris has also trained with Lollo Hemuli, Terry Hill, Rick Littlewood, Frank Fhamrock & many New Zealand MMA trainers.
- Aside from the many previous achievements Chris likes to branch out as a film & television stuntman.
- Chris has starred in New Zealand shows such as Shortland StreetShortland StreetShortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...
& Outrageous FortuneOutrageous FortuneOutrageous Fortune is a 1987 film written by Leslie Dixon, directed by Arthur Hiller, and stars Shelley Long and Bette Midler. The title is taken from Shakespeare's Hamlet Outrageous Fortune is a 1987 film written by Leslie Dixon, directed by Arthur Hiller, and stars Shelley Long and Bette Midler....
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External links
- http://www.stunts.co.nz/stunt/display_details.php?stuntid=56
- http://www.stuntsnz.co.nz/chri