Christopher Russell Gartin (born January 12, 1975) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role in the 1996 film Tremors 2: Aftershocks

Tremors 2: Aftershocks

Tremors 2: Aftershocks is a 1996 action-horror-sequel to Tremors, in which the character of Earl Bassett, returning from the first movie, is hired to deal with a subterranean "Graboid" infestation at a Mexican oilfield. It was directed by S.S. Wilson, and stars Fred Ward, Christopher Gartin,...

as cab driver Grady Hoover. He also had roles in the films As Virgins Fall, Johns

Johns (film)

Johns is a 1996 American drama film starring David Arquette and Lukas Haas, who portray hustlers who work Santa Monica Boulevard. The title refers both to the slang term for a sex client and to several characters in the film named John .Johns was one of several films dealing with this subject...

and the comedy

Comedy

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 Friends & Family

Friends & Family

Friends & Family is a 2001 gay-themed comedy film.Stephen Torcelli lives with his partner Danny Russo in New York City. When Stephen's parents call to announce a surprise visit for his father's birthday, Stephen and Danny scramble to conceal their double lives...

. On television, Gartin has had roles on various shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

, Will & Grace

Will & Grace

Will & Grace was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998 to May 18, 2006 for a total of eight seasons. Will & Grace remains the most successful television series with gay principal characters...

, and as Rob Hartman on the "Finding Judas" episode of House

House (TV series)

House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...

. In July 2007, he joined the ensemble on Side Order of Life on the Lifetime Network

Lifetime Television

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. In 2009, he began appearing on the HBO series "True Blood

True Blood

True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...

" as Hugo, the human lover of Isabel, a Dallas vampire who serves as second lieutenant to Godric.

Gartin was born in New York City, New York. He was previously married to Joanne Gartin, an event planner in Los Angeles who has organized weddings for such Hollywood names as Elizabeth Berkley and Greg Lauren, Molly Shannon, Taye Diggs, Kate Walsh, Tori Spelling, etc.

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