Chris was born in Canada but grew up Belfast He began acting under the guidance of an inspirational drama teacher at secondary school who put him on the path to becoming a professional actor On leaving school he successfully auditioned for the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin graduating in 2000 Since then he has continued to fulfill his ambition of collaborating with the best directors in film television and theatre in projects such as the awardwinning The Magdalene Sisters Momentum The Boxer Universal Fifty Dead Men Walking Brightlight Pictures Good Vibrations Revolver Films 71 Warp Films Shooting for Socrates New Black Films Mrs Browns Boys DMovie Universal Pictures and most recently High Rise Directed by Ben Wheatley