Christopher Bradley Owens (born 7 September 1961) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his performances on the television series The X-Files.
Early life Owens was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Jeannette, a jazz singer, and Garry Owens, a jazz drummer.
Career Owens has performed in many feature films, often in minor roles, including appearances in Cocktail and The Recruit. However, he is best known for his performances on the television series The X-Files. Owens initially guest starred as the younger version of William B. Davis's character, the Cigarette Smoking Man, in a 1996 episode "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man". He returned in 1997 in the same role in an episode called "Demons". Later that year, he played the Frankenstein-esque Great Mutato in a surreal episode called "The Post-Modern Prometheus".
In 1998, Owens was cast as special agent Jeffrey Spender, son of The Smoking Man and alien abductee Cassandra Spender. Owens was credited as 'Also Starring' but only appeared in eight episodes, spread across the show's fifth and sixth seasons, before his character died at the hand of his father. Owens returned in a 2002 episode called "William", playing a hideously disfigured Jeffrey Spender who had survived the "murder". He appeared a few episodes later in "The Truth", the series finale. Owens appeared one final time as Jeffrey Spender, on January 3, 2018, in The X-Files Eleventh Season Premiere, "My Struggle III", in order to warn Agent Scully and also divulged the last name of her son’s adoptive parents.
He has been nominated for numerous awards, including a 2002 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for The Uncles.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1985 Cages Billy Simpson Short film 1987 The Big Town Garage Boy 1988 Cocktail Soldier 1990 The Nutcracker Prince Erik Voice 1996 Sabotage Young Security Guard 1998 Disturbing Behavior Officer Kramer 2000 The Uncles John Nominated—Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 2003 The Happy Couple Dwayne The Recruit Art Wallis 2007 Breach Trunk Cataloguer 2008 The Incredible Hulk Commando High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dancer 2009 Saw VI Additional voices 2010 Red Hanged Man Saw 3D: The Final Chapter Additional voices 2011 Dream House Tom Barrion Uncredited 2017 Molly's Game LA Player 2024 The Apprentice Jay Pritzker
Television films Year Title Role 1986 As Is Pickup #2 1986 9B Steven Lapiere 1987 Haunted By Her Past Thomas 1996 Double Jeopardy Rocco 1994 Paris or Somewhere Shawn 1995 Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story Nebraska 1996 Giant Mike Tom Aitken 1997 Their Second Chance Jeff Colvin 2000 Python Brian Cooper 2001 A Glimpse of Hell Agent Flynn My Louisiana Sky Lonnie Parker 2002 Guilt by Association Roger Power and Beauty Weston 2008 Victor Dave Stubbs 2018 Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey Detective Wolf
Television series Year Title Role Notes 1983 Hangin' In Brian Episode: "Video Fever" 1985 Night Heat Mel Braddock Episode: "Ancient Madness" 1986 Adderly Gang Member Episode: "Rich Kid" 1988 9B Steven Lapiere 5 episodes The Campbells Volunteer Rifleman Episode: "The Rifle Company" 1989 Street Legal Ricky Palmer Episode: "Slipping Through the Cracks" 1990 Top Cops Astorotti Episode: "James Garcia/Mike Coleman" Street Legal Seth Cuthbert Episode: "Standard of Care" 1992 Rin Tin Tin K-9 Cop Episode: "Under Siege" 1993 The Hidden Room Peter Semple Episode: "The First Battle" 1995 TekWar Roy Henry Episode: "Chill Factory" 1996 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Tremaine Episode: "Shaolin Shot" PSI Factor Deputy Carl Hall Episode: "Reptilian Revenge/Ghostly Voices" 1996–1997 The X-Files Young Cigarette Smoking Man 2 episodes 1997 Millennium Deputy Bill Sherman Episode: "Monster" The X-Files Mutato Episode: "The Post-Modern Prometheus" 1998 Stargate SG-1 Armin Selig Episode: "Secrets" 1998–2018 The X-Files Jeffrey Spender 11 episodesNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 1999 The Net Sam Lloyd Episode: "Y2K: Total System Failure" 2001 Blue Murder Speltz Episode: "Wrongful Convictions" Lexx Biff Episode: "Texx Lexx" Soul Food Jim Episode: "Fly Away Home" 2002 Mutant X Mr. Delay Episode: "Interface" 2003 Blue Murder John Doe Episode: "John Doe" 2004 This Is Wonderland Episode: "#1.9" The Grid Polygrapher Episode: "#1.2" 2005 1-800-MISSING Episode: "Sisterhood" Air Crash Investigation Scott Lustig Episode: "Mistaken Identity" 2007 Til Death Do Us Part Carl Lawford Episode: "The Pond Scum Murder" 2009 The Line Andy 15 episodes 2010 Baxter Sam 4 episodes 2011 Combat Hospital Sergeant Major Gaestner Episode: "Shifting Sands" 2015 The Strain Medical Officer Episode: "Quick and Painless" 2016 11.22.63 Anesthesiologist Episode: "Happy Birthday, Lee Harvey Oswald" 2018 The Expanse Kolvoord 6 episodes 2020 The Comey Rule Man Behind Him Episode: "Night One" 2021 Mayor of Kingstown Tom Episode: "Orion" 2023 Murdoch Mysteries Bruce Marshall Episode: "Cool Million" Fellow Travelers Barker 2 episodes 2024 The Madness Levi 2 episodes 2026 Reacher Nolan Cahill 3 episodes
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