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Christian Campbell
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Christian Campbell stars as Peter Webster, the eldest son to Reverend Daniel Webster and his wife Judith, in NBC's limited series The Book of Daniel. Peter struggles on a daily basis with both his homosexuality and the loss of his twin brother.
The Book of Daniel is NBC's provocative, edgy, and compelling new drama that chronicles the life and family of Reverend Webster, an unconventional Episcopalian minister who not only believes in Jesus – he actually sees and converses with him to help navigate family problems, church politics, and a nagging reliance on prescription painkillers.
Actor, director, singer and producer Christian Campbell recently starred in Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical, a campy musical take-off on the 1930's drug scare movie. The movie earned three Emmy nominations, winning for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for "Mary Jane/Mary Jane," which was performed by Campbell and Kristen Bell. In 1999, Campbell created the role of Jimmy in the stage version of the same production, which earned him the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Lead Performance. The movie made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005 before premiering on Showtime.
In addition, Campbell recently completed his run on the daytime drama All My Children, playing Bobby Warner. Last year he starred in the short musical film Pretty Dead Girl, which premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and has played to numerous festivals around the world. Previously, to critical acclaim, Campbell portrayed Rent's tragically-fated writer, Jonathan Larson, in the national tour of the rock musical tick... tick... BOOM! A role Campbell later played, making his London stage debut in the summer of 2005.
Campbell is often recognized for his role as Gabe in the feature film comedy Trick, co-starring Tori Spelling and J. P. Pitoc. He also starred opposite Stockard Channing in The Piano Man's Daughter, a film, which Whoopi Goldberg served as executive producer. Other film credits include Thank You Good Night, Cold Hearts, Next Time, Family Conversation and Too Smooth, which Campbell co-produced and co-starred alongside his younger sister, Neve Campbell.
In 2000, Campbell worked on Darren Starr's The $treet and the animated series Max Steel, for which he provided the title character voice. He has also been seen in Seventh Heaven, Aaron Spelling's Malibu Shores, and several made-for-TV movies including Picture Perfect, City Boy, Cruel Justice, I've Been Waiting For You and Seduced By Madness for NBC. Back home in his native Canada, Campbell is known for his work on the coming-of-age drama series Degrassi High.
His passion for live theatre led Campbell to acquire the Lexington Theatre in Hollywood in 1996 and then form its resident theatre company, Blue Sphere Alliance, along with his partners Anthony Barnao and Russell Friedenberg. Of the many original plays produced at the theatre, Campbell is most proud of Nagasaki Dust, in which he performed the lead role, and Reach, where he directed leading man Matthew Lillard. Before coming to the United States, Campbell's past theatre experience includes a European tour of Lope de Vega's classic Spanish drama, Der Ritter Von Mirakel and a role in the long-running German production of A Clockwork Orange.
Campbell currently resides in New York City. |
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