Chris Gauthier

Chris Gauthier
Born(1976-01-27)27 January 1976
Died23 February 2024(2024-02-23) (aged 48)
NationalityCanadian
Years active1999–2024

Chris Gauthier (27 January 1976 – 23 February 2024) was an English-born Canadian actor best known for his roles as Neville in Need for Speed: Carbon and William Smee in Once Upon a Time.

Early life

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Chris Gauthier was born in Luton, England. His family moved to Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada when he was five. Gauthier was trained in acting at the Vernon School of Speech and Drama.[1]

Career

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Gauthier had a recurring role on the SyFy Channel series Eureka, as Café Diem owner Vincent.[2] While filming the final ten episodes of season three of Eureka, he also filmed the 2009 CBS Mystery Event Harper's Island, in which he appeared as Malcolm Ross, and Freddy vs. Jason, in which he played Shack. On Smallville he portrayed Winslow Schott aka Toyman.[3] In 2021, he co-starred in the Sony Pictures film produced by Build-A-Bear Entertainment, Honey Girls.[4]

Death

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Gauthier died on 23 February 2024 at the age of 48.[5][6][7]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 40 Days and 40 Nights Mikey
2003 Freddy vs. Jason Shack
2004 Riding the Bullet Hector Passmore
2006 The Butterfly Effect 2 Ted
2006 The Foursome Donnie Spencer
2007 The Sandlot: Heading Home Officer Pork Chop
2008 Stargate: The Ark of Truth Hertis
2009 Space Buddies Tad's Cameraman
2009 Watchmen Seymour
2010 The Traveler Desk Sargeant Gulloy
2021 Honey Girls Mac

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 Earthsea Vetch 2 episodes
2005 School of Life Vern Cote
2006-2008 Supernatural Ronald Reznick 2 episodes
2006–2012 Eureka Vincent 67 episodes[2]
2004, 2009–2011 Smallville Winslow Schott/Toyman 4 episodes
2009 Harper's Island Malcolm Ross 8 episodes
2011 Iron Invader Tony Television film
2011–2013 Health Nutz Doc Jay Dang 12 episodes
2012 Level Up Sir Guy Episode: "Leveling Up"
2012–2018 Once Upon a Time William Smee 14 episodes
2014 Signed, Sealed, Delivered Serge Episode: "Something Good"
2015 iZombie Simon Cutler Episode: "Virtual Reality Bites"
2017–2019 A Series of Unfortunate Events Phil 4 episodes
2020 The Christmas House Marvelous Jim Television film
2023 Joe Pickett Randy Pope Recurring cast[8]

Video games

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Year Title Role
2006 Need for Speed: Carbon Neville[7]

References

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  1. ^ "The popular actor you never knew was from Armstrong". INFOnews. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b Green, Paul (12 September 2019). Encyclopedia of Weird Detectives: Supernatural and Paranormal Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Film, Television, Games and Other Media. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7800-9.
  3. ^ Willis, John (1 June 2005). Screen World. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-1-55783-638-0.
  4. ^ Moore, Kasey (31 January 2022). "Ashanti Movie 'Honey Girls' Coming to Netflix US in February 2022". Whats On Netflix. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  5. ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (25 February 2024). "Chris Gauthier, of Once Upon a Time and Eureka, Dead at 48". TVLine. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  6. ^ Brew, Caroline (25 February 2024). "Chris Gauthier, Smee in 'Once Upon A Time,' Dies at 48". Variety. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Tributes paid to Once Upon a Time star Chris Gauthier". 26 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  8. ^ White, Peter (22 June 2022). "'Joe Pickett': Keean Johnson Joins Season 2 of Spectrum Series As Trio Upped To Regulars". Deadline Hollywood. Deadline. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
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