Chris Colfer, an American actor, is most known for playing Kurt Hummel, a gay character on the television program Glee, which served as his breakthrough role. He won the hearts of thousands of fans and gained critical acclaim for the role.
Chris Colfer’s Career & Net Worth
In the short narrative Russel Fish: The Sausage and Eggs Incident, Chris played the part of Russell Fish when he was 18 years old. Chris Colfer performed the part awkwardly in order to gain admission to Harvard.
Chris’ career later took off as he became active in the local theater. He was cast in the West Side Story play. Then he appeared in the performance of The Sound of Music as Kurt von Trapp.
His enthusiasm for acting grew over time, and in 2009, he played Kurt Hummel on FOX’s Glee, landing his first substantial part. He portrayed a stylish gay man who was frequently bullied at school for being gay in this television series.
For his portrayal of Kurt Hummel, Chris even received the 2011 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor.
Chris discovered a new passion for writing after becoming recognized as an actor in the entertainment world, and in June 2011 he published the book Love.
He published two books in 2013, The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell and The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returned, both of which were later in 2012 released. Following his success, he also agreed to a three-book deal with Little, Brown and Company.
Chris also made his directing debut and announced plans to convert his first book into a movie. He is now working on a science fiction drama titled Indigo about indigo kids who receive false diagnoses for mental or physical ailments.
Chris has a net worth of $8 million as a result of his humorous parts in his playing career as well as his work as a writer and producer.
His Bio: Age, Height
Chris Colfer, who was born on May 27, 1990, and his sister Hannah Colfer were raised in Clovis, California, by their parents Tim and Karyn Colfer.
He practices the Irish religion and has Irish ancestry. He previously endured a lymph node operation as a toddler that left him bedridden for three months with a scar on his neck. His grandma pushed him to write when he first began displaying a liking for it.
Chris, 28, received his high school diploma from Clovis East. He is 74 kg in weight and stands at a height of 5 feet, 10 and a half inches (1.79 meters).
Chris Colfer On Coming Out As Gay
Adam has been gay for as long as people have known; when too many people encroached on his privacy, he hid and mostly shut the door.
Chelsea Handler, though, helped him recently discover who he really was. He was as straight as every other actor in Hollywood before coming out, though.
He announced that he had a boyfriend later in July 2014 on an episode of Watch What Happens: Live, which only served to affirm his sexual orientation as gay.
Is Chris Colfer Married To Partner?
About Chris’ romantic history, he is not yet married. He does, however, live with his gay boyfriend.
Will Sherrod and he have been dating since January 2013. He keeps his boyfriend’s identity a secret since he values his privacy.
He has dated Darren Criss and Heather Morris in the past, though he hasn’t talked much about his “straight” lovers.
But, he and his current partner are still going strong, and Will even goes with Chris when he does photo shoots and public appearances.
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