Chris Chalk

• Name — Chris Chalk • Birth Name — Christopher Eugene Chalk • Born — December 7, 1977 • Birthplace — Asheville, North Carolina, United States • Spouse — K.D. Chalk (m. 2017) • Occupation — Actor • Education — University of North Carolina at Greensboro • Years Active — 2005–present

Christopher Eugene Chalk was born in Asheville, North Carolina, on December 7, 1977. He studied at Asheville High School, graduating in 1996. He attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

On stage, Chalk is known for his role in the 2010 Broadway play Fences. He is known for television roles such as journalist Gary Cooper in The Newsroom, Marine Tom Walker in Homeland, and murderer Jody Adair in Justified. Chalk has also been in multiple Law & Order episodes and appears in Gotham as a young Lucius Fox and in It: Welcome to Derry as a young Dick Hallorann. He appeared in the films 12 Years a Slave (2013) and The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019). He made his directorial debut with the film Our Deadly Vows in 2023.

Chalk married Kimberley Dalton Mitchell in his hometown of Asheville on April 22, 2017.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2006 — Rescue Me — Young Black Male — Episode: "Sparks"; uncredited • 2009 — The Good Wife — Third Year Associate — Episode: "Crash" • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Neal Douglas — Episode: "Turmoil" • 2010 — Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Austin Arvis — Episode: "Inhumane Society" • 2011 — Person of Interest — Lawrence Pope — Episode: "Pilot" • 2011–2013 — Homeland — Tom Walker — 7 episodes • 2012–2014 — The Newsroom — Gary Cooper — 24 episodes • 2013 — Justified — Jody Adair — 2 episodes • 2014 — Sons of Anarchy — Flint — Episode: "Black Widower" • 2015 — Complications — Darius Bishop — 8 episodes • 2015–2019 — Gotham — Lucius Fox — 33 episodes • 2016 — The Blacklist — John Addison — Episode: "Drexel (No. 113)" • 2016–2017 — Underground — William Still — 5 episodes • 2019 — When They See Us — Yusuf Salaam — Miniseries; 2 episodes • 2020–2023 — Perry Mason — Paul Drake — 16 episodes • 2022 — Shining Girls — Marcus — 8 episodes • 2024 — Feud: Capote vs. The Swans — James Baldwin — Episode: "The Secret Inner Lives of Swans" • 2025 — It: Welcome to Derry — Dick Hallorann — Main role