Actor Chris Gann was born and raised in Reno, Nevada. Always athletic, Gann started playing sports at a young age and has excelled in snow skiing, snow boarding, golf, tennis, baseball and soccer. However, by the end of high school Gann had found his calling when he discovered the sport of personal watercraft racing or, jet skiing. His professional career took off and in just 6 years time he had accumulated two world, five national, and six state titles. Content with his success, Gann shifted focus to scholastics and received his Bachelor of Arts in Communications at Cal State – Sacramento. While in school, Gann worked for ESPN and Fox Sports Net as a TV show host. When an opportunity arose for Gann to star as the ‘mariner’ in the new Universal Studios live action stunt show, “Waterworld”, Gann moved to Los Angeles.
Gann now has over 25 television and film credits. He starred in Sony studios “XXX” with Vin Diesel and Samuel L. Jackson, and reunited with Vin this summer while working on Disney’s next blockbuster, “The Pacifier”. His roles have given him the opportunity to work with such directors as Rob Cohen, Adam Shankman and Eriq La Salle.
Principle photography recently wrapped on the feature film ‘Three Bad Men’, in which Gann played the lead and co-starred with Academy Award-Winning actor George Kennedy.
