Christopher Abbott

Acting

Christopher Abbott

Born 1986-02-10 · Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Christopher Jacob Abbott (born February 10, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his work in television, independent films, and theatre. In 2011, he made his feature film debut in Martha Marcy May Marlene and his Broadway debut in the revival of the play The House of Blue Leaves. He then gained recognition for his role as Charlie in the HBO series Girls. In 2026, he returned to Broadway, portraying Biff Loman in the revival of Death of a Salesman, for which he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. Abbott received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for the drama film James White (2015) and a Golden Globe Award nomination for his portrayal of Capt. Yossarian in the Hulu miniseries Catch-22 (2019). He had supporting roles in the films A Most Violent Year (2014), It Comes at Night (2017), First Man (2018), Possessor (2020), Black Bear (2020), and Poor Things (2023). He played the titular character in the film Wolf Man (2025). Abbott also starred in The Sinner (2017) on USA Network and the Apple TV+ series The Crowded Room (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Abbott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Kraven the Hunter poster
6.4

Kraven Kravinoff's complex relationship with his ruthless gangster father, Nikolai, starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared.

Kraven the Hunter

2024

Poor Things poster
7.6

Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

Poor Things

2023

First Man poster
7.0

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

First Man

2018

A Most Violent Year poster
6.6

A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

A Most Violent Year

2014

Wolf Man poster
6.1

With his marriage fraying, Blake persuades his wife Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit his remote childhood home in rural Oregon. As they arrive at the farmhouse in the dead of night, they're attacked by an unseen animal and barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. But as the night stretches on, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable.

Wolf Man

2025

The Testament of Ann Lee poster
6.3

The extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers as the female Christ.

The Testament of Ann Lee

2025

The World to Come poster
7.0

In 1856, two women forge a close connection despite their isolation on the American frontier.

The World to Come

2021

Martha Marcy May Marlene poster
6.6

After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.

Martha Marcy May Marlene

2011

Sanctuary poster
6.1

Confined to a claustrophobic hotel room, the heir to a hotel empire and the dominatrix who has primed him for success become locked in a battle of wits and wills as he tries to end his relationship with her.

Sanctuary

2023

Possessor poster
6.4

Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.

Possessor

2020

It Comes at Night poster
5.9

Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.

It Comes at Night

2017

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot poster
6.3

Stuck in a rut, reporter Kim Baker decides to shake things up by leaving her desk job in New York and taking a dangerous assignment in Afghanistan. Far from home and completely out of her comfort zone, a culture-shocked Kim befriends an adventurous reporter Tanya Vanderpoel, a stern Colonel, and a charming photojournalist to help her navigate this crazy new world.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

2016

Untitled X-Men Film poster
NR

A film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) based on the Marvel Comics team. Plot TBA.

Untitled X-Men Film

2028

Entergalactic poster
7.7

Ambitious artist Jabari attempts to balance success and love when he moves into his dream Manhattan apartment and falls for his next-door neighbor.

Entergalactic

2022

Criminal Activities poster
5.9

Four young men make a risky investment together that gets them into trouble with the mob.

Criminal Activities

2015

The Forgiven poster
5.7

Over a weekend in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, a random accident reverberates through the lives of both the local Muslims and Western visitors to a house party in a grand villa.

The Forgiven

2022

Vox Lux poster
5.8

In 1999, teenage sisters Celeste and Eleanor survive a seismic, violent tragedy. The sisters compose and perform a song about their experience, making something lovely and cathartic out of catastrophe — while also catapulting Celeste to stardom. By 2017, the now 31-year-old Celeste is mother to a teenage daughter of her own and struggling to navigate a career fraught with scandals when another act of terrifying violence demands her attention.

Vox Lux

2018

Piercing poster
5.7

After kissing his wife and baby goodbye for a seemingly normal business trip, Reed checks himself into a hotel room to accomplish something he’s always dreamed of: the perfect murder. As his sinister plans unfold, he soon realizes he might be in over his head with a mysteriously unhinged call girl named Jackie.

Piercing

2019

Black Bear poster
6.4

At a remote lake house in the Adirondack Mountains, a couple entertains an out-of-town guest looking for inspiration in her filmmaking. The group quickly falls into a calculated game of desire, manipulation, and jealousy, unaware of how dangerously intertwined their lives will soon become.

Black Bear

2020

Bring Them Down poster
6.7

When the ongoing rivalry between farmers Michael and Jack suddenly escalates, it triggers a chain of events that take increasingly violent and devastating turns, leaving both families permanently altered.

Bring Them Down

2025

The Sleepwalker poster
3.8

A young couple, Kaia and Andrew, are renovating Kaia's secluded family estate. Their lives are violently disrupted upon the unexpected arrival of Kaia's sister, Christine, and her fiancé, Ira.

The Sleepwalker

2014

Katie Says Goodbye poster
6.5

A kindhearted seventeen-year-old in the American Southwest turns to prostitution to fulfill her dream of a new life in San Francisco.

Katie Says Goodbye

2018

On the Count of Three poster
6.5

Val has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he could use some help. As luck would have it, Val’s best friend, Kevin, is recovering from a failed suicide attempt, so he seems like the perfect partner for executing this double suicide plan. But before they go, they have some unfinished business to attend to.

On the Count of Three

2022

Sweet Virginia poster
5.9

A former rodeo star, now a motel manager, meets a young man who is responsible for the violence that suddenly has seized his small town.

Sweet Virginia

2017

Behind the camera