Christopher Jaymes (born July 19, 1973) is an Award-winning American television and film actor, director, screenwriter and producer.
Jaymes was born in Long Beach, California and spent his early years in Huntington Beach, California as an only child. In his early teens he had success as an amateur skateboarder which led him into the entertainment industry where he started working as an actor at the age of eighteen. He eventually attended Berklee College of Music studying piano and orchestration and toured with a number of artists as a piano player.
Jaymes' first role was starring opposite Helen Hunt in the CBS movie-of-the-week Murder In New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story and he then went on to appear on a number of other television shows including Party of Five, Profiler, Chicago Hope, NYPD Blue and Touched By An Angel. He played in a number of films as well including Ivan Reitman's Father's Day starring Robin Williams and Billy Crystal.
By 2000, he had directed a number of short films including The Reel and working as a script supervisor, editor and screenwriter until he starred and co-produced the feature film It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Trying. After which, he directed his first feature film In Memory of My Father where he starred alongside Jeremy Sisto and Judy Greer, as well as, produced, wrote, directed and edited the film which went onto receive critical acclaim and win a number of awards internationally, including the 2006 American Spirit/Best Feature Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the Grand Jury Award at CineVegas, Best Debut Feature at Sonoma Valley Film Festival and Best Director at the San Diego Film Festival.
Jaymes also published a book, entitled Boxing Day about his experiences working in the 2004 tsunami disaster relief efforts
Jaymes was engaged to actress Krista Allen in April of 2007.
*In Memory of My Father
