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My Take
Chris Wood is one of those actors who sneaks up on you — you tune into The Vampire Diaries expecting another brooding love interest, and instead you get Kai Parker, a genuine scene-stealing psychopath with comic timing sharp enough to cut glass. His season-six run on that show is legitimately one of the most entertaining villain arcs the CW ever produced, and it launched him from relative unknown to someone fans genuinely couldn't stop talking about. He followed that up with a lead role in Containment and later joined Supergirl, proving he's comfortable carrying a show rather than just stealing scenes in one. A Dublin, Ohio kid who studied at Elon University — not the most obvious pipeline to genre television stardom, but the stage training clearly stuck. He doesn't get nearly enough credit for his range, and I'd genuinely love to see him handed something with more dramatic weight.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Chris Wood
- Name (Japanese)
- クリス・ウッド
- Reading
- くりす・うっど
- Born
- April 14, 1988 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Dragon
- Origin
- Dublin, Ohio, United States
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / stage actor
2. Background
- High school
- Dublin Jerome High School
- University
- Elon University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Chris Wood born?
Born April 14, 1988 (age 38).
Where is Chris Wood from?
Chris Wood is from Dublin, Ohio, United States.
What does Chris Wood do?
Chris Wood works as actor, film actor, television actor, stage actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.