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Shawn Christian
Christian in May 2009
Born	Shawn Patrick Christian December 18, 1965 (1965-12-18) (age 44) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present
Spouse(s)	Deborah Quinn (1996-present)

Shawn Patrick Christian (born December 18, 1965) is an American television and film actor.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Career 2 Filmography 3 Television 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

After graduating Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan in 1989, he moved to Chicago to pursue an acting career. He starred in numerous stage productions, and began appearing in commercials. He worked on stage with improvisational company Improv Olympic. In 1994, he was the first male spokesman on Star Search. He landed the role of Mike Kasnoff also in 1994 on As the World Turns. He starred on the show until 1997, moving to Los Angeles in the meantime. From 1998 through 1999 he also had a re-occurring role in The WB television series Charmed as Josh, the love interest of Piper Halliwell, played by Holly Marie Combs. He also landed the role of Johnny Durant on WB's Summerland. Although the show was a hit the first season, it failed to garner the same attention the second season. He acted with his stepdaughter, Taylor Cole. In February 2008 it was reported that he is cast as young doctor, and specialist Daniel Jonas on Days of our Lives. His first airdate was March 4, 2008.

He married Deborah Quinn on May 18, 1996. They share a child, a son named Kameron who was born in June 2000.

[edit] Filmography

• Beautiful (2000) .... Wink Hendricks
• Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001) - Desert Jack Sawyer
• Red Skies (2002) - David Cross
• Undercover Christmas (2003) - Jake Cunningham
• 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (2004) - Rory
• Murder in the Hamptons (2005) - Danny Pelosi
• For Your Consideration (2006) - Pilgrim Man
• Small Town Saturday Night (2008) - Tommy
• Killer Moves (2008) - Ken
• Meet Dave (2008) - Lt. Left Arm

[edit] Television

• Family Ties: "Tender is the Knight" (1983) - Richard
• As the World Turns (1994-1997) - Mike Kasnoff #1
• Pacific Palisades (1997) - Quinn Ragowski
• Ellen (1997) - Danny
• Malcolm & Eddie (1997) - Trevor
• Team Knight Rider (1997) - Adam Galbreth
• Men Behaving Badly (1997) - The Plumber
• Step by Step (1998) - Officer Adams
• Wind on Water (1998) - Val Poole
• The Love Boat: The Next Wave (1999) - Nick
• Charmed (1999) - Josh
• Beverly Hills, 90210 (1999) - Wayne
• Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1999-2000) - Dr. Lawrence Brandon
• Time of Your Life (2000) - Randall
• V.I.P. (2000)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2001) - Chad Matthews
• Crossing Jordan (2001) - Adam Flynn
• Spin City (2001) - Santa
• Friends (2001) - Dr. Schiff
• The Chronicle (2002) - Dennis
• Haunted (2002) - Detective Sykes
• One Life to Live (2002) - Ross Rayburn^[1]
• Birds of Prey (2002 & 2003) - Wade Brixton
• Becker (2002 & 2003) - Kevin
• Coupling (2003) - Thad
• 10-8 Officers on Duty (2004) - Stephan James
• Happy Family (2004) - hair dresser
• 1-800-Missing (2004) - FBI Special Agent Darren Merritt
• Summerland (2004-2005) - Johnny Durant
• Boston Legal (2005) - Tim Bauer
• Hot Properties (2005) - John
• CSI: NY (2005) - Ryan Chisholm
• Will & Grace (2006) - Travis
• CSI: Miami (2006) - Carl Silvers
• Las Vegas (2006) - Dr. Derek Stephenson
• Runaway (2006) - Dr. Fisher
• 12 Miles of Bad Road (2006) - Jasper Case
• Ghost Whisperer (2007) - Wyatt Jenkins
• Side Order of Life (2007) - Jack Sager
• Shark (2007) - Kerry Conklin
• Days of our Lives (2008-present) - Dr. Daniel Jonas

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Shawn Christian at the Internet Movie Database
• Shawn Christian at TV.com