Christopher Boyd "Chris" Lemmon (born June 22, 1954) is an American
actor and author.Lemmon was born in Los Angeles, California, the son
of actress Cynthia Stone and actor Jack Lemmon. Lemmon attended the
Verde Valley School in Sedona, Arizona. With a talent for music, he
was encouraged by his father to study piano. Lemmon considered playing
piano professionally after having graduated from the California
Institute of the Arts, with degrees in classical piano and
composition, and in theater.He appeared as an actor in numerous stage
productions, including the west-coast tour of Barefoot in the Park,
directed by Jerry Paris, the original West coast production of Shay by
Anne Commire, and A. R. Gurney's Love Letters with Stephanie
Zimbalist. He portrayed Richard Phillips in two situation comedies,
Duet (1987) and Open House (1989), and also co-starred as Martin "Bru"
Brubaker in the television series Thunder in Paradise, which featured
American professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. Lemmon is also a
screenwriter and producer. Algonquin Books published Lemmon's tribute
to his father, entitled A Twist of Lemmon (2006), which was
re-released in 2008 as a paperback by Applause Theatre and Cinema
Books.
actor and author.Lemmon was born in Los Angeles, California, the son
of actress Cynthia Stone and actor Jack Lemmon. Lemmon attended the
Verde Valley School in Sedona, Arizona. With a talent for music, he
was encouraged by his father to study piano. Lemmon considered playing
piano professionally after having graduated from the California
Institute of the Arts, with degrees in classical piano and
composition, and in theater.He appeared as an actor in numerous stage
productions, including the west-coast tour of Barefoot in the Park,
directed by Jerry Paris, the original West coast production of Shay by
Anne Commire, and A. R. Gurney's Love Letters with Stephanie
Zimbalist. He portrayed Richard Phillips in two situation comedies,
Duet (1987) and Open House (1989), and also co-starred as Martin "Bru"
Brubaker in the television series Thunder in Paradise, which featured
American professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. Lemmon is also a
screenwriter and producer. Algonquin Books published Lemmon's tribute
to his father, entitled A Twist of Lemmon (2006), which was
re-released in 2008 as a paperback by Applause Theatre and Cinema
Books.
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