Christopher Andrew Egan (born 29 June 1984) is an Australian actor. He played Nick Smith in the Australian soap opera Home and Away from 2000 to 2003, and David Shepherd on the NBC television drama Kings. He also portrayed Alex Lannon in the apocalyptic TV series Dominion.
Life and career Egan appeared in several commercials and did some modelling, before he performed in the Glen Street productions of Les Misérables and West Side Story. From 2000 until 2003, Egan played Nick Smith in the television soap opera Home and Away. He then went on to appear in the 2005 miniseries Empire as Marcus Agrippa. Egan lived in Rome while filming for the series and learned basic Italian.
He has also been trained in gymnastics, singing, dancing and acting at the KICK Performance Group (now The School @ AIPA) in Sydney. As well as competing in several eisteddfods at an early age, Egan has been able to use his gymnastics skills extensively in the thriller film Crush.
He moved to Los Angeles in 2003. In 2006, he appeared in the film adaptation of Christopher Paolini's novel Eragon. In 2007, he played a small role in Resident Evil: Extinction, the third movie in the Resident Evil series. In the summer of 2009, he shot the movie Letters to Juliet in Italy, with Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave and Gael García Bernal.
Egan starred in Dominion, a Sci Fi supernatural action drama based on characters from the 2010 feature film Legion that starred Paul Bettany. Egan played Alex Lannon, a rebellious young soldier who discovers he is the unlikely savior of humanity.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2006 Eragon Roran Debut film 2007 Virgin Territory Dioneo 2007 Resident Evil: Extinction Mikey 2009 Crush Julian 2010 Letters to Juliet Charlie Wyman 2019 Cult Doug Short rowspan="2" Beyond the Rush Peter Grievess Post-production Rest and Relaxation Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes 2000–2003 Home and Away Nick Smith 82 episodes 2002 Home and Away: Secrets and the City Nick Smith Direct-to-video special 2005 Empire Agrippa Miniseries, 3 episodes 2006 Everwood Nick Bennett 2 episodes 2006 Alpha Male Felix Methusulah TV film 2006 Vanished Ben Wilson 12 episodes 2008 Pretty/Handsome Beckett TV film 2009 Kings David Shepherd 13 episodes 2011 Poe Edgar Allan Poe TV pilot 2013 Gothica Dorian Grey TV film 2014–2015 Dominion Alex Lannon Main cast 2015 The Prince Zach TV film 2026 The Rookie Douglas Roberts 1 episode
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