Christopher Anton Knight (born November 7, 1957)"Christopher Knight Biography" . Biography.com/ Retrieved January 6, 2010 is an American actor and businessman. He is most notable for playing Peter Brady in the 1970s series The Brady Bunch. He has since gone on to become a businessman and enjoyed a semi-resurgence in the public eye with television appearances in the 2000s.
Early life and work Knight was born in New York City, New York, the son of Edward and Wilma Knight. Knight's father, an actor, was born Edward Kozumplik, to parents from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, while Knight's mother was Jewish.Adrianne Curry Myspace post, February 19, 2009
Career The Brady Bunch and other roles Before the Brady Bunch series, Knight had some small television roles, including an appearance on the first season of Mannix, in a 1967 episode called "Coffin for a Clown". In 1969, Knight was cast as middle son Peter Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch, which ran until 1974. He was also the voice of Peter in the ABC Saturday morning cartoon The Brady Kids (1972–74).
After the end of the Brady Bunch, Knight's acting career consisted mostly of making guest appearances on other television shows (Happy Days, The Love Boat), and occasional film roles (Just You and Me, Kid, Curfew, Good Girls Don't, The Doom Generation, and Nowhere). He reunited with his former Brady costars in several subsequent series, including The Brady Bunch Hour (1976–77), the TV movie The Brady Girls Get Married (1981), the holiday TV movie A Very Brady Christmas (1988), and the drama The Bradys (1990). He also had a cameo role as a coach in the film The Brady Bunch Movie (1995).
Computer career In 1988, Knight, a self-described "geek", left acting for the information technology business. He was an account sales manager for Martec, Inc., and then Vice President of Design System Marketing and Sales at New Image Industry. In 1991, he co-founded Visual Software, and in 1995, he founded Kidwise Learningware. He subsequently worked for Adesso and iXMicro. In 1998, he founded his own TV tuner company, Eskape Labs; it was purchased by Hauppauge Computer Works in 2000.
Return to television Continuing to pursue TV opportunities, Knight appeared on VH1's fourth season of The Surreal Life. The show garnered Knight more attention than he had received in quite some time. During his stint on the show, he began a romance with castmate model Adrianne Curry, winner of America's Next Top Model cycle 1. After the show, the two moved in together and got engaged, as documented on the VH1 series My Fair Brady, which premiered on September 11, 2005."Knight and Curry Plan Gothic Wedding", San Francisco Chronicle, May 25, 2006.
Knight participated in VH-1's retrospective miniseries I Love The '70s: Volume II. He, his family, and friends appeared on the season finale of NBC's Celebrity Family Feud on July 29, 2008. During the 2008–09 television season, Knight hosted the syndicated game show Trivial Pursuit: America Plays. Between 2009 and 2012, he hosted a series of Jonathan Goodson-produced game show specials for the Michigan Lottery, Make Me Rich."Michigan Lottery Debuts New TV Game Show", Michigan.gov, October 8, 2009. Knight joined the other Brady Bunch cast members in the 2019 television series A Very Brady Renovation on HGTV. In 2021, he starred in the Lifetime Christmas movie Blending Christmas, alongside his Brady Bunch co-stars Barry Williams, Mike Lookinland, Susan Olsen, and Robbie Rist.
In 2022, Knight, Williams, and Lookinland competed in season eight of The Masked Singer as "Mummies". They were eliminated in the third episode, which aired as the October 3 "TV Theme Night" alongside Daymond John as "Fortune Teller". On June 28, 2024, Knight appeared as a guest on Toon In With Me, which airs on MeTV.
Move into production In 2019, Knight and Emmy-nominated producer Phil Viardo founded Former Prodigy Media, a production company based in Los Angeles. In 2023, the company released Truelove, an award winning documentary film about Callie Truelove, a teenager with Williams syndrome. Knight also appears in the film.
Personal life Knight has been married four times.Dugan, Christina (November 28, 2016). "Brady Bunch Star Christopher Knight on How 'Second Mom' Florence Henderson Made Him 'Shine'. People. Knight proposed to his third wife, model and reality television personality Adrianne Curry, on the season finale of My Fair Brady, on VH1, which aired on November 6, 2005. The show was renewed for a second season that began in June 2006, and focused on the couple's wedding preparations. The couple wed in Curry's hometown of Joliet, Illinois, on May 29, 2006, in a gothic-style wedding. Knight's manager, Phil Viardo, told a celebrity gossip website on May 29, 2011 that Knight and Curry were announcing their separation. The date was the couple's fifth wedding anniversary.Collins, Emma. "Hollyscoop Exclusive: Adrianne Curry and Christopher Knight Split" , Hollyscoop.com, May 28, 2011. On February 2, 2012, on G4's Attack of the Show, Curry said the divorce had been finalized. He married his fourth wife, Cara Kokenes, in November 2016.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1979Just You and Me, KidRoy1989CurfewSam1993Good Girls Don'tMontana1995Coach1997NowhereMr. Sighvatssohn2000Family JewelsThe Guru2003Dickie Roberts: Former Child StarChristopher Knight2005L.A. DicksBernie Taylor2006Fallen AngelsBelmont2008Light Years AwayDavid Sommers2009American Pie Presents: The Book of LoveAlumnus Guy #32012Keith 'Lobster Joe' WilliamsScenes deleted2012Letting GoThe Boss2014Guardian AngelBrian Casey2017Where the Fast Lane EndsCooley Swindell2017PrisonerBradShort2023Truelove: The FilmHimselfDocumentary about Williams syndrome
Television Year Title Role Notes1967MannixJosh"Coffin for a Clown" (credited as "Christopher A. Knight")1968GunsmokeJimmy"The Miracle Man"1969–1974Peter BradyMain role1972Peter Brady (voice)"The Brady Kids on Mysterious Island"1972–1974Peter Brady (voice)Main role (credited as "David E. Smith" in season 2)1974ABC Afterschool SpecialJoe"Sara's Summer of the Swans"1976One Day at a TimePete"Barbara's Emergence"1976–77Peter BradyMain role1977Bobby"Max"1978Happy DaysBinky Hodges"Be My Valentine"1978CHiPsWes Miller"Family Crisis"1979Diary of a Teenage HitchhikerNickTV film1979–80Joe's WorldSteve WabashMain role1980Valentine Magic on Love IslandJimmyTV film1980-1981Another WorldLeigh HobsonContract role1981Peter BradyTV film1984MasqueradeHank Totten"Oil"1984Peter Barkan1 episode1988Peter BradyTV film1989Day by DayPeter Brady"A Very Brady Episode"1990Peter BradyMain role2001The Weakest LinkHimself"Brady Bunch Special Edition"2006That '70s ShowJosh"We Will Rock You"2008–2009Trivial Pursuit: America PlaysHimselfHost2010, 2018Dr. Andrews2 episodes2014HeartbreakersHurley FontenotMiniseries2018Grandpa ClarkeTV film2019A Very Brady RenovationHimself 7 episodes2021Dragging the Classics: The Brady BunchPeter BradyParamount+ special2021Blending ChristmasBrianTV film2022The Masked SingerHimself/MummySeason 8 contestant; Group costume with Barry Williams and Mike Lookinland
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