Christopher Hardwick
(born November 23, 1971) is an American actor, television personality, writer and comedian.
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Early life
Hardwick was born in
Louisville, Kentucky, the son of former professional
bowler Billy Hardwick.
[1] He grew up in
Memphis, Tennessee and attended
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he studied
philosophy; he graduated in 1993.
Career
Hardwick was a DJ on influential
Los Angeles radio station
KROQ during the mid-1990s.
He appeared in
Rob Zombie's horror films
House of 1000 Corpses
and
H2: Halloween 2
. He also made a small appearance in
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
Hardwick was in an episode of
Zoey 101.' and
Married... with Children''
Hardwick has been a contributing writer for Wired Magazine since 2007. He also writes for
Web Soup
and
Back at the Barnyard
.
Voice over work
Hardwick voiced
Alexander Hamilton in
The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd,
and is currently voicing Otis in
Back at the Barnyard
, a
CGI animated sequel series to the 2006 film
Barnyard
(originated in the film by
Kevin James), airing on
Nickelodeon, as well as the voice of The Ninja Chimps in
Cartoon Network's Chop Socky Chooks
. He also provided the voice for
Green Arrow/Oliver Queen on the cartoon series
The Batman
and was the voice of Glowface in
The X's
.
Hosting
Hardwick was first known as the host of
MTV's
Singled Out,
launching the media careers of his two co-hosts in that series,
Jenny McCarthy and
Carmen Electra. While working on
Singled Out
, he met
Jacinda Barrett, to whom he was engaged. Later, he hosted the syndicated dating show
Shipmates
. As of October 2007, he has been hosting
Wired Science
on
PBS, writing for
Wired
, and now works as a reviewer on
Attack of the Show
's "Gadget Pr0n." On June 7, 2009, he became the host
G4's
Web Soup
, a spinoff of
E!'s
The Soup
. He previously was on that show's predecessor,
Talk Soup
, as a guest host.
[2]
Stand-up comedy
Hardwick is also a
stand-up comic and performs with Mike Phirman in the music comedy duo
Hard 'n Phirm, whose half-hour comedy special
Comedy Central Presents: Hard 'n Phirm
premiered in January 2008. In 2007, both his solo standup and duo act were featured on the comedy compilation CD
Comedy Death Ray
. Hard 'n Phirm recently completed several songs for the upcoming
Rob Zombie animated film
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
. Hardwick has announced plans to do a live stand-up album from his 2009 tour. He also is the opening act for
Joel McHale.
References
- ''U.S. Bowler'', Spring 2009 issue, p. 7.
- http://www.nerdist.com/2009/05/g4-picks-up-web-soup.html G4 Picks Up Web Soup, nerdist.com, May 2009