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A native of Sydney, Australia, Chris Egan attended Sydney’s MacDonald College of the Performing Arts where he honed his acting skills. His performances in Les Miserables and West Side Story at Sydney’s Zenith Theatre displayed his bright future as an actor and in 1999, at the age of 16, he was cast in the successful Australian series Home and Away. He portrayed popular character Nick Smith for over three years. In 2003, Egan moved to Los Angeles to advance his acting career. His U.S. television debut was in the miniseries ‘Empire’, followed by significant roles in the independent film ‘Alpha Male’ and the feature ‘Virgin Territory’ with Hayden Christensen and Mischa Barton. He also appeared in ‘Resident Evil: Extinction’ and in 20th Century Fox’s ‘Eragon’. In 2006 he appeared in the Fox television series, ‘Vanished’ and followed this with the FX pilot ‘Pretty Handsome’. In 2008 Chris starred in the Australian feature thriller ‘Crush’ and is currently in production on the UMS/NBC drama series,’Kings’.

Susanna Thompson (Once & Again) plays Queen Rose Benjamin; Allison Miller (Lucy’s Piano) stars as King Silas’ outspoken daughter Michelle.

From Universal Media Studios, Kings is executive-produced by Green, Erwin Stoff (I Am Legend) and Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend), who also directed the pilot
Pictured: Christopher Egan as David Shepherd — © 2008 NBC Universal, Inc. Photo: Eric Liebowitz.

Kings drama coming to NBC in early 2009

From executive producer Michael Green (NBC’s Heroes) comes a new drama about a modern day monarchy, Kings, scheduled to debut on NBC in early 2009, though an exact date hasn’t been announced.

Kings is an epic story of greed and power, war and romance, forbidden loves and secret alliances – a classic David and Goliath tale.

King Silas Benjamin (Ian McShane, Deadwood) is the king of Gilboa. Silas must deal with tensions rising between Gilboa and neighboring nation Gath. When several prisoners of war are taken, a young soldier named David Shepard (Christopher Egan, Eragon) defies orders and crosses enemy lines to save them. Unknown to David, the soldier he saves is Jack Benjamin (Sebastian Stan, The Covenant), the son of the king. From this day forth, David’s life will never be the same.