Chris Carmack

Chris Carmack
Carmack in May 2008
Born (1980-12-22) December 22, 1980 (age 43)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • model
Years active2000–present
Spouse
Erin Slaver
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(m. 2018)​
Children2

Chris Carmack (born December 22, 1980) is an American actor, singer, and former fashion model. He is known for his roles in three popular television shows—the teen drama series The O.C. (2003–2004) as Luke Ward, the country music drama Nashville as Will Lexington (2012–2018), and the medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2018–present) as Dr. Atticus Lincoln.

Carmack has also appeared in films, including The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations, Into the Blue 2: The Reef, Love Wrecked, Beauty & the Briefcase and Alpha and Omega.

Early life and education

Carmack grew up in Derwood, Maryland.[1] He has a brother and a sister. As a young boy, he played baseball, basketball, and football at Magruder High School, however; his attentions turned to theater and he began working on three productions per year, on-stage and off, in addition to competing in numerous drama festivals.

Career

After graduation, Carmack attended New York University to pursue an arts degree at the Tisch School. He left NYU after he was discovered by John Yannella, a modeling scout, and decided to have a go at the profession. His looks were exactly what Bruce Weber was seeking for Abercrombie & Fitch. The other catalogs and editorials that he has worked for include: Lord and Taylor, Macy's, Target, Who.A.U, Elle France, Nautica, Guess?, and Cosmogirl.

After two years in New York City, Carmack moved to Los Angeles and immersed himself in acting. He played Luke on the first season of The O.C., but did not continue because producers could not guarantee him airtime in the upcoming year.[2] In 2005, Carmack became a model for Ezra Fitch, a limited upscale label sold at Abercrombie & Fitch.

In 2006, Carmack starred in the film Lovewrecked with Amanda Bynes and Jonathan Bennett and honed his acting skills in the theaters of New York and London.

From March 16 to May 21, 2006 Carmack starred in the Off-Broadway production of Entertaining Mr. Sloane at the Laura Pels Theatre. The play, directed by Scott Ellis, also featured Tony Award nominees Alec Baldwin and Jan Maxwell.[3]

In 2006, Carmack made his London stage debut in a rare revival of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke, a play that had not been performed in London for 55 years. Carmack starred opposite Rosamund Pike and was directed by former Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director Adrian Noble. It played the Apollo Theatre from October 21 – November 25, 2006, failing to complete its scheduled run.[4]

Carmack portrayed Susan Delfino's cousin Tim in the television show Desperate Housewives for one episode.[5]

Carmack portrayed Sam Reide, the main character of the film The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations, the third film in The Butterfly Effect film franchise, released in theaters in January 2009. He also made his first voice role in Alpha and Omega, which was released in theaters in September 17, 2010,[6] and reprised his role as Garth in Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure,[7] being one of the few actors from the original to appear in at least one sequel.

In 2013, Carmack was cast in the ABC drama series Nashville as Scarlett and Gunnar's neighbor Will, a sexy and charming country singer and guitar player.[8][9] Carmack's character initially appeared to be a womanizer and a potential threat to Scarlett and Gunnar's relationship, but it was revealed that the character is gay, and trying to protect his image as a heterosexual country music heartthrob. Carmack appeared in the final six episodes of the season, and was promoted from a recurring role to a series regular for season 2.[10]

In 2018, Carmack was cast as Dr. Atticus "Link" Lincoln on the ABC hit medical drama Grey's Anatomy.[11]

In 2019, Carmack made his Hollywood Bowl debut playing the role of Rapunzel's Prince in the show Into the Woods.[12]

Personal life

Carmack announced his engagement to Erin Slaver on March 2, 2016.[13] They married on October 20, 2018. Their first daughter was born in August 2016,[14] and a second daughter was born in May 2022.[15]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Bring It On Again Todd
2005 Love Wrecked Jason Masters
2006 Just My Luck David Pennington Uncredited
2007 Suburban Girl Jed Hanson
2008 H2O Extreme Austin
2009 The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations Sam Reide
Into the Blue 2: The Reef Sebastian White
2010 Alpha and Omega Garth Voice role
2011 Shark Night Dennis
2012 Dark Power Durant
2013 Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure Garth Direct-to-video film[7]
2015 The Dust Storm David

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Strangers with Candy Laird Episode: "Invisible Love"
2003 Player$ Himself Episode: "Voodoo That You Do... with Hobbits!"
2003–2004 The O.C. Luke Ward Main role (season 1); special guest (season 2); 21 episodes
2004 The Last Ride Matthew Rondell Television film
2005 Beach Girls Cooper Morgenthal Television miniseries
Smallville Geoff Johns Episode: "Recruit"
Jake in Progress Jared Rush Episode: "Ubusy?"
2005–2006 Related Alex Brody Recurring role, 11 episodes
2007 CSI: Miami Cole Telford Episode: "Kill Switch"
Higglytown Heroes Referee Hero Episode: "Little Big Fish / Good Sports"
2008 Desperate Housewives Tim Bremmer Episode: "Sunday"
CSI: NY Colby Duncan Episode: "Forbidden Fruit"
2009 NCIS Kevin Nelson Episode: "Love & War"
Drop Dead Diva Brian Episode: "Crazy"
2010 Beauty & the Briefcase Liam Television film
Deadly Honeymoon Trevor Forrest Television film
2011 Grace Dylan Doran Television film
2012 A Christmas Wedding Date Chad Television film
All About Christmas Eve Aidan Green Television film
2013–2018 Nashville Will Lexington Recurring role (season 1); main role (seasons 2–6)
2018–present Grey's Anatomy Atticus "Link" Lincoln Recurring role (season 15); main role (season 16–present)
2023 That's My Jam (UK) Himself Music game show, episode 1x05
Time for Her to Come Home for Christmas Matthew Television film

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Quon Yobatz Voice role

Theater credits

Year Title Role Venue Notes
2006 Entertaining Mr Sloane Sloane Laura Pels Theatre Off-Broadway
Summer and Smoke John Buchanan Jr. Apollo Theatre West End
2019 Into the Woods Rapunzel's Prince Hollywood Bowl

Discography

EPs

  • Pieces of You (2015)

Nashville, Season 6: Episode 1 (2018)

  • Contributed 1 track: "Don't Come Easy"

Nashville, Season 6: Episode 2 (2018)

Nashville, Season 6: Episode 4 (2018)

  • Contributed 2 tracks: "Tearin Up My Heart" with Sam Palladio and Jonathan Jackson and "My Arms" with Sam Palladio and Jonathan Jackson

Nashville, Season 6: Episode 5 (2018)

  • Contributed 2 tracks: "Go With It" with Sam Palladio, Jonathan Jackson, and Rainee Blake and "Hold On (Not Leaving You Behind)" with Sam Palladio, Jonathan Jackson, and Rainee Blake

Nashville, Season 6: Episode 6 (2018)

  • Contributed 1 track: "Love is Loud" with Sam Palladio, Jonathan Jackson, and Rainee Blake

Nashville, Season 6: Episode 7 (2018)

  • Contributed 1 track: "Smoking the Boys" with Sam Palladio, Jonathan Jackson, and Rainee Blake

Nashville, Season 6: Episode 8 (2018)

  • Contributed 1 track: "Hard Days" with Sam Palladio, Jonathan Jackson, and Rainee Blake

Nashville, Season 6: Episode 9 (2018)

  • Contributed 1 track: "My Turn"

Nashville, Season 6: Episode 10 (2018)

  • Contributed 1 track: "Go" with Sam Palladio, Jonathan Jackson, and Rainee Blake

Nashville, Season 6: Episode 16 (2018)

  • Contributed 1 track: "A Life That's Good" with Sam Palladio, Rainee Blake, and Jonathan Jackson, and "A Life That's Good" with Hayden Panettiere, Connie Britton, Charles Esten, Sam Palladio, Clare Bowen, Jonathan Jackson, Lennon Stella, Maisy Stella, and Ronny Cox

Soundtrack

The Music of Nashville: Season 1, Volume 2 (2013)

  • Contributed 1 track: "You Ain't Dolly (And You Ain't Porter)" with Clare Bowen

The Music of Nashville: Season 2, Volume 1 (2013)

  • Contributed 2 tracks: "What If I Was Willing" and "Can't Say No To You" with Hayden Panettiere

The Music of Nashville: Season 2, Volume 2 (2014)

  • Contributed 4 tracks: "It's On Tonight" with Will Chase and Charles Esten, "Is That Who I Am", "Hurtin' On You" and "Then I Was Loved By You"

Nashville: On the Record (2014)

  • Contributed 2 tracks: "It's On Tonight" with Will Chase and Charles Esten and "A Life That's Good" with the Nashville cast

The Music of Nashville: Season 3, Volume 1 (2014)

  • Contributed 2 tracks: "If It's Love" and "If Your Heart Can Handle It" with Aubrey Peeples

Nashville: On the Record Volume 2 (2015)

  • Contributed 3 tracks: "If I Drink This Beer" with Will Chase, "If Your Heart Can Handle It" with Aubrey Peeples and "Friend of Mine" with the Nashville cast

The Music of Nashville: Season 3, Volume 2 (2015)

  • Contributed 2 tracks: "I'm On It" and "Broken Song"

The Music of Nashville: Season 4, Volume 1 (2015)

  • Contributed 2 tracks: "Sleep Tonight (A Lullaby)" with Jonathan Jackson and "Run With Me"

Nashville: On the Record Volume 3 (2016)

  • Contributed 2 tracks: "Being Alone" and "And Then We're Gone" with the Nashville cast

The Music of Nashville: Season 4, Volume 2 (2016)

  • Contributed 2 tracks: "Moving On Never Felt So Good" and "Ain't it Beautiful"

The Music of Nashville: Season 5, Volume 1 (2017)

  • Contributed 1 track: "Burn to Dark"

The Music of Nashville: Season 5, Volume 2 (2017)

  • Contributed 1 track: "By Your Side"

The Music of Nashville: Season 5, Volume 3 (2017)

  • Contributed 2 tracks: "Stand Up" and "Little Darlin'" with Clare Bowen

The Music of Nashville: Season 6, Volume 1 (2018)

  • Contributed 2 tracks: "Hold On (Not Leaving You Behind)" with Sam Palladio, Rainee Blake, and Jonathan Jackson and "Love is Loud" with Sam Palladio, Rainee Blake, and Chris Carmack

The Music of Nashville: Season 6, Volume 2 (2018)

  • Contributed 3 tracks: "My Turn", "Go" with Sam Palladio, Rainee Blake, and Jonathan Jackson, and "A Life That's Good" with Hayden Panettiere, Connie Britton, Charles Esten, Sam Palladio, Clare Bowen, Jonathan Jackson, Lennon Stella, Maisy Stella, and Ronny Cox

Singles

Year Single Sales Album
2013 "What If I Was Willing" 4,000[16] The Music of Nashville: Season 2 Volume 1
2015 "Being Alone"[17] Pieces of You

Tours

  • Nashville in Concert (2014)

References

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  2. ^ Wilkes, Neil (March 29, 2004). "OC star may not be back for second season". digital spy. Retrieved April 28, 2008.
  3. ^ Rooney, David (March 16, 2006). "Entertaining Mr. Sloane". variety.com September 7, 2024.
  4. ^ Fisher, Philip. "Summer and Smoke". britishtheatreguide.info. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  5. ^ Reynolds, Simon (February 25, 2008). "'OC' star joins 'Desperate Housewives'". digitalspy.com. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  6. ^ "Butterfly Effect: Revelation". Bloodydisgusting.com. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
  7. ^ a b "Front and back of Alpha and Omega 2 DVD case". DVD Box. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  8. ^ Roots, Kimberly (February 19, 2013). "Nashville Exclusive: The O.C.'s Chris Carmack Moves in as Scarlett and Gunnar's [Spoiler]". TV Line. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  9. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 5, 2013). "Chris Carmack Joins ABC's 'Nashville'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 7, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  10. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (July 8, 2013). "'Nashville' Promotes Three to Series Regular (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  11. ^ Grubbs, Jefferson (September 27, 2018). "Here's Why 'Grey's Anatomy' Fans Will Either Love Or Hate "Ortho God"". Bustle.
  12. ^ Vorrasi-Banis, Lacey (July 29, 2019). "6 standout moments from the Hollywood Bowl's starry Into the Woods". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  13. ^ "Chris Carmack Engaged to Erin Slaver". PEOPLE.com. March 2, 2016.
  14. ^ Bakkila, Blake (September 2, 2016). "Chris Carmack and Erin Slaver Welcome a Daughter". People. Time Inc. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  15. ^ Slater, Georgia (March 21, 2022). "Grey's Anatomy Actor Chris Carmack Expecting Second Baby Girl with Wife Erin Slaver". People.com. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  16. ^ Bjorke, Matt (October 16, 2013). "Country Chart News - The Top 30 Digital Singles - October 16, 2013: Chase Rice Debuts #2 W/'Ready Set Roll'; Cassadee Pope, Chris Young & Blake Shelton's latest Nearly Gold". roughstock.com.
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