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Christopher Eigeman
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Actor, Associate Producer
Born:
March 1, 1964 in Denver, CO
Biography:His numerous collaborations with "Whit Stillman" making him inseparable from the director's films, "Christopher Eigeman" has earned a reputation as the poster boy for acerbic postmodern male angst. Making his screen debut in Stillman's "Metropolitan" (1990) as an officious snob, Eigeman went on to work with the director on no less than three subsequent projects, turning in performances that managed to be at once misanthropic and all too human.

A native of Denver, where he was born March 1, 1964, Eigeman first took a serious interest in acting while a student at Vermont's Putney School, and continued to nurture his aspirations during his studies at Kenyon College in Ohio. After toiling for a few years in almost complete obscurity, he answered an open casting call for Stillman's "Metropolitan", the result of which was his big-screen debut. An arch comedy of manners set among a group of Manhattan trust... Full Biography

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