Chris Colfer

At 34 years old, Chris Colfer has this physical status:

Christopher Paul Colfer (born May 27, 1990) is an American actor, singer, and writer.

He received international recognition for his portrayal of Kurt Hummel on the television show Glee (2009–15).

Colfer's portrayal of Kurt has received critical acclaim for his work as an actor in a series, Miniseries, or Television Film at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards, as well as three consecutive People's Choice Awards for Favorite Comedic TV Actor in 2013 and 2015.

Colfer was named one of Time's list of the 100 Most Influential People in April 2011. Colfer wrote, directed, produced, and novelized Struck by Lightning, his first film, which premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival.

He is also a New York Times number one bestselling author of The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell, the first book in his middle-grade reader series.

He has written fifteen books as of September 2019.

Early life and education

Colfer was born in Clovis, California, to Karyn and Timothy Colfer. "I'm really Irish, my family is Irish, and Saint Patrick's Day in my house is crazy." Following a lymph node surgery, which left a scar on his neck and which he cites as one of the painful experiences that made him curious in fictional worlds, he was kept in a hospital bed for three months as an infant.

"She'd have these terrible, traumatic epileptic fits in the middle of the night" when Colfer was seven. He "craved attention" from his parents, but it was later shifted to his sister's wellbeing. He knew he wanted to be an actor but as a coping mechanism, he retreated into his imagination and began writing fairy stories.

Colfer showed a passion for writing at an early age. He was "born wanting to be a storyteller" by writing and acting as a way to entertain people and escape reality. When he first attempted to write a fairytale-inspired book that would later be called The Land of Stories, his grandfather was his first editor, advising and assisting him in elementary school. Colfer's first published novel in 2012 was dedicated to her. "Christopher, I think you should wait until you're done with elementary school before worrying about being a failed writer."

Colfer was bullied so badly in middle school that he had to be homeschooled for half of the seventh and eighth grades. He was active with the speech and debate program at Clovis East High School, winning "champion titles" and placing ninth in the State Competition for Dramatic Interpretation. "He was president of the Writer's Club, editor of the school's literary journal, and captain of Destination ImagiNation," the school's drama group says. He wrote, starred in, and produced "Shirley Todd," a spoof of Sweeney Todd in which all of the roles were gender reversed. When the high school teachers refused him the opportunity to perform "Defying Gravity" from Glee, one of his true in-school experiences was turned into a plot for his character on Glee.

Personal life

Colfer said he is gay in an interview with Chelsea Handler in December 2009. Since 2013, Will Sherrod, an actor and director, has been in a relationship with him.

In June 2010, Colfer appeared on the British chat show Jonathan Ross alongside his fellow Glee co-stars Amber Riley and Matthew Morrison. He displayed his talent with a pair of sai by announcing that he bought them on eBay and regularly practices in his trailer. He also stated that if his sai could be turned into an episode of Glee; the two characters first appeared in Colfer's "I Am Unconcerned" and "I'm the Greatest Star" from the musical Funny Girl.

Colfer has been a big promoter of It Gets Better and The Trevor Project, and he's produced an It Gets Better video after the Glee episode "Never Been Kissed" premiered, and he dedicated his 2011 Golden Globe Award to bullied children in LGBTQ groups.

Colfer produced a public service announcement (PSA) with Elmo about anti-bullying for Sesame Street in Communities in 2013 and was a participant of the Course of the Force, which was sponsored by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He took part in a PSA on Let Girls Learn in 2014, which was pushed out by the US Agency for International Development. Colfer's On Hollywood Game Night, hosted by Glee co-star Jane Lynch, Colfer earned $6,000 and donated it to the Make-a-Wish Foundation of America.

Colfer served as a co-chair for the Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Ceremony in 2013 and 2014. He is a founding member of Uprising of Love, an organization that promotes the rights and dignity of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) Russians.

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Career

Colfer appeared in his first performance in West Side Story, a community theatre performance. Kurt von Trapp at Good Company Players continued his appearance as Kurt von Trapp, which inspired his Glee character's name.

Colfer appeared in Russel Fish: The Sausage and Eggs Incident, a short film in which an awkward adolescent must pass a presidential Physical Fitness exam or forfeit gym class and be rejected from Harvard University at age 18.

Colfer's first television role came in 2009, when he was cast as Kurt Hummel on Fox's Glee. Kurt is a young gay countertenor who is routinely mocked at school for his sexuality and membership in the notoriously cliquish Glee Club. Artie Abrams, a wheelchair-bound actor, auditioned for the role of Kevin McHale, a role that eventually went to Kevin McHale.

Ryan Murphy, the show's creator, was so impressed with Colfer that he created the role of Kurt specifically for him, that they even scrapped a planned character named Rajish in the process. Murphy explained in the project's season two finale that Colfer was the inspiration for the project show because he did not fit the role he auditioned for but it wasn't yet "incredible and special" so a role was created for him.

Colfer said in a 2010 interview with Allison Kugel, that:.

For his role as Kurt Hummel, Colfer received the 2011 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series. He thanked Ryan Murphy for being his "fair godfather" and said children who have been mocked that "they can't [get] what they want because of who they are" in his emotional acceptance address, including children who have been mocked and told "they can't [...] have what they want because of who they are." He has twice been nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Supporting Actor category for his role as Kurt.

Colfer received multiple People's Choice Awards for Best Comedic TV Actor in 2013 and 2014. Both speeches were praised by the media for being funny when making remarking on topics such as fanfiction and fanart to demonstrate his admiration for fan culture.

Colfer signed a book contract with Little, Brown and Company on June 8, 2011, allowing him to write two books for children. On July 17, 2012, the first book in the series, The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell, was published. In "The Land of Stories," the twins, Conner and Alex Bailey, get their grandma's book and go on adventures. It was number one on the Children's Chapter Books bestseller list for two weeks after the book's debut.

The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns (2013), the second book in the series, debuted at number two on The New York Times Best Seller list, and by the end of 2013, it had spent eleven weeks in the top ten percent for Children's Middle Grade books. Colfer ordered an additional three books with Little, Brown: two novels and a picture book, following the success of the first two books.

On July 8, 2014, the third book in the trilogy, The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning, was published. It's now a series, and it's now No. 1 in the United States. 4 on the New York Times Best Seller list and spent four weeks on the list.

The Land of Stories: Beyond the Kingdoms, Colfer's fourth book, was published on July 7, 2015. The Land of Stories charted at No. 1 after its debut and No. 1 rankings at No. 1. On July 26, The New York Times Best Seller list became a series for the first time.

The picture book, written by Colfer and illustrated by Brandon Dorman, was published in October 2015 and is based on a short original fairy tale of the same name that Colfer first told in The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell.

On July 12, 2016, the fifth book in the series The Land of Stories: An Author's Odyssey was published. On July 11, 2017, The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide, the sixth and final installment, was published.

Colfer would make his directorial debut with a film version of The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell in June 2017. He will also write the script and act as one of the project's executive producers.

Colfer wrote, appeared in, executive produced, and novelized the coming-of-age comedy film Struck by Lightning. Colfer's character, who is struck and killed by a bolt of lightning, and chronicles his exploits as he blackmails his senior classmates into contributing to a literary journal he is publishing, revolves around Colfer's life. It was shot during the Glee hiatus in 2011 and had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2012.

Colfer appeared in Dustin Lance Black's play, 8 in March 2012, a staged reenactment of the federal court's Pro 8 ban on same-sex marriages. The performance was held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Birmingham, England, and was broadcast on YouTube to raise funds for the American Foundation for Equal Rights.

Colfer has been given a contract with the Disney Channel to adapt The Little Leftover Witch's book for a television pilot. He also wrote another film set in an asylum, which he planned to appear in as a supporting actor. However, both of these projects were postponed, with no anticipated dates for completion.

Colfer will appear in a new 3D CG animated family film directed by Marza Animation Planet, Robodog, on January 28, 2014 as the voice of the title character. The film, which will costar Ron Perlman, is described as "a classic, heart-warming adventure tale about an unexpected couple that couldn't be more different." Colfer's "perfect" for the film, according to Henry F. Anderson III, because he "has an appealing, youthful voice that blends well with our lead character, KC, who is above all a charismatic entertainer." On February 1, 2014, the film's vocal recording began. The film is now in post-production, though no release date has been set as of 2019.

It was revealed in March 2014 that Colfer had been asked by Glee's designers to write an episode after a few months of planning. "I've been asked in interviews if I ever wanted to write [an episode of Glee], and I said, 'Absolutely not because it wasn't my world.' I didn't want to tamper with someone else's image. They were like, 'Here, come tamper,'" they yelled. "Old Dog, New Tricks" is the episode's title, which aired in May 2014.

Colfer guest appeared on an episode of Hot in Cleveland as Tony, Victoria's son. Jane Leeves revealed on Twitter in March 2015 that Colfer will be returning to an episode titled "All About Elka" in the show's last season.

Colfer's biopic was announced on May 14, 2015, with Colfer in the lead role. Colfer is set to play in London. Joe Stephenson will direct the film. Although filming was expected to begin sometime in the summer of 2015, it has been postponed.

Christopher In 2016, he appeared in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. Since being welcomed to the Glee: Live tour in 2011, Jennifer Saunders had arranged her role. In Chopped Junior, he also appeared as a guest judge.

In 2017, Colfer announced that he would produce Indigo, a sci-fi drama about indigo children who are misdiagnosed as having mental or physical ailments, despite the fact that they have supernatural abilities. Indigo would be available to streaming services and television networks, according to TV Line, with Colfer writing and directing the pilot episode and co-executive producing with Keith Quinn and Rob Weisbach.

Struck By Lightning, Colfer's companion book to his film Struck by Lightning, published in 2012. The Carson Phillips Journal published this article.

Stranger Than Fanfiction, Colfer's second book for young adult readers, came out in early 2017. Cash Carter, a world-famous television actor who decides to take a cross-country road trip with four of his biggest followers as they get ready to enter college, is the book.

Colfer's A Tale of Magic, a new book that was published on October 1, 2019. It's a prequel to the Land of Stories collection. A Tale of Witchcraft... was published on September 29, 2020, with the final part, A Tale of Sorcery, published on September 28, 2021.

Colfer's latest books include a collection of children's books with space and UFOs as a theme.

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