Draft:Chris Elliott (radio announcer and actor)

Chris Elliott is an Australian actor and radio announcer.

Elliott is best known as the drive announcer on 4MMM Brisbane and Central Queensland (CQ), along with Breakfast announcer at KROQ drive announcer at Light Hits 3AK and night announcer at 94.5 Perth. He was also cast in the recurring role as Agent Cummings in the 1999 BAFTA award-winning TV series Thunderstone by Jonathon M Shiff Productions, and as Nikolai in the award-winning American film Under Jakob's Ladder by CubeCity Entertainment, where he co-starred opposite Jeff Stewart.

Early life and education
Chris is the oldest of 3 children of Marlene Elliott (née Day), a nurse and teacher, and Bob Elliott, a pharmacist and former president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. Chris was born in Brisbane Australia, and grew up in Nudgee, Queensland and then Carseldine, Queensland where he began singing at the Northern suburbs country music club. There he met Keith Urban who offered to play guitar for Chris. Chris studied acting full-time from 1992-1995 at Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City. In January 2008, he returned to do a further one year full-time evening conservatory.

Acting career
After graduating from Stella Adler in 1995, Elliott returned to Australia and was cast as the lead in Man of La Mancha with Harvest Rain Theatre. In 2008 he was cast in the supporting role of Nikolai opposite Jeff Stewart on the American Film Under Jacobs Ladder. Elliott went on to appear in various Australian TV series and Canadian Films, including several roles in Stingers, Blue Heelers, and as Dr Strand (the Botox Doctor) in Neighbours.

Radio career
Elliott's radio career began in 1982 at 4LG Longreach after completing Air-TV Radio School in Brisbane with teacher, John Knox. He then worked at various radio stations in Brisbane and Melbourne as an announcer until December 1992, when he left for the U.S. to start full-time acting studies.

Personal life
In November 2023, Elliott was diagnosed with prostate aggressive cancer. He underwent a radical prostatectomy at Cabrini Private in Brighton,Melbourne on December 20, 2023.

Television

 * 1989 Australia's Most Wanted as Glen Iris Rapist
 * 1989 Australia's Most Wanted as Floppy Hat Bandit
 * 1990 Ratbag Hero, TV miniseries, as farmer
 * 1991 Animal Park as Visiting Dad
 * 1993 Australia's Most Wanted as Deepdene Fire Witness
 * 1993 Time Trax Ep. The Prodigy, as Cop
 * 1995 Pacific Drive Recurring role as Bethany's personal photographer
 * 1996 The Adventures of the Bush Patrol as Des Lonergan News Journalist
 * 1998 Blue Heelers Ep. as Simon Morse
 * 1999 Neighbours Ep. as Trevor Marshall
 * 1999 Thunderstone (TV series) Thunderstone3. Recurring role as Agent Cummings
 * 2000 Stingers Ep. as Kevin Trainer
 * 2002 Stingers Ep. as Bayer
 * 2000 MDA Miniseries as TV Journo
 * 2006 Neighbours Ep. as Dr Strand the botox Doctor.
 * 2013 Behind Mansion Walls U.S. TV series filmed in Sydney. Ep. as Ron
 * 2013 Deadly Women U.S. TV series filmed in Sydney. Ep. as Richard