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Christopher Matthew Pardal (born September 30th, 1972) is an American actor, producer and writer.

Early life and education
Chris Pardal was born at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Armando Pardal (musician, behavior specialist) and Patricia Trentalange.

In 1986 when he was 14, Chris was expelled from Northeast Middle School and placed in an alternative school in Bristol, Connecticut which was highly experimental at the time.

On April 4th, 1988, Chris moved to St. Petersburg, Florida to live with his father.

After being expelled from high school in 1990, Chris became a professional hip-hop dancer and a "house" dancer for clubs in the Tampa Bay area. He also danced with "Todd Heffner & Company" and in several Florida Hip-Hop groups. He toured in Connecticut, New York, Florida, Cincinnati and Cleveland.

Chris auditioned for the play, The Water Engine by David Mamet in 1995 at Saint Petersburg College and was cast as Lawrence Oberman. He began pursuing an education in theater and was quickly recruited into the dance departments of St. Petersburg College and the University Of South Florida. His choreographers have included, Debra Jo Hughes, Katurah Robinson, John Parks, Colette Harding and Klaus "Step" Reinert. While in college performing musical theater, he was then recruited back into the drama department where he began acting and writing again.

Chris also served in the Army Reserves and the Florida Army National Guard from 1991-1996 and received the Army Commendation Medal after his unit (53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States)) was activated during Hurricane Andrew.



Career
Chris has been in Zeroville with James Franco and Sector 4: Extraction with Olivier Gruner and Eric Roberts.

In 2016, Chris joined the cast of the Vampire Noir Pic ‘Corbin Nash’ with Malcolm McDowell, Rutger Hauer, Bruce Davison, Corey Feldman and starring Dean S. Jagger, directed by Ben Jagger. 'Corbin Nash' will be released in theaters on April 20th, 2018.

Filmography
Chris Pardal's Filmography