 Christopher Rich enjoys a highly successful career in television, film and theater. Currently, Chris plays Reba McIntyre's ex-husband Brock Hart on The WB's Reba.
Chris is also familiar to audiences all over the world as the dim-witted, handsome anchorman Miller Redfield on Murphy Brown.
Born in Dallas, Texas, Chris began performing in plays while attending high school in the Rio Grande Valley. He continued performing and studying acting at the University of Texas and later at Cornell University, where he received a Masters Degree in Theater Arts.
Chris moved to New York and began performing on stage, highlighted by playing Dionysus in The Bacchae on Broadway. In order to raise funds for plays he was producing, Chris joined the cast of Another World, playing Alexander "Sandy" Cory for the next four years.
He moved to Los Angeles and appeared in many television series, most notably joining the lauded ensemble cast on Murphy Brown and being a series regular on The George Carlin Show.
On the big screen, Chris starred in The Joy Luck Club, as Tamlyn Tomita's husband, John Milius' Vietnam War movie Flight of the Intruder, with Danny Glover and Willem Dafoe, and the independent art film Prisoners of Inertia, with Amanda Plummer.
Chris has appeared in numerous television movies, with credits including Going Home, opposite Jason Robards in one of his last performances. He played a villain in and served as a producer for The Gambler IV, which marked his first project with Reba star Reba McEntire and solidified their friendship. He also starred in and produced In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas with Rod Steiger.
Chris currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Eva Halina, 1985's Miss Poland and an Olympic gymnast at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. They are the proud parents of twins. In his spare time, Chris enjoys playing golf, collecting books and fine wines.
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