OFFICIAL BIO: Chris Fairbanks, a young comic who left the scenic comfort of Big Sky Country in Montana eight years ago to join the Texas comedy circle, is getting a lot of attention. In the past few years, Chris took first place in 2003’s Funniest Person in Austin contest, attended Montreal’s Just for Laughs festival in their "New Faces" showcase, starred as "Randy" on the MTV reality series "The 70’s House", as well as in other, un-aired MTV pilots, received 1st runner-up in Comedy Central’s Laugh Riots contest, and has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and Comedy Central’s Premium Blend. He currently is an action sports correspondent for the Fuel TV network. Chris Fairbanks now resides in Los Angeles and makes his living as a club touring stand-up comic/actor and illustrator.
So, basically he has a 50/50 career split between being a stand up comic and commercial artist which sometimes makes him feel tired. Chris Fairbanks sleeps a lot.
Here’s some of Chris Fairbanks’ artwork, that’s important to exactly 50% of him:
email HERE or at ME@CHRISFAIRBANKS.COM if you want some custom art
The First Ten Minutes:
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=176347&title=the
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Website
chrisfairbanks.com
Influences
Bob Newhart and David Lee Roth
Members
Management:
Generate--
Dave Rath--
1545 26th Street, Suite 200
Santa Monica, CA 90404
--310-255-0460-phone
Dave@GenerateLA.com
TV Shows
"Premium Blend" on COMEDY CENTRAL //
"Pilot Season" on TRIO //
"70’s House" on MTV //
"The Daily Habit" on FUEL TV //
"Queer Edge with Jack E. Jett & Sandra Bernhard" on Q TV //
"Ellen Degeneres’ Really Big Show" on TBS //
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" on ABC
demo reel:
Films
American Outlaws, Valiant, Dance Club...here's a clip
I wasn't in "Smoking Aces", but here's some interviews I did with the cast.
Albums
"Chris Fairbanks - Live @ Houston’s Laff Stop" (Volumes 1-8, and there’s only one personal, burned copy of each that I have yet to release to the public)
chris fairbanks's Interests
General
stand up comedy, skateboarding, snowboarding, Austin, drawing pictures, drawing pictures with a pen and coloring them on the computer, drawing them with a pencil, painting, music, acting, sneezing, & being in Montana.
Music
A.C. Newman, Al Green, Archers Of Loaf, Arcade Fire, ALL, Badly Drawn Boy, Bad Brains, Band of Horses, Beck, Bloc Party, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill, Mr. Bungle, Brand Nubian, Brian Wilson, Cat Power, Cat Stevens, The Clash, Elvis Costello, The Cure, Curtis Mayfield, David Bowie, David Allan Coe, De La Soul, Das EFX, DelTheFunkyHomosapien, Descendents, Desert Sessions, DJ Shadow, The Dwarves, Dinosaur Jr., Doves, D.R.I, Elbow, E.L.O., Faith No More, Fantomas, Flaming Lips, Fishbone, Fleet Foxes, Foo Fighters, Frank Black, Fugazi, Fu Manchu, Getz/Gilberto, The Go! Team, Godheadsilo, Grandaddy, Grizzly Bear, Hightower, Hieroglyphics, Hot Hot Heat, Hot Snakes, Interpol, Jon Brion, Kings of Leon, Halo Benders, Hank Williams, Kenny Loggins, Jeff Lynne, Journey, The Kinks, Modest Mouse, Mark Mothersbah, Merle Haggard, Misfits, Man Or Astroman?, My Morning Jacket, Neko Case, Neutral Milk Hotel, New Pornographers, NOFX, Oasis, Of Montreal, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Operation Ivy, Otis Redding, Paris, Pavement, Pharcyde, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Queens of the Stoneage, Radiohead, Raconteurs, Rocket From The Crypt, The Roots, Rolling Stones, The Smiths, Sublime, Supergrass, Supersuckers, Superchunk, Supertramp, The Specials, Spoon, The Shins, Sicko, Slayer, Stevie Wonder, Suicidal Tendencies, The Sundays, Tapes 'n Tapes, Television, The Thrills, They Might Be Giants, Van Halen (Roth), The Ventures, Volumen, Warlock Pinchers, Ween, Wham!, Wilco, Wolf Parade, Zero 7, 3 Inches of Blood. Old timey country... Sadly, the list of music I hate is much longer and more current.
Oh, and Bacon and Egg.
Movies
Ironman, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Into the Wild, 3:10 to Yuma, The Departed, Little Miss Sunshine, The Mosquito Coast, Grosse Point Blank, Waiting For Guffman, Fletch, Airplane, Sixteen Candles, Punch Drunk Love, Jacques Tati's 'Playtime', The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys, Dead Alive, Army of Darkness, Amelie, Raising Arizona, The Heartbreak Kid, Big Wednesday, North Shore, Gleaming the Cube, Groundhog Day, Comedian, Hokus Pokus (H-Street skate video), Election, Tommy Boy, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Donny Darko, Rushmore, Wet Hot American Summer, Deliverance, Caddyshack, Vacation, Billy Madison, King of Comedy, Good Morning Vietnam, & Fight Club...and the best thing I've ever, ever seen is a promotional DVD for knifes and swords called "Cold Steel: More Proof"
Television
1994, 17 inch Phillips/Magnavox mounted into a gutted 1984 "Kangaroo" arcade machine with joystick On/Off capabilities and antennae receivability.
Books
'American Scream' the Bill Hicks Story, David Sedaris' "Barrel Fever", "Invisible Man", "The Outsiders", 'I Know This Much is True', Jack Hamm's "How to Draw Animals", & The Hat.
Heroes
John Cardiel, Evel Knievel, David Lee Roth, Bill Hicks, Mitch Hedberg, Louis CK, Hal Holbrook, Robert Duvall, Jim Fairbanks, Lisa Fairbanks, Terje Haakonsen, Daewon Song, Tony Hawk, Vincent Van Gogh, Jason Lee, Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Newhart, Richard Pryor, Bill Murray, Fletch, Frank Black, Muhammad Ali, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Josh Harris.
The University Of Montana-Missoula
Missoula,Montana
Graduated: 1998
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Fine Art/drawing and painting
Minor: English
1993 to 1998
chris fairbanks's Companies
Fuel TV (FOX affiliate) Los Angeles, California US skate correspondent 'The Daily Habit' show
Thank God you're the only person I know in a reality show because they're painful to watch, but RBB was actually entertaining and you were funny as always. Congrats on making it to the next episode. Of course, you are cut off from the outside world and won't be reading this until you win the $50,000!
rarely does a myspace bulletone payoff like todays from you brother... i got to watch the first ten which saves me from tivo actually a dvr.. dude you are only on for moments but youre so funny and talented... please save like 8 dollars of the 50000 to buy me a beer... i think i bought you a drink once... u rule and rock so hard that you both rule and rock so its two things... barry 03 and 02
