Christopher Evan Welch

Christopher Evan Welch (born September 28, 1965, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia; died December 2, 2013, in Santa Monica, California) was an American actor, 6′ 1″ (185 cm) tall, raised in Dallas, Texas, the oldest child of a Korean War veteran and a homemaker. He earned a BFA from the University of Dallas on a full scholarship and an MFA from the University of Washington School of Drama, where he also fronted the indie-rock band Ottoman Bigwigs. He began his career at the ACT Theatre in Seattle before moving to New York, where he made his Broadway debut in London Assurance (1997) and won an Obie Award for A Streetcar Named Desire (1999). He was married to Emma Roberts (since 2008) and had one…