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Christian Potenza Born December 23, 1972
Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaOccupation Actor Christian Potenza (born December 23, 1972) is a Canadian actor born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[1]
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Biography
He has been in television since 1997, when he first appeared in the television series Riverdale as the character Jimmy.
His performances include appearing as Doug in the CBC Television hockey comedy series The Tournament, as well as CSA Agent Joel in the 2002 Jackie Chan movie The Tuxedo.[2] Most of Potenza's best-known roles are in television commercials, including a giant yellow toothbrush in the "evil gingivitis" commercials for Listerine, a sunflower in Canadian Kia ads, as well as the "Let's get naked!" man on the subway in a Tostitos advertisement.[2] He performed the voice for Jude Lisowski on 6Teen, and he currently performs the voice for Chris McLean in the Total Drama series.
He also appeared in an episode of Colin and Justin's Home Heist in 2007, in which the suburban Oakville home he shares with his daughter Teagan was remodelled.[3]
His YouTube channel, TheChristianPotenza, largely features videos of his experiences as a voice actor for Teletoon, and has gathered a respectable fan following.
Filmography
Feature films
Year Film Role 1999 Forever Mine Corrections Officer 2002 The Tuxedo CSA Agent Joel 2003 The Arbuckle Academy Bobby 2004 Ham & Cheese yum yum Patt Watts My Brother's Keeper aka Le Sang du frère (Canada: French title) Dave 2005 King's Ransom Officer Holland A Wing and a Prayer Barry The White Dog Sacrifice Rob Neil Homeless Man 2006 Run Robot Run! Garth Population 436 Frank Ramsey 2011 Moon Point Rick Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure Mic Tech Guy Television
Year Program Episode Role 1997 Riverdale Jimmy 1998 Naked City: Justice with a Bullet Rudy 1999 La Femme Nikita aka Nikita (Canada: English title) Any Means Necessary Reuben 2000 The Famous Jett Jackson Beauregard's Beach Bash Deputy Spencer Hendrix Chas Chandler One Kill Parker The Thin Blue Lie Danny O'Brien Twice in a Lifetime Birds of Paradise Young Barry Kirkbride 2001 Degrassi: The Next Generation The Mating Game Cashier The Famous Jett Jackson Battle of Wilsted Deputy Spencer Leap Years 5 episodes Lighting Guy 2002 Escape from the Newsroom Chris Patti 2003 The One Bill 2004–2010 6teen All Jude Lisowski (voice) 2005 The Tournament Doug The Shakespeare Comedy Show Episode #1.2 2007 Ten Seconds Friend 2007 Total Drama Island All (except Are We There, Yeti) Chris McLean (host) (voice) 2009 Total Drama Action All Chris McLean (host) (voice) 2009 Stoked Take Your Kook to Work Day Shep (voice) 2010 Total Drama World Tour All Chris McLean (host) (voice) 2010-2011 Jimmy Two-Shoes Everyone Can Whistle
Heloise's Secret AdmirerPeep (voice) 2010-present Sidekick (TV series) All Trevor (voice) 2012 Total Drama Revenge of the Island All Chris McLean (host) (voice) References
- ^ "Christian Potenza Biography". Star TV. http://www.star-tv.com/vault/bio.asp?artist=591. Retrieved 2006-10-25.
- ^ a b Helwig, David. "A Saultite take on the Evil Gingivitis". SooToday. http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=9898. Retrieved 2006-10-25.
- ^ "’50s swamp actor’s home". Metro Ottawa, November 4, 2007.
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Categories:- 1972 births
- Canadian television actors
- Canadian film actors
- Living people
- People from Ottawa
- People from Toronto
- Canadian people of Italian descent
- People from Oakville, Ontario
- Canadian voice actors
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