Chris Redd Biography (Age, Height, Weight, Girlfriend, Family, Career & More)

Chris Redd is an American comedian and actor. He is well-known for his works which includes, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping in the year of 2016, Joker 2019 and he was also in Saturday Night Live in the year of 1975. He has also been a cast member in the SNL aka Saturday Night live from the year of 2017 till 2022.

Chris Redd has earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics in the year 2018 for being on the show where he co-wrote the song Come Back Barack. He has also done other works like Disjointed from 2017 till the year of 2018 and also in Kenan from the year 2021 to 2022.

Chris Redd Biography (Age, Height, Weight, Girlfriend, Family, Career & More)

Personal Details

Full NameChristopher Jerell Redd
Nick NameChris Redd
Date of BirthMarch 25, 1985
Age40 years as of October 2025
Birth PlaceSt. Louis, Missouri, United States
ResidenceSt. Louis, Missouri, United States
EthnicityBlack
ReligionChristian
NationalityAmerican
OccupationsActor and comedian
School
  • Gregory Middle School
  • Neuqua Valley High School
CollegeCommunity College in Elgin, Illinois
Education QualificationGraduate
Net WorthUSD 10 Million as of 2025
Marital StatusUnmarried
Debut
  • 2014- “Chicago P.D.”(TV)
  • 2016- “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” (Movie)

Physical Appearance

Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBald
Chest44 Inches
Waist33 Inches
Biceps14 Inches
Height
  • In Feet- 5′ 11″ ft
  • In Meter- 1.80 m
  • In Centimeter- 180 cm
Weight
  • In Kilogram- 83 Kg
  • In Pound- 183 lbs

Personal Life (Family, Friends, Girlfriends, Children)

FatherNot Known
MotherNot Known
SiblingNot Known
Girlfriend/ WifeNot Known
ChildrenNA

Early life, Family, and Relationship

Christopher Jerell Redd is the birth name of Chris Redd. He was born on march 25, 1985 and was born in St. Louis, Missouri later he moved to Naperville which is a suburb of Chicago when he was eight.

He thinks that he has a childhood stutter which he overcame by learning how to rap. Chris Redd went to Naperville schools and including Gregory Middle School and Neuqua Valley High School. He also went to a community college in Elgin, Illinois and that’s where he had his first improvisational theater class.

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Success and career

Chris Redd had been a rapper for a short period and later changed to sketch comedy as he realized that he had fun with improvisational comedy and also he has comedy classes in Jokes & Notes which is a closed comedy club in Chicago. He has also joined the comedy group, The Second City and was also a member of its touring company. Chris Redd left for LA in the year of 2016 to become an actor professionally.

He made his very first debut in Hunter and the Hungry, an underground rapper.  In the year of 2016 his mockumentary Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and also co-starred in the Netflix comedy series Disjointed in which he played the role of Dank who was a stoner.

He had an unsuccessful audition for SNL and it was also announced in the Sep of 2017 that Chris Redd did join the show’s cast being a featured player for season 43 with the fellow newcomers Heidi Gardener and Luke Null. He had his own ups and downs and yet he had stood his ground and had his way.

Movies and Television Shows List

Film:

YearTitleWorked As
UpcomingRunMitch
UpcomingWhat the F*ck Is My Password
UpcomingMerv
2023Candy Cane LaneLamplighter Gary
2023Spinning GoldFrankie Crocker
2020Vampires vs. the BronxAndre
2020Scare MeCarlo
2019JokerComedy Club Emcee
2018Deep MurderJace
2018A Futile and Stupid GestureSkeptical Black Man
2017HandsomeDetective Gunner
2016Popstar: Never Stop Never StoppingHunter the Hungry

Television:

YearTitleWorked As
2025Power Book III: Raising KananEarly Tyler
2024Very Important PeopleJukebox
2024Resurrected RidesHost
2023Is It Cake?Himself / Judge
2022The SimpsonsTrevor McBride (voice)
2022Bust DownChris
2021–2022KenanGary Williams
2019Laff Mobb’s Laff TracksHimself
2019Big MouthAdditional voice
2019Star vs. the Forces of EvilAdditional voices
2018TeachersDarnell
2017Will & GraceAlvin
2017–2022Saturday Night LiveHimself/Various
2017Comedy Central Stand-Up PresentsHimself
2017–2018DisjointedSteven “Dank” Dankerson
2017Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years LaterMason
2017Sofia the FirstSinge (voice)
2017DetroitersDonut
2017LoveJustin
2016Comedy Bang! Bang!The Cleaning Crew Rapper
2016Lonely and HornyOmar
2015EmpireRoger
2014Chicago P.D.Carl

As a Writer

YearTitle
2022Chris Redd: Why am I Like This? (TV Special)
2022Bust Down (TV Series)
2019The New Negroes (TV Series)
2018This Is Not Happening (TV Series)
2018This Is Not Happening (TV Series)
2017Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents (TV Series)
2015Gotham Comedy Live (TV Series)
2015-2017Laugh Factory (TV Series)
2012Last Laff (TV Series)

As a Producer

YearTitle
2022Chris Redd: Why am I Like This? (TV Special
2022Bust Down (TV Series)

Chris Redd Biography (Age, Height, Weight, Girlfriend, Family, Career & More)

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