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Christopher Rodriguez Marquette

ACTOR · BORN 1984

Christopher Rodriguez Marquette

Born
3 October 1984, Stuart, Florida, USA
Known for
Fanboys (2009), The Invisible (2007), Freddy vs. Jason (2003), Race to Witch Mountain (2009)

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Christopher Rodriguez Marquette (born 3 October 1984) is an actor best known for Fanboys, The Invisible and Freddy vs. Jason.

24 Interesting Facts About Christopher Rodriguez Marquette

Interesting Facts (6)

  1. #001

    "My dad is a Cuban refugee. Many people in my family have told me stories about how they cried when they boarded American planes in the '60s and the stewardesses gave them warm bottles of milk for their babies. They say they had never seen such kindness. My dad is a nuclear engineer now."

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  2. #002

    In 1999, he attended his high school prom with Disney Channel star Christy Carlson Romano.

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  3. #003

    At age 11, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette appeared in the Halloween opening sketch of Saturday Night Live season 21, episode 4 in 1995 as a trick-or-treater. He forgot his line, whispered "damn" under his breath, and was helped by Norm Macdonald.

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  4. #004

    He played Tiny Tim in "A Christmas Carol" at Madison Square Garden alongside the actress Meredith Patterson.

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  5. #005

    Between 2000 and 2005 he appeared on Strong Medicine in a recurring capacity, and from 2003 to 2005 he was a full-fledged regular on Joan of Arcadia.

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  6. #006

    He was born on the same day as Ashlee Simpson.

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Behind the Scenes (6)

  1. #007

    He was set to appear in the 2007 remake of Revenge of the Nerds (1984), starring Adam Brody, but the project was cancelled after three weeks of filming.

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  2. #008

    "My dad is a Cuban refugee. Many people in my family told me stories about how they cried when they boarded American planes in the '60s and the stewardesses gave them warm bottles of milk for their babies. They say they had never seen such kindness. My dad is now a nuclear engineer."

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  3. #009

    He has two younger brothers, actors Eric Marquette and Sean Marquette.

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  4. #010

    He played Tiny Tim in "A Christmas Carol" at Madison Square Garden alongside actress Meredith Patterson.

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  5. #011

    Guest appeared in the "JJ" episode of Criminal Minds (2010) alongside Joan of Arcadia lead actor Michael Welch. The actor who played Joan's father, Joe Mantegna, is a regular on Criminal Minds.

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  6. #012

    Between 2000 and 2005 he appeared on Strong Medicine as a semi-regular, and between 2003 and 2005 on Joan of Arcadia as a full-fledged regular.

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Characters & Cast (9)

  1. #013

    Christopher Rodriguez Marquette was set to appear in the 2007 remake of Revenge of the Nerds (1984), which starred Adam Brody, but the project was cancelled after three weeks of filming.

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  2. #014

    From 2000 to 2005, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette had a supporting role as Marc Delgado, the tween-to-teen son of lead character Luisa Delgado, on Lifetime TV's Strong Medicine. In 2004 he starred in The Girl Next Door and became a series regular on CBS's Joan of Arcadia opposite Amber Tamblyn and Jason Ritter, before the show's cancellation in early 2005.

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  3. #015

    Christopher Rodriguez Marquette played the best friend of the main character Nick Powell in the thriller The Invisible, a remake of a Swedish film starring Justin Chatwin and Marcia Gay Harden, released on April 27, 2007.

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  4. #016

    Christopher Rodriguez Marquette played Linus Poonwah, an obsessed Star Wars fan, in the movie Fanboys. The film was shot in spring 2006 in New Mexico and also stars Sam Huntington, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel and Kristen Bell.

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  5. #017

    Christopher Rodriguez Marquette acted in the independent film The Education of Charlie Banks, which was directed by Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst.

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  6. #018

    Christopher Rodriguez Marquette took the lead role in Infestation, a Kyle Rankin action comedy shot in summer 2007 in Bulgaria, playing a young man named Cooper who fights giant alien insects that have taken over the world.

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  7. #019

    Christopher Rodriguez Marquette appeared in Race to Witch Mountain, a modern-day reimagining of Disney's 1975 film Escape to Witch Mountain, as Pope, an MIT computer specialist helping the bad guys. The film, released in March 2009, also starred Dwayne Johnson, Tom Everett Scott and Ciarán Hinds.

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  8. #020

    On the Showtime series Huff, Christopher Marquette played James, a friend of Byrd, in the 2006 episodes "Sweet Release", "Bethless" and "Tapping the Squid". Anton Yelchin portrayed Byrd, and Marquette also appeared alongside him in Alpha Dog.

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  9. #021
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    In 2011 Christopher Marquette appeared in the medical drama House as Danny, a young homeless patient later revealed to be a cannibalistic serial killer.

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Career & Awards (2)

  1. #022

    Christopher Rodriguez Marquette played Joseph in the 1991 Barney and the Backyard Gang video Rock With Barney.

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  2. #023

    Christopher Rodriguez Marquette's acting debut came in 1998 with the musical drama film The Tic Code. In 2000 he appeared in the Disney Channel movie Up, Up and Away.

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Life & Family (1)

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    Christopher Rodriguez Marquette has two younger brothers, Sean Marquette and Eric, both of whom are actors.

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Reference databases

  • Wikipedia English Wikipedia article
  • IMDb IMDb name page (biography and trivia)

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  1. Wikipedia Chris Marquette — WikipediaEncyclopedia · accessed 17 Sep 2026

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