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Christopher Andrew Egan (born June 29th, 1984) is an Australian actor probably best known for playing Nick Smith in the Australian soap opera Home and Away for three years. He most resently played David Shepherd on the NBC television drama Kings, heavily based on the Biblical story of King David and King Saul.

Egan was born in Sydney, Australia. He has three brothers: Tim the eldest, Ben and Joel. His middle name, Andrew, is the name of his father. His family live near the Northern Beaches of Sydney.

During his career as an actor, he has appeared in several commercials and even done some modelling but his ability and ambition for acting came when he performed in the Glen Street production of Les Misérables and West Side Story.

Chris has also been trained in gymnastics at the KICK Performance Group in Sydney. As well as competing in several Eisteddfods at an early age, Chris has been able to use his gymnastics skills extensively in one of his latest thriller film, Crush.

He moved to Los Angeles in 2003. In 2006, he appeared in the film adaptation of Christopher Paolini`s novel Eragon. In summer 2009 he shot with co-star Amanda Seyfried the movie Letters to Juliet, in Italy, starring other actors like Vanessa Redgrave and Gael Garcia Bernal.

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