Christopher Eugene Chalk[citation needed] was born in Asheville, North Carolina.

[2] He is known for television roles such as journalist Gary Cooper in The Newsroom,[3] Marine Tom Walker in Homeland,[4] and murderer Jody Adair in Justified.

[1][3] Chalk has also been in multiple Law & Order episodes[2] and appears in Gotham as a young Lucius Fox.

[citation needed] He made his directorial debut with the film Our Deadly Vows in 2023.

[7] In September 2016, Chalk got engaged to Kimberley Dalton Mitchell, whom he married in his hometown of Asheville on April 22 of the following year.