Downey got his start as a television writer with an episode of Cosby in 1998.
Chris Downey was born in New York City and lived with his parents.
Downey enjoys collecting Marvel comics and souvenirs from the 1939 New York World Fair.
Downey was a co-creator, writer and an executive producer of the TV show, Leverage, which ran for five seasons from 2008–2012 on TNT.
Each episode featured Downey and a guest tackling a half-baked movie idea and developing it in full within a half-hour.