[1] He grew up in the Morningside Heights (sometimes called "West Harlem") section of Manhattan, New York City.

After a year at New York University, he studied acting, dance, voice, and mime in Paris.

Collins's stand-up career peaked in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when he performed in most of the major comedy venues in the United States and Canada.

In The Simpsons, Collins originated the voice of Mr. Burns in the first-season episodes "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", "The Telltale Head", and "Homer's Odyssey", and recorded lines as Moe Szyslak for "The Telltale Head" and "Some Enchanted Evening" (but was dubbed over in the latter).

Hank Azaria took over the voice of Moe, while Harry Shearer assumed the role of Mr.

"[5] Later in the 1980s, he adopted the stage name of Christopher Collins and acted in many live-action television series and motion pictures.

In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, he portrayed two different Markalians: Durg in "The Passenger", and an unnamed assistant to The Albino in "Blood Oath".

In Married... with Children, he played Roger, one of Al Bundy's bowling buddies and a member of NO MA'AM (National Organization of Men Against Amazonian Masterhood).

In 1989, he hosted King Koopa's Kool Kartoons, but was later fired from the show and replaced with Patrick Pinney allegedly due to inappropriate behavior toward crew and audience members.

Early in his career, he divided his time between New York, Boston, and Los Angeles before settling in L.A. in 1983.

In an interview, Flint Dille recalled: There was one summer when I had to bail Chris Latta out of the Hollywood jail in order to get him to the recording on time.