Christopher Kennedy Lawford grew up in the glamorous and powerful worlds of Hollywood and Washington. From his birth to famous parents he has navigated these two worlds as an actor, writer, lawyer, activist and public speaker. The son of Peter Lawford and Patricia Kennedy, Christopher began his acting career in 1988 with the film Mr. North directed by legendary director John Huston’s son, Danny Huston. John Huston was scheduled to star in the picture but was replaced by Robert Mitchum after becoming ill before filming started. When Danny Huston asked his father about casting Mr. Lawford in the role of Virginia Madsen’s love interest, John Huston rose from his deathbed and asked: "Is he tall, dark and handsome?" When Danny nodded yes, his father said: "Cast him. That’s all you need."

Mr. Lawford followed with Spellbinder and The Suicide Club and after moving to Hollywood starred in number of high profile studio films, including Impulse with Theresa Russell, Jack the Bear with Danny Devito, The Russia House with Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer, Run, The Sixth Day and Terminator 3 with Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Confession with Alec Baldwin and Ben Kingsley and Oliver Stone’s The Doors. In 2000 Mr. Lawford co-starred with Kevin Costner in the film Thirteen Days, which was a dramatic recreation of the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis. After the release of the film Mr. Lawford and Mr. Costner traveled to Cuba to screen the film For Cuban president Fidel Castro and the Cuban people.

Mr. Lawford’s television appearances have been numerous. In 1992 he signed on for three years to play Charlie Brent on the popular daytime television drama, All My Children. He has guest starred on 100 Center Street directed by Sidney Lumet, The OC, Frazier, Chicago Hope, and many others. He was also a series regular on Copshop, the groundbreaking series for PBS starring Richard Dreyfuss.

Mr. Lawford has spent much of his career as an actor and producer in the independent film world. He starred in the indie hits Sex Monster, Londinium and was executive producer and co-star in the film Kiss Me Guido, which along with Drunks were critically acclaimed selections of the Sundance Film Festival.

Filmography: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, The 6th Day, The World's Fastest Indian,

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