Christopher Ryan Richards is from Minneapolis, MN. He has performed with Stages Theatre Company, Children's Theatre Company, Oxford Playhouse, the Old Fire Station, Old Log Theatre, Minnesota Shakespeare Project, and trained with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Complicite, the Guthrie Theater, and Interlochen Arts. Christopher completed his undergraduate degree at Middlebury College in 2003, graduating Magna cum laude and winning the Carr Prize for Achievement in English Literature. He also studied at Oxford University, Harris Manchester College. During high school, he worked as a news anchor and guest co-host for Radio Aahs, a national children's radio station.