Chris Witaske

Chris Witaske (born June 12, 1983) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Chris Czajkowski in the Netflix romantic comedy Love, and Pete in the Emmy Awards-winning FX on Hulu comedy series The Bear.

Chris Witaske
Born	(1983-06-12) June 12, 1983 (age 41) St. Charles, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2014–present

Life and career

Witaske was born in St. Charles, Illinois.^[1] He began taking classes at Second City in Chicago as a teenager and also performed as a birthday party magician before focusing mainly on comedy and acting. Witaske attended St. Charles High School and after graduation, he commenced his studies at the University of Iowa where he majored in Theater Arts. He then moved to Chicago and worked at comedy venues including the Second City, iO, and Annoyance Theaters before moving to Los Angeles.^[2][3][4]

In 2014, Witaske made his television acting debut in the Fox comedy-drama series New Girl. Following on from his first role, Witaske won other roles on a variety of TV shows and films including The Comeback, Teachers, Drunk History, Lady Bird, Unicorn Store, What Men Want, Arrested Development, Weird City, The Wrong Missy, and The Bear.

In 2016, Witaske was cast as Chris Czajkowski in the Netflix romantic comedy Love^[5] and was promoted to a series regular role the following year.^[6]

In July 2021, it was announced that Netflix had greenlit the adult animated series Chicago Party Aunt, created by Witaske with Jon Barinholtz and Katie Rich and based on the Twitter account Witaske created of the same name.^[7] The series started airing on September 21, 2021.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Lady Bird	James
	Unicorn Store	Matt
2019	What Men Want	Eddie
2020	The Wrong Missy	Rich
2022	The Bubble	Josh
2024	Omni Loop	Morris

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	New Girl	Bradley	Episode: "Dice"
	The Comeback	Kevin	Episode: "Valerie Gets What She Really Wants"
2015	W/ Bob & David	Salesman	Episode: "1.04"
2016–2018	Love	Chris Czajkowski	17 episodes Recurring (season 1–2); Main (season 3)
2017	Drunk History	Alexander Hamilton	Episode: "Drunk History Christmas Special"
	Teachers	Mr. Schmidt	Episode: "Passive Eggressive"
2018	Arrested Development	Instructor	Episode: "Sinking Feelings"
	Alone Together	Jason	Episode: "Crypto"
2019	Fresh Off the Boat	Ken	Episode: "Just the Two of Us"
	Weird City	Booj	Episode: "The One"
	Sunnyside	Tanner	Episode: "Skirt-Skirt!"
2021	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Deke	Episode: "Igor, Gregor, & Timor"
2021–present	Chicago Party Aunt	Kurt (voice)	Also series co-creator
2022–present	The Bear	Pete	7 episodes
2022–2023	Is It Cake?	Himself / Judge	3 episodes

References

1. "Biography". Archived from the original on April 15, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
2. Casey, Chris (February 25, 2016). "St. Charles grad Chris Witaske stars in new Netflix original series". Kane County Chronicle. Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
3. McCarthy, Anne (November 23, 2016). "12 Questions with Comedian Chris Witaske". Medium. Archived from the original on April 14, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
4. Switall, Rachel. "Q&A with Chris Witaske". West Suburban Living. Archived from the original on April 14, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
5. Tasha, Robinson (February 17, 2016). "On Netflix's Love, crummy people still can't fix each other". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 8, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
6. Strause, Jackie (February 15, 2017). "Netflix's 'Love' Promotes Chris Witaske to Series Regular for Season 3 (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 14, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
7. "Chicago Party Aunt Twitter Account Inspires New Netflix Animated Series". CBS 2 Chicago. July 27, 2021. Archived from the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

External links

• Chris Witaske at IMDb