Chris Gauthier

Chris Gauthier (27 January 1976 – 23 February 2024) was an English-born Canadian actor best known for his roles as Neville in Need for Speed: Carbon and William Smee in Once Upon a Time.

Chris Gauthier
Born	(1976-01-27)27 January 1976 Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Died	23 February 2024(2024-02-23) (aged 48)
Nationality	Canadian
Years active	1999–2024

Early life

Chris Gauthier was born in Luton, England. His family moved to Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada when he was five. Gauthier was trained in acting at the Vernon School of Speech and Drama.^[1]

Career

Gauthier had a recurring role on the SyFy Channel series Eureka, as Café Diem owner Vincent.^[2] While filming the final ten episodes of season three of Eureka, he also filmed the 2009 CBS Mystery Event Harper's Island, in which he appeared as Malcolm Ross, and Freddy vs. Jason, in which he played Shack. On Smallville he portrayed Winslow Schott aka Toyman.^[3] In 2021, he co-starred in the Sony Pictures film produced by Build-A-Bear Entertainment, Honey Girls.^[4]

Death

Gauthier died on 23 February 2024 at the age of 48.^[5][6][7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	40 Days and 40 Nights	Mikey
2003	Freddy vs. Jason	Shack
2004	Riding the Bullet	Hector Passmore
2006	The Butterfly Effect 2	Ted
2006	The Foursome	Donnie Spencer
2007	The Sandlot: Heading Home	Officer Pork Chop
2008	Stargate: The Ark of Truth	Hertis
2009	Space Buddies	Tad's Cameraman
2009	Watchmen	Seymour
2010	The Traveler	Desk Sargeant Gulloy
2021	Honey Girls	Mac

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Earthsea	Vetch	2 episodes
2005	School of Life	Vern Cote
2006-2008	Supernatural	Ronald Reznick	2 episodes
2006–2012	Eureka	Vincent	67 episodes[2]
2004, 2009–2011	Smallville	Winslow Schott/Toyman	4 episodes
2009	Harper's Island	Malcolm Ross	8 episodes
2011	Iron Invader	Tony	Television film
2011–2013	Health Nutz	Doc Jay Dang	12 episodes
2012	Level Up	Sir Guy	Episode: "Leveling Up"
2012–2018	Once Upon a Time	William Smee	14 episodes
2014	Signed, Sealed, Delivered	Serge	Episode: "Something Good"
2015	iZombie	Simon Cutler	Episode: "Virtual Reality Bites"
2017–2019	A Series of Unfortunate Events	Phil	4 episodes
2020	The Christmas House	Marvelous Jim	Television film
2023	Joe Pickett	Randy Pope	Recurring cast[8]

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2006	Need for Speed: Carbon	Neville[7]

References

1. "The popular actor you never knew was from Armstrong". INFOnews. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
2. Green, Paul (12 September 2019). Encyclopedia of Weird Detectives: Supernatural and Paranormal Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Film, Television, Games and Other Media. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7800-9.
3. Willis, John (1 June 2005). Screen World. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-1-55783-638-0.
4. Moore, Kasey (31 January 2022). "Ashanti Movie 'Honey Girls' Coming to Netflix US in February 2022". Whats On Netflix. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
5. Mitovich, Matt Webb (25 February 2024). "Chris Gauthier, of Once Upon a Time and Eureka, Dead at 48". TVLine. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
6. Brew, Caroline (25 February 2024). "Chris Gauthier, Smee in 'Once Upon A Time,' Dies at 48". Variety. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
7. "Tributes paid to Once Upon a Time star Chris Gauthier". 26 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
8. White, Peter (22 June 2022). "'Joe Pickett': Keean Johnson Joins Season 2 of Spectrum Series As Trio Upped To Regulars". deadline.com. Deadline. Retrieved 16 June 2023.

External links

• Chris Gauthier at IMDb