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Chris Gauthier, a prolific actor identified for his roles within the tv exhibits “Once Upon a Time” and “Eureka,” died on Friday. He was 48.
Tristar Appearances/Event Horizon Talent, which represented Mr. Gauthier, stated in an announcement that he died “after a short sickness.” His representatives didn’t say the place he died.
Mr. Gauthier had roles in additional than 20 motion pictures, together with “Freddy vs. Jason” in 2003 and “Watchmen” in 2009. He additionally appeared in dozens of tv exhibits, together with “Smallville,” “Charmed” and “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” based on IMDb. He additionally appeared in a number of brief movies.
He was greatest identified for taking part in William Smee in “Once Upon A Time,” a sequence that blended actual life and fantasy within the fictional city of Storybrooke, Maine, the place storybook characters stay, trapped by an evil queen. Mr. Gauthier appeared in 14 episodes of “Once Upon A Time” as William Smee, who is predicated on the “Peter Pan” character Mr. Smee, Captain Hook’s first mate.
Mr. Gauthier additionally performed Vincent, a restaurant proprietor, on the science fiction TV sequence “Eureka.” He appeared in 67 episodes of the present, beginning with the pilot episode and thru Season 5, based on IMDb.
In an interview in 2021, Mr. Gauthier stated that he began appearing at school performs when he was younger, and that he acted in novice {and professional} theater throughout highschool.
“I used to be at all times a ham, making an attempt to be a humorous man,” he stated.
Chris Gauthier was born on Jan. 27, 1976, in Luton, England.
His appearing profession onscreen started in 2000, when he appeared in an episode of the TV sequence “Cold Squad.” His first two movie credit have been in 2002 for small roles in “40 Days and 40 Nights” and “Insomnia.” His tv roles have been largely restricted to appearances in a single or a number of episodes till “Eureka” premiered in 2006. The present takes place within the fictional Pacific Northwest city of Eureka, the place lots of the world’s brightest minds stay in an odd collective that produces technological innovations the remainder of the world doesn’t find out about.
Among his more moderen credit, Mr. Gauthier had appeared in seven episodes of the western drama “Joe Pickett.”
Information about his survivors was not instantly out there.
Later in his life, he stated within the 2021 interview, his accomplice inspired him to maneuver to Canada from England to pursue an appearing profession in tv and movie.
“I wasn’t super-duper motivated as a result of I used to be completely happy doing performs,” he stated of the transfer. “But I used to be like ‘OK,’ and it labored out.”
