Known For: American actor
Category: Actors
Country: United States of America
City: Hinsdale
Date of Birth: Wednesday, 14 March 1979
Language English
Frederick Christopher Klein is an American actor. In film, Klein is best known for his lead role as Chris "Oz" Ostreicher in the American Pie film series. Other lead roles include Here on Earth (2000), Say It Isn't So (2001), Rollerball (2002), Day Zero (2007), Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009), and Authors Anonymous (2014). His notable supporting roles include Election (1999), We Were Soldiers (2002), The United States of Leland (2003), Just Friends (2005), and American Dreamz (2006).
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Klein was born in Hinsdale, Illinois, and moved to Omaha, Nebraska, at age 13, and later attended Millard West High School. In his senior year, Klein was offered his first professional acting job by director Alexander Payne, who was scouting Omaha, his hometown, as a potential filming location for the film Election. He attended Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas.After auditioning for Election, Payne chose Klein and they began filming. The film was released in April 1999, to positive reviews. Soon after, Klein found steady work in the film industry while briefly attending TCU, where he studied theater and was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He was next seen in American Pie, acting as Christopher Russell Ostreicher, which opened on July 9, 1999, and was a box office success. The following year Klein starred in Here on Earth alongside LeeLee Sobieski and Josh Hartnett (2000). Klein reprised his role in American Pie 2 (2001) and American Reunion (2012), but was not in American Wedding reportedly due to scheduling conflicts. In 2002, Klein had a role in the Mel Gibson Vietnam War film We Were Soldiers. Klein starred in the 2002, remake of the film Rollerball, but the film was a massive critical and financial failure. Klein has also appeared in several teen movies, including Just Friends (2005) and American Dreamz (2006). In 2014, Klein was cast as an American pilot in the Damien Lay film The Uberkanone. He co-starred in the 2014, comedy indie film Authors Anonymous with Kaley Cuoco. In 2018, Klein was cast as Cicada, the main villain of the fifth season of superhero television series The Flash.
