Early life

D'Elia was born in New Jersey, the son of TV producer and director Bill D'Elia, and interior decorator Ellie D'Elia (née Dombroski). He has a younger brother, filmmaker/actor Matt D'Elia. His father is first generation Italian-American. D'Elia grew up in New Jersey until he was 12 years old, when his family relocated to Los Angeles.

Career

D'Elia started acting in high school, did some guest starring parts on Chicago Hope. He went to New York University and studied acting but dropped out after a year because he didn't like college. He then got in a movie that went straight to DVD. During his downtime as an actor he started writing scripts. When he was 25 he decided to do standup, which is what he always wanted to do. D'Elia has been doing stand-up comedy since 2006. He considers himself to be a standup comedian who acts. D'Elia has been featured on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham and Comedy Central Presents as well as on Showtime's Live Nude Comedy. D'Elia was introduced to a broader audience as a regular on the series Glory Daze, which ran for one season on TBS, playing "the Oracle", William Stankowski. He was originally only cast for the pilot but they made him a series regular. He co-starred in the NBC comedy series Whitney, opposite comedian Whitney Cummings for two seasons. D'Elia was one of three hosts of the Ten Minute Podcast, along with Bryan Callen and Will Sasso.

In January 2013, D'Elia released a parody rap album as MC "Chank Smith," releasing a debut album called "Such Is Life" that was produced by Mr. Green. On December 6, 2013, D'Elia's first one-hour stand-up special, White Male Black Comic, aired on Comedy Central. It was directed by his father. In May 2014, D'Elia was cast in the lead role of the NBC sitcom Undateable, which premiered on May 29, 2014. Bill Lawrence is the executive producer. The show is a multi-camera sitcom with a live audience based on the book Undateable: 311 Things Guys Do That Guarantee They Won't Be Dating or Having Sex by Ellen Rakieten and Anne Coyle. The show often incorporates improv, with D'Elia playing Oscar to Brent Morin's straight-man Felix à la The Odd Couple. The cast of the show includes stand-up comics who were good friends before the show. In 2015 Bill Lawrence and the cast (D’Elia, Brent Morin, Ron Funches, and Rick Glassman) went on a series of stand-up tour dates to promote the show.

2016, Chris headlined the Leafly 420 Comedy Tour show in Chicago with special guest Ron Funches.

Personal life

D'Elia says he was raised Catholic. In a standup routine, he talked about how he recently attended a mass and joked about how creepy certain aspects of it are. In 2006, D'Elia was married to actress Emily Montague. They divorced in 2010. Despite the fact that his character, Alex Miller, in Whitney is portrayed drunk, D'Elia has never done drugs or consumed alcohol in his lifetime, besides communion wine. D'Elia lives in the Beachwood Canyon area of Los Angeles.

At the Chicago Leafly 420 show Chris informed the audience he does not partake in cannabis use - as per this page.

Influences

Chris D'Elia cited as major influences for his comedian career Bryan Callen, Eddie Murphy and Jim Carrey.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Almost	Marc
2005	Bad Girls from Valley High	Gavin
2005	Crazylove	Jake
2012	Celeste and Jesse Forever	Snow White
2013	Funny: The Documentary	Himself	Documentary
2015	Flock of Dudes	Adam
2016	Half Magic	Edward	Post-producing
2017	Xoxo	Neil	Post-producing

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996-97	Chicago Hope	Luke Sarison	"Quiet Riot" (Season 2, Episode 21) "Love on the Rocks" (Season 3, Episode 25)
2000	Get Real	Chuck	"Choices" (Season 1, Episode 11) "Absolution" (Season 1, Episode 12)
2004	Boston Legal	Kevin Quinlan	"An Eye for an Eye" (Season 1, Episode 5)
2005	American Dreams	Phil Toolin	"California Dreamin'" (Season 3, Episode 15)
2005	Monk	Cal Gefsky	"Mr. Monk Gets Drunk" (Season 4, Episode 5)
2010-11	Glory Daze	Bill Stankowski	Main role
2011	Workaholics	Topher	"To Friend a Predator" (Season 1, Episode 8)
2011-13	Whitney	Alex Miller	Main Role
2012	Sullivan & Son	Ryan Capps	"The Fifth Musketeer" (Season 1, Episode 7)
2013-16	Sanjay and Craig	Remington Tufflips	Voice; Recurring role (Season 1-3)
2014	Jennifer Falls	Adam	Main role
2014-16	Undateable	Danny Burton	Lead role
2016	Rush Hour	Buddy	"Welcome Back, Carter" (Season 1, Episode 6)

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012-present	Ten Minute Podcast	Various roles	Web-show
2013	White Male. Black Comic	Himself	Netflix stand-up special
2015	Incorrigible	Himself	Netflix stand-up special

Discography

Comedy albums

Title	Album details
Such is Life	Released: February 3, 2013 Formats: CD, digital download Label: Independent

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