Acting

Christian Paul

Born 18 May 1972 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada · 54

Christian Paul (born May 18, 1973, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian actor whose exact height is not publicly confirmed in major sources. He made his screen debut in 1998 as a gas station attendant in Out of Control (with Sean Young), and has since accumulated over 70 film and television credits across both English- and French-language productions, frequently portraying detectives, agents, soldiers, and other authority figures. His most notable film credits include Charlie Radisson in Hidden Agenda (2001, with Dolph Lundgren), a Black Bachelor in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002, with Sam Rockwell and Drew Barrymore), Orsino in Wicker Park (2004, with Joshua Jackson and Angelina Jolie), an Archaeologist in Timeline (2003), Rupert Greems in Slow Burn (2005, with Ray Liotta and LL Cool J), Joe's Navigator in Death Race (2008, with Jason Statham), a Stadium Soldier in Warm Bodies (2013, with Nick Jonas and Teri Polo), Agent Logan in Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 (2017), and a Mall Cleaner in To Catch a Killer (2023, with Ben Mendelsohn and Shailene Woodley). On television he is best known as Mike Duclos in Detective Surprenant (2023, 6 episodes), with additional credits in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018), Quantico (2015), Blue Mountain State (2010, 2011), Kim's Convenience (2016), Avant le crash (2022), and The Festival (2005). More recently he appeared in French Girl (2024, with Zach Braff and Vanessa Hudgens) and The Girl Who Survived: The Alina Thompson Story (2025).