Biography - Christopher Larkin

Who is Christopher Larkin?

Christopher Larkin is an actor, musician by profession, and a South Korean-American national. He is well known for starring in the CW series The 100 as Monty Green, in Tales of the City, and Squad 85.

Christopher Larkin – Birth, Parents, Siblings

Christopher Larkin’s birth took place on October 2, 1987, in Daegu, South Korea, and he was named Woon-Ha Chung at birth. He was just four months old when he was adopted by his adoptive French-Canadian mother, Elaine Larkin, and adoptive Irish father, Peter Larkin. He was renamed Christopher John Larkin.

He is not the only child of his parents and has a sibling, a sister named Ashley Larkin, who was also adopted from South Korea.

Education, Ethnicity

Born as Woon-Ha Chung, he was later renamed Christopher John Larkin. Raised in Hebron, Connecticut, Christopher Larkin attended RHAM High School. After graduation, he went on to train at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts in 2005 and later attended Fordham University. He graduated from the latter in 2009 with a BA in Theater. Larkin’s ethnicity is Korean.

At the age of 27, he traced his biological mother in South Korea, flew to Korea, and talked to her through a translator.

Christopher Larkin – Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Divorce

In a 2014 interview with Koreatimesus, Christopher Larkin revealed that he had moved to Los Angeles in 2012 with his playwright girlfriend Carla Ching. 

The actor is very secretive when it comes to his romantic/dating life. Not much has been shared about his relationship and girlfriends.

It was reported that Larkin married his longtime girlfriend on July 10, 2022. It is unclear if he has also welcomed children with his wife. Moreover, there has been no news of divorce surrounding the pair.

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Christopher Larkin – Career

Early Days

While still a student at Fordham University, Christopher Larkin took off the fall semester of his senior year to play the title character in Kafka on the Shore, which was the theatre production of Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He also acted in several Off-Broadway productions, all before he earned a theatre degree.

He was discovered by director Martha Coolidge in 2000 and was cast in Hallmark Entertainment's The Flamingo Rising. 

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Series, Films

Since starting his career in 2001, he made his TV debut in a 2008 episode of One Life to Live as Dan. Since then, he has had guest appearances in the TV series Squad 85 (2012), Awkward (2013), 90210 (2013), The Orville (2022), and Tales of the City (2019) as Jonathan ‘Raven’ Winter. 

But most of all, Christopher Larkin is known for starring in the post-apocalyptic science fiction drama TV series The 100 as Monty Green. He portrayed the character from 2014 to 2019 in a total of 52 episodes.

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Co-stars

On the set of The 100, Christopher Larkin has starred alongside Lindsey Morgan, Henry Ian Cusick, Devon Bostick, Alycia Debnam-Carey, and Chelsey Reist.

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In music

In addition to Larkin’s acting endeavors, he is also a musician and performs under the name Carry Hatchet. He has released two albums, The News Today (September 2015) and The Happiest Album Ever Made (November 2017).

Christopher Larkin used to play in the band Dexter Prep and later in D'Artagnan with Wade Allain-Marcus.

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Christopher Larkin – Net Worth, Salary

The figure on Larkin’s net worth and annual salary is under review and will be updated.

Christopher Larkin – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook 

On social media handles including Instagram and Twitter, Christopher Larkin is followed by several hundred thousand followers and counting, but is absent from Facebook. He also has an official website – christopherlarkin.com.

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