Chris O'Brocki was born on April 7, 1984, in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. He began acting at the age of 5 in numerous stage performances, and continued to do so throughout his childhood until around the age of 12, when he took a five-year hiatus to concentrate on school. At the age of 16, he began making a return to theatre beginning with roles in productions such as Little Shop of Horrors, Night of January 16th, A Typically A Typical Day, Meet Me in St. Louis, as well as several others. By the time he finished High School, he had been Vice-President of the Drama Department and had won several acting award s. He stepped into the film industry with a minor role in Touchstone Pictures' Step Up, and now is a fast-rising star in Maryland, as his film career continues with roles in Live Free or Die Hard, Misplaced, I Do&I Don't, The Life of Harry Ape and the upcoming sequels Fear of Clowns 2, Step Up 2: The Streets, and Deadlands: Trapped.

Named after actor Christopher Reeve.One of his main hobbies is Sailing.Some of his favorite actors are Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman, Dennis Quaid, Peter Sarsgaard,Kate Winslet, Hilary Swank, Natalie Portman, Jamie Lee Curtis,Robert Redford.Favorite movie is John Carpenter's Halloween (1978).A distant cousin to actress Joanna Woodward.Was originally planned to read for the role of 'Seth Baxter' in Saw V (2008).Graduated from North County High School in 2002.First movie was a film called "Eerie", which was similar to both Halloween (1978) and Scream (1996/I) and was slated for release in November of 1999. Work began on "Eerie II" and "III" shortly after, but due to production conflicts the sequels were scrapped along with the original film's release.Has a younger half-sister named Alison.His favorite holidays are Halloween and St. Patrick's Day.Auditioned for a role in The Final Destination (2009).Although unable to audition for Scream 4 (2011) due to scheduling, he was able to land one of the leading roles in the movie-within-the movie spin-off of the Scream (1996/I) franchise known as 'Stab', which has been featured in Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000), and Scream 4 (2011).