Frederick Christopher "Chris" Klein (born March 14, 1979) is an American movie actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Chris "Oz" Ostreicher in American Pie.
Klein was born and raised in Hinsdale, Illinois, the son of Terry, a kindergarten teacher, and Frank Klein, an engineer. Klein was the second of three children. His older sister Debbie was born in 1978, and his younger brother was born in 1982. As a child, Klein had his first on stage ex...
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Frederick Christopher "Chris" Klein (born March 14, 1979) is an American movie actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Chris "Oz" Ostreicher in American Pie.
Klein was born and raised in Hinsdale, Illinois, the son of Terry, a kindergarten teacher, and Frank Klein, an engineer. Klein was the second of three children. His older sister Debbie was born in 1978, and his younger brother was born in 1982. As a child, Klein had his first on stage experience by singing “This Little Light of Mine” in a community theater at the Sheraton Convention Center in Chicago. He lived in the town for thirteen years before his family moved to Omaha, Nebraska. At Millard West High School, Klein acted in his high school's performance of West Side Story, and played quarterback and linebacker for the football team. 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....
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