Chris Santos was born in Long island, New York. He began modeling and acting at 12 years old. His first acting job was in Rob Weiss's AMONGST FRIENDS. At the age of 16 he booked a Versace campaign in Italy. After the job he stayed in Europe for one year. Chris returned the following year to finish High school after which he traveled all over American and Europe, doing campaigns for Calvin Klein and many others. At the age of 19 Chris took up a part time job as a personal trainer in NYC. He found he has a real passion for it and spent the next ten years doing just that.
Chris is one of five child that all moved to California. So after ten years in NY he decided to move closer to his family in Los Angeles. After a short time in LA he was contacted by his old client and friend David Levien who had just finished writing THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE with Steven Soderbergh. One of the leads of the film was a personal trainer, so David set up a meeting for Chris and Steven to meet. Subsequently leading to Chris starting in the film with Sacha Grey. Chris Has gone on to work with many great people including Betty White.
Chris continues to live in LA working and studying with most of LA's top coaches including Ivana Chubbuck, Lesly Kahn and Margie Haber.
