Chris Downey

Chris Downey
Born	Queens, New York, United States
Occupation(s)	Writer, producer
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Lisa
Children	Nicholas, Isabella

Chris Downey is an American writer and producer.

Downey got his start as a television writer with an episode of Cosby in 1998. He went on to write for several other shows, including Oh, Grow Up, and What about Joan, and later to produce other shows, including The King of Queens and Leverage.

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Early life

Chris Downey was born in New York City and lived with his parents. Before working in television, Downey went to law school and wrote for his school's newspaper. Downey enjoys collecting Marvel comics and souvenirs from the 1939 New York World Fair.

Career

Downey was a co-creator, writer and an executive producer of the TV show, Leverage, which ran for five seasons from 2008–2012 on TNT. Downey stated that he feels the biggest challenge with the show is constantly having to come up with new challenges and cons for the crew, as he felt they had done so many already.^[1]

Podcast

For five months, between November 2012 and March 2013, Downey produced and hosted a weekly podcast, The Downey Files, at his personal website and on iTunes. Each episode featured Downey and a guest tackling a half-baked movie idea and developing it in full within a half-hour. Guests have included Wil Wheaton, John Rogers, Christine Boylan, Eric Heissner, Michael Colton, and John Aboud.^[2]

Filmography

Writer

Year	Title
1998	Cosby
1999	Oh, Grow Up
2000	What About Joan
2001–2007	The King of Queens
2008–2012	Leverage
2012	Showrunners
2018	Unsolved
2019	Pearson
2020	Station 19
2023	Poker Face

References

^ "'Leverage' exec: 'Cons are a challenge'". Digital Spy. July 7, 2010.
^ http://chrisdowneyindustries.blogspot.com/^{[user-generated source]}

External links

Chris Downey at IMDb

This page was last edited on 23 November 2023, at 00:20

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