Christian Vincent (actor)

For the French film director, see Christian Vincent (director).

Christian Vincent
Born	(1974-02-09) 9 February 1974 or (1980-02-09) 9 February 1980 (sources differ) Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Occupations	Actor dancer choreographer model
Years active	1998–present

Christian Vincent (born 9 February 1974 or 1980) is a Canadian-American professional dancer, choreographer, actor and model. Christian's most notable roles are his appearances as Connor Martin in the Hallmark Christmas film," A Majestic Christmas," and as Ricky on the former LOGO Viacom television series Noah's Arc, which chronicles the lives of four African-American best friends in Los Angeles.

Early life and education

While growing up in Windsor, Ontario, in grade school he attended Sandwich West Public School in LaSalle, Ontario. Vincent had several interests as a child, ranging from karate to painting and drawing. He later discovered his passion for dance and eventually enrolled at Butler University, where he graduated Cum Lude, with a BFA degree. Christian also earned an MFA, from The University of California, Irvine.

Career

After college, Vincent later moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a dancer and choreographer. As a dancer, Vincent has toured and performed with Madonna, Ashanti, Gloria Estefan, Geri Halliwell, Prince, Ricky Martin, Shakira, and Britney Spears. Early on in his career he danced in various commercials including commercials for Bellsouth, as well as one for Oral-B. Christian was also a background dancer in Madonna's "Don't Tell Me" music video

Vincent danced in numerous films and TV show including, "Dancing with The Stars,"She's All That, Rent, Starsky & Hutch, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Arrested Development, MADtv, George Lopez, Baywatch, Cold Case,and "G.I Joe Retaliation." Christian has choreographed and coached dance extensively. He began professionally, when he choreographed several commercials for [[Target Corporation|Target]. Vincent was a co-star and choreographer for the reality TV show Canada Sings. Christian was the dance coach for Sally Hawkins for Guillermo Del Toro's film The Shape of Water. Most recently, Christian choreograpahed Netflix's biopic of Madame C.J Walker, starring Octavia Spencer entitled "Self Made," as well as the Lifetime biopic on Salt-N-Pepa.

As an actor, Christian appeared in the ABC Family miniseries Fallen as Michael the Archangel, "Fringe," "Continuum," Smallville," Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom," Center Stage: Turn It Up, "Noah's Arc," Hallmark's, "A Majestic Christmas," and most recently City TV's series "The Wedding Planners."

He also appeared in the October 2012 issue of PMc Magazine by celebrity photographer Patrick McMullan. In addition to his work in entertainment, Vincent is a professor at The Glorya Kaufman School of Dance at the University of Southern California.

Personal

Vincent lives in Los Angeles, California.

External links

• Christian Vincent at IMDb
• Christian Vincent
• Facebook page
• Christian Vincent PMc Magazine interview
• Christian Vincent Interview on The Morning Show in Toronto,Canada