Chris Zylka

Chris Zylka is an American actor and model who was born on May 9, 1985, in Howland Township, Ohio, USA. His birth name is Christopher Michael Settlemire. He is widely known for his roles as Flash Thompson in The Amazing Spider-Man and Tom Garvey in the HBO series The Leftovers.

teenage years

He graduated from high school at Howland High School in 2003. Then he studied art for two years at the University of Toledo; When her maternal grandfather suddenly fell ill, she dropped out of school to care for him. He later moved to Los Angeles and tried his hand at acting.

Acting career

He made his screen debut in 2008 as a guest star in the TV series 90210, playing the character named Jason. In the following years, he appeared in TV series such as 10 Things I Hate About You and Cougar Town. In 2011, he starred as Blake in the teen horror film Shark Night; In the same year, he played the character of Jake Armstrong in The CW channel's supernatural series The Secret Circle, and he continued this role until 2012.

In 2012, he played Peter Parker's school friend Flash Thompson in The Amazing Spider-Man, directed by Marc Webb. He was in the cast as Tom Garvey in The Leftovers, which was published between 2014 and 2017. His film credits include Piranha 3DD, Dixieland and 2017's Novitiate.

Zylka, who is interested in visual arts as well as acting, directed the music video for Paris Hilton's song I Need You in 2018 and opened her exhibition Why Use A Name in Ibiza the same year.