Vancouver · UBCP/ACTRA

Christopher Bautista

Actor. Currently in Jeremy Saulnier's October for A24. Previously on HBO's Titans and Lifetime's Breathe Again.
Stage at Tarragon Theatre and The Cultch.

Demo Reel · 2026

Becoming John Horse · Proof-of-Concept

01 · Headshots

Range

Leading man Leading
Theatrical / grit Theatrical
Authority / procedural Authority
Commercial Commercial
02 · Selected Film & Television

Selected Work

October
Actor
Feature film
A24 · 2026 Jeremy Saulnier
Titans
Actor
Television series
HBO Millicent Shelton
Breathe Again
Actor
Television film
Lifetime Stan Brooks
Fragile Seeds
Actor
Feature film
Joseph Boutillier
Florrie
Principal
Feature film
Ilir Pristine
I Am War
Actor
Feature film
Northern Sky Entertainment
Plus selected shorts: Lonely, After Animals, Long Dreams, Buckshot, Da Capo, Pace, James, Shock Troop, Live a Little.
03 · Stage

Theatre Selected

Mainstage and contemporary text. Tarragon Theatre, The Cultch, The Grand Theatre, and beyond.

3 Fingers Back / The Smell of Horses
Adam
Tarragon Theatre · Yvette Nolan & Cole Alvis
Fairview
Dayton
The Cultch · Kwaku Okyere & Mindy Parfitt
The Negroes Are Congregating
Audacity
Natasha Adiyana-Morris
Fences
Lyons
Djanet Sears
Othello '83
Othello
Amanda Williams
Timothy Findley's The Wars
Capt. Taffler
Dennis Garnhum
In the Blood
Reverend D
Gregg T. Daniel
Vieux Carré
Tye
Doug Tompos / Brian Parsons
Flyin' West
Wil
Gregg T. Daniel
Christopher Bautista headshot
04 · About

Christopher Bautista is a Vancouver-based actor with credits across feature film, television, and contemporary theatre. He has worked with directors including Jeremy Saulnier, Millicent Shelton, and Stan Brooks, and on stages including Tarragon Theatre, The Cultch, and The Grand Theatre.

He trained at the University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts in the Meisner, Hagen, Adler, and Stanislavski techniques, with additional study at Second City Toronto, EVN Studios with Earl Nanu, and The Lighthouse Actor's Studio with Angela Besharah. He carries Fight Captain experience and over a decade of military and combat-arts training, including the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program.

Bautista is an alumnus of the Netflix-Banff DOV Initiative (2023) and a Dora-nominated stage performer. He is based in Vancouver and works across British Columbia and Canada-wide.

Bautista is also the founder of Matista Creative Inc., an independent production company developing his next feature Becoming John Horse.

05 · Training

Training & Technique

Education

  • USC School of Dramatic Arts
  • B.A., English Literature, Theatre, Film

Studio Training

  • Deb Podowski
  • Second City Toronto · Improv for Actors
  • EVN Studios with Earl Nanu
  • The Lighthouse Actor's Studio with Angela Besharah

Technique

  • Meisner
  • Hagen
  • Adler
  • Stanislavski
  • Vocal & Movement

Combat & Movement

  • Fight Captain experience
  • Marine Corps Martial Arts Program
  • 10+ years military experience

Fellowships

  • Netflix-Banff DOV, 2023
  • Dora-nominated production
06 · Contact

Let's make magic.

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