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Chris Witaske

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Chris Witaske
A young chef from the fine dining world returns to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop.
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The Bear (2022– )
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Chris Witaske is an actor and writer who plays Pete on the Emmy-winning FX original series The Bear. Chris is an alumni of The Second City Theater in Chicago, where he began taking classes and performing at age thirteen. Chris was a Series Regular on the Netflix original comedy series "Love" produced by Judd Apatow. Other film and television credits include, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Lady Bird directed by Greta Gerwig, The Wrong Missy, Netflix's with Bob and David, Drunk History, Arrested Development, New Girl, HBO's The Comeback and the upcoming Office reboot "The Paper" created by Greg Daniels. Chris is also recognized for his recurring role as Tom Pritchard in the wildly popular Dr. Rick "turning into you parents" Progressive Insurance commercials. He's also Co-creator of the Netflix adult animated series Chicago Party Aunt for which he was also an executive producer, writer and voice actor.
BornJune 12, 1983
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BornJune 12, 1983
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    Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Liza Colón-Zayas, Jeremy Allen White, Abby Elliott, Edwin Lee Gibson, Lionel Boyce, Matty Matheson, and Ayo Edebiri in The Bear (2022)
    The Bear
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Pete
    Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs in Love (2016)
    Love
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Chris Czajkowski

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    Actor



    • Free Bert
      • In Production
      • TV Series
    • The Girl Who Cried Dateline
      • Jeremy
      • Pre-production
      • Short



    • Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Liza Colón-Zayas, Jeremy Allen White, Abby Elliott, Edwin Lee Gibson, Lionel Boyce, Matty Matheson, and Ayo Edebiri in The Bear (2022)
      The Bear
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Pete
      • 2022–2025
    • D'Arcy Carden and Mary Holland in Something Blue (2025)
      Something Blue
      Short
      • 2025
    • Nicole Kidman in Holland (2025)
      Holland
      5.0
      • Holland Cop
      • 2025
    • Mary-Louise Parker and Ayo Edebiri in Omni Loop (2024)
      Omni Loop
      5.6
      • Morris
      • 2024
    • Rory O'Malley and Lauren Ash in Chicago Party Aunt (2021)
      Chicago Party Aunt
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Kurt (voice)
      • 2021–2022
    • Christmas Always Finds Its Way (2022)
      Christmas Always Finds Its Way
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Kevin
      • 2022
    • David Duchovny, Leslie Mann, Fred Armisen, Pedro Pascal, Keegan-Michael Key, Karen Gillan, Iris Apatow, Ben Ashenden, Alexander Owen, and Guz Khan in The Bubble (2022)
      The Bubble
      4.7
      • Josh
      • 2022
    • Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
      Curb Your Enthusiasm
      8.8
      TV Series
      • Deke
      • 2021
    • Uprising! (2020)
      Uprising!
      6.7
      Short
      • Jeff
      • 2020
    • David Spade and Lauren Lapkus in The Wrong Missy (2020)
      The Wrong Missy
      5.8
      • Rich
      • 2020
    • The Improv Guru (2020)
      The Improv Guru
      8.3
      TV Movie
      • The Kahuna
      • 2020
    • Kal Penn, Diana Maria Riva, Kiran Deol, Samba Schutte, Moses Storm, Joel Kim Booster, and Poppy Liu in Sunnyside (2019)
      Sunnyside
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Tanner
      • 2019
    • LeVar Burton in Weird City (2019)
      Weird City
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Booj
      • 2019
    • Taraji P. Henson and Tracy Morgan in What Men Want (2019)
      What Men Want
      5.4
      • Eddie
      • 2019
    • Lucille Soong, Randall Park, Constance Wu, Forrest Wheeler, Ian Chen, and Hudson Yang in Fresh Off the Boat (2015)
      Fresh Off the Boat
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Ken
      • 2019

    Writer



    • Rory O'Malley and Lauren Ash in Chicago Party Aunt (2021)
      Chicago Party Aunt
      5.7
      TV Series
      • based upon the character by
      • created by
      • written by (creator)
      • 2021–2022

    Producer



    • Rory O'Malley and Lauren Ash in Chicago Party Aunt (2021)
      Chicago Party Aunt
      5.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021–2022

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      • 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
    • Born
      • June 12, 1983
      • St. Charles, Illinois, USA

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      Sang "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the 7th Inning Stretch of the Chicago Cubs ballgame at Wrigley Field September 10, 2020.

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