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David Sutcliffe
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| David Sutcliffe | |
 Sutcliffe, right, on Gilmore Girls |
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| Born | June 8, 1969 (age 37) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan  Canada |
| Notable roles | Christopher Hayden on Gilmore Girls |
David Sutcliffe (born June 8, 1969 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Christopher Hayden, the father of Rory Gilmore, on the CW show Gilmore Girls. A 1990 graduate of Victoria College at the University of Toronto, Sutcliffe played varsity basketball before succumbing to a career-ending knee injury. While in college he waited tables at local greasy spoon Michael's on Bay.[citation needed]
Before heading to Hollywood, he starred in an independent feature film entitled "Two or Three Words," directed by Toronto-local Evan Georgiades.
He has since appeared in the straight to DVD film Cake with Heather Graham, Sandra Oh and Sarah Chalke, an episode of Friends, and the theatrical release Testosterone opposite Antonio Sabato Jr. and Sônia Braga. In 2003, David appeared at the very end of Under the Tuscan Sun with Diane Lane and Sandra Oh. He played Ed in that movie, a writer who falls in love with Frances at the very end of the movie. He played financier Ted Ammon in the made-for-TV movie Murder in the Hamptons. Sutcliffe also played on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games, for the Hollygrove House charity. He is divorced from actress Julie McCullough.