Christopher Williams (singer)
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Christopher Williams | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | August 22, 1967
Occupation(s) | Singer, actor |
Years active | 1988–present |
Children | 3 |
Relatives | Ella Fitzgerald (aunt) |
Musical career | |
Origin | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Genres | |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Labels | |
Christopher Lawrence Williams (born August 22, 1967) is an American singer and actor. Williams, who emerged during the late 1980s as a recording artist for Geffen Records, has scored many R&B hit singles, notably "Talk to Myself" (1989), "I'm Dreamin'" (1991) and "Every Little Thing U Do" (1993).
Career
Music
The single "I'm Dreamin'", from the
Acting
Williams appeared in the 1991 film
Personal life
Williams was born August 22, 1967, in Bronx, New York. Williams is the nephew of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. Known for his passionate baritone voice, Williams has been called the "Modern Teddy Pendergrass". He attended Purchase College; now known as State University of New York in Harrison, New York.
Williams has a son, Christopher Jr, who was born in 1985, from a relationship with a stylist. Williams has another son Austin, who was born in 1990, with actress Stacey Dash. He also has a daughter, Cierra Barnes–Williams, born in 1993 from a relationship with Heather Barnes.
From 1991 until mid–1992, Williams dated actress Halle Berry.[2][3] After Halle Berry told interviewers that an abusive ex-boyfriend struck her so hard that she lost most of the hearing in her right ear, many people assumed that Williams was the unnamed ex-boyfriend. Williams defended himself to Eurweb, the entertainment news website, denying that he ever harmed Berry, and suggesting that Berry had been referring to actor Wesley Snipes. He said, "The stuff they wrote about me and Halle was totally false. It's been said I busted her eardrum, and I'm tired of it. I never said it before but I'm so tired of people thinking I'm the guy who did it. Wesley busted her eardrum, not me."
In October 2017 Williams was arrested and charged with misdemeanor theft, accused of stealing a $99 pair of JBL headphones from a Kohl's department store in McDonough, Georgia.[4][5][6]
Williams made public in October 2022 that he had been struggling with health issues related to kidney failure and was in a coma November 5, 2021. He openly talked about his illness causing him to lose weight drastically down to 129 pounds and admitted that it was hard to pick up a fork to feed himself.[7] He made a special cameo appearance in Washington, D.C., on November 12, 2022, during curtain call of the adapted stage play of New Jack City: Live on Stage and mentioned his previous update on his health when he was hospitalized weighing 137 pounds and doctors told him he may never be able to walk again. He followed his brief statements with a impromptu performance of his hit song "I'm Dreaming". The video of him discussing this was seen on the New Jack City stage play producer Je'Caryous Johnson's Facebook video post, but news outlets had yet to report this.
Discography
Studio albums
Year | Album details | Peak positions | |
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US [8] |
US R&B [8] | ||
1989 | Adventures in Paradise
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— | 23 |
1992 | Changes | 63 | 12 |
1995 | Not a Perfect Man
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104 | 13 |
2001 | Real Men Do
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— | — |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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US [8] |
US R&B [8] |
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1989 | "Talk to Myself" | 49 | 4 | 18 | Adventures in Paradise |
"Promises, Promises" | — | 7 | — | ||
1990 | "One Girl" | — | 31 | — | |
1991 | "I'm Dreamin'" | 89 | 1 | — | New Jack City |
"I Wanna B Ure Lover" (with F.S. Effect) | — | 52 | — | So Deep It's Bottomless | |
1992 | "All I See" | 104 | 19 | — | Changes |
1993 | "Every Little Thing U Do" | 75 | 7 | — | |
"Come Go with Me" | — | 74 | — | ||
1995 | "Dance 4 Me" | — | 25 | — | Not a Perfect Man |
"If You Say" | — | 91 | — | ||
1997 | "Round and Round" | — | — | — | Phuture Flava Vol. 1 |
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | New Jack City | Kareem Akbar | |
1994 | Gunmen | Himself | |
2002 | Revenge of the Unhappy Campers | Ned | |
2003 | Men Cry in the Dark | Pretty Tony | Video |
2009 | The Man of Her Dreams | Jamal | |
Thor's Hammer | Grande | Short | |
2010 | The Clean Up Woman | Stewart Adams | |
2011 | The Love You Save | Billy | TV movie |
2015 | Angry Insecure Men 2 | Marcus | |
2019 | Love Dot Com: The Social Experiment | Joe Jeffries |
Television
Year | Legacy | Role | Notes |
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1989-92 | Soul Train | Himself | Recurring Guest |
1990 | Showtime at the Apollo | Himself | Episode: "Episode #3.14" |
1992 | The Uptown Comedy Club | Himself | Episode: "Episode #1.3" |
1993 | MTV Unplugged | Himself | Episode: "Uptown Unplugged" |
1995 | New York Undercover | Himself | Episode: "The Shooter" |
2009 | Hawthorne | Detective | Episode: "Mother's Day" |
2011 | Life After | Himself | Episode: "Christopher Williams" |
2014 | The Real Housewives of Atlanta | Himself | Recurring cast: season 6 |
2016 | Inside the Label | Himself | Episode: "Uptown Records, Part II" |
2020 | Hollywood Trials | Himself | Episode: "Christopher Williams" |
References
- ^ "Image: 6770.jpg, (937 × 1129 px)". Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- ^ The Jasmine Brand – A Brief & Painful History of Halle Berry's Past Relationships [Editorial]
- ^ People – Halle Berry's Unhappy Endings: Gabriel Aubry isn't the first – from David Justice to Wesley Snipes, the Oscar winner has had a history of bad breakups – November 28, 2012
- ^ AJC – R&B singer Christopher Williams accused of stealing $99 headphones – Oct. 4, 2017
- ^ BET – That Awkward Moment When An R&B Singer Is Arrested For Stealing Headphones (Christopher Williams was arrested for petty theft in Georgia) – October 3, 2017
- ^ IHEART – R&B Singer Chris Williams Busted for Stealing Expensive Headphones – October 3, 2017
- ^ . YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx7oJ0LnS4Y.
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(help) - ^ a b c d e "US Charts > Christopher Williams". Billboard. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
External links
- Christopher Williams at IMDb
- Christopher Williams at Allmusic