Christopher Sean Biography

Not to be confused with dutch musician, Sean Christopher Christopher Sean (born October 25, 1985) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Bing Lee in the critically acclaimed web series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and his recurring role of Gabriel Waincroft on CBS's Hawaii Five-0. He currently portrays the role of Paul Narita on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives.

Personal life

Sean was born Christopher Sean Friel on October 25, 1985, in Oak Harbor, Washington, to Patrick and Sayuri Friel. He has two sisters, Candis and Melody. While his family moved around a lot, Sean grew up mainly in Southern California. Sean is Japanese on his mother's side, and Irish, German and Spanish through his father. Sean grew up in the military because his father was in the Navy. When his father Patrick was stationed away from home, he would put himself on video reading books to Christopher and his sisters and their mother would send recordings of her children to her husband. Sean explained that he was always very comfortable in front of the camera and those experiences inspired him to get into acting. Growing up, Sean had a big poster of Bruce Lee on his wall and admits there weren't many people for him to relate to in the entertainment industry. Sean speaks Japanese, which he picked up from his parents when his father was stationed on the USS Tripoli. Sean is trained in boxing, Taekwondo, wrestling, Jujutsu and Mixed martial arts.

Career

Sean revealed that he was working at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor in Valencia, California when he was first "discovered." Sean started doing modeling work and in 2007 he won the Mr. Asia USA pageant. Sean earned a $1,500 cash prize and a one-year acting class at the Michael John Studio in Van Nuys, California. Sean revealed that he struggled early on his career due to his mixed ethnicity -- "I'm not Asian enough to play Asian roles and I'm not white enough to play white roles." Sean also auditioned for ABC's General Hospital where he admitted to screwing up the audition due to his lack of experience. Sean has made appearances on Hollywood Heights, The Mindy Project and the critically acclaimed web series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. In 2014, Sean booked the recurring role of Gabriel Waincroft on CBS's Hawaii Five-0. In October 2014, it was announced that Sean had joined the cast of Days of Our Lives as a contract cast member. Sean's character Paul Narita is involved in a love triangle with gay supercouple, Will Horton and Sonny Kiriakis. Paul was later revealed to be the illegitimate son of the legendary John Black played by Drake Hogestyn.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	The Bold and the Beautiful	Waiter	2 episodes
2010	King Eternal	Kele	Short film
2012	Hollywood Heights	Solo dude #1	2 episodes
2012	Back to Blue	Chris	Short film
2012-13	The Lizzie Bennet Diaries	Bing Lee	Main role; Web series
2013	Twiharder	JB Lycan	Lead role; parody of 2008 film Twilight
2013	The Mindy Project	Frat Bro #2	Episode: "Frat Party"
2013	Great American Dream	Frates	Film
2014	Progress: Ask a Cam Harlot	Chance Von Thundermast	2 episodes
2014	CineDopes	Yoga Student #3	Episode: "Ratinee"
2014-16	Hawaii Five-0	Gabriel Waincroft	Recurring role; 13 episodes
2014-present	Days of Our Lives	Paul Narita	Series regular
2017	Young Again	Frates	Post-production