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Wikipedia / Chris Gauthier

Chris Gauthier (27 January 1976 – 23 February 2024) was an English actor best known for his roles as Neville in Need for Speed: Carbon, Vincent in Eureka and William Smee in Once Upon a Time.

Early life

Chris Gauthier was born in Luton, England. His family moved to Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada when he was five. Gauthier was trained in acting at the Vernon School of Speech and Drama.

Career

Gauthier had a recurring role on the SyFy Channel series Eureka, as Café Diem owner Vincent. While filming the final ten episodes of season three of Eureka, he also filmed the 2009 CBS Mystery Event Harper's Island, in which he appeared as Malcolm Ross, and Freddy vs. Jason, in which he played Shack. On Smallville he portrayed Winslow Schott aka Toyman. In 2021, he co-starred in the Sony Pictures film produced by Build-A-Bear Entertainment, Honey Girls.

Personal life

Gauthier married his wife Erin in November 2003 and the couple had two sons together.

Death

Gauthier died on 23 February 2024 at the age of 48 following a "short illness".

Filmography

Film

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2002

40 Days and 40 Nights

Mikey

2003

Freddy vs. Jason

Shack

2004

Riding the Bullet

Hector Passmore

2006

The Butterfly Effect 2

Ted

2006

The Foursome

Donnie Spencer

2007

The Sandlot: Heading Home

Officer Pork Chop

2008

Stargate: The Ark of Truth

Hertis

2009

Space Buddies

Tad's Cameraman

2009

Watchmen

Seymour

2010

The Traveler

Desk Sargeant Gulloy

2017

S.W.A.T.: Under Siege

Elson

Direct-to-video

2021

Honey Girls

Mac

Television

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2004

Dead Like Me

Michael Lewis

1 episode

2005

Earthsea

Vetch

2 episodes

2005

School of Life

Vern Cote

Television film

2007–2008

Supernatural

Ronald Reznick

2 episodes

2006–2012

Eureka

Vincent

67 episodes

2004, 2009–2011

Smallville

Winslow Schott/Toyman

4 episodes

2009

Harper's Island

Malcolm Ross

8 episodes

2011

Iron Invader

Tony

Television film

2011–2013

Health Nutz

Doc Jay Dang

12 episodes

2012

Level Up

Sir Guy

Episode: "Leveling Up"

2012–2018

Once Upon a Time

William Smee

14 episodes

2014

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Serge

Episode: "Something Good"

2015

iZombie

Simon Cutler

Episode: "Virtual Reality Bites"

2017–2019

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Phil

4 episodes

2020

The Christmas House

Marvelous Jim

Television film

2023

Joe Pickett

Randy Pope

Recurring cast

Video games

Year

Title

Role

2006

Need for Speed: Carbon

Neville

References