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Christian Clemenson
February 27th, 2010 by Lynn DeVries

Christian Clemenson: Plays Dr. Tom Loman

Full Name: Christian Clemenson

[Photo: ©2010 CBS Broadcasting Co.]
Birth Date: March 17, 1958
Astrological Sign: Pisces
Birth Place: Humboldt, Iowa
College:
  • Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts
  • Harvard College
  • Yale School of Drama
Awards:
  • Emmy Awards
    • 2009 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for: “Boston Legal” (2004) – Nominated
    • 2007 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for: “Boston Legal” (2004) – Nominated
    • 2006 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for: “Boston Legal” (2004) – Winner
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards
    • 2009 Actor Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for: “Boston Legal” (2004) – Nominated
      Shared with: Candice Bergen, Saffron Burrows, Taraji P. Henson, John Larroquette, William Shatner, James Spader, Tara Summers, Gary Anthony Williams
    • 2008 Actor Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for: “Boston Legal” (2004) – Nominated
      Shared with: Rene Auberjonois, Candice Bergen, Julie Bowen, Saffron Burrows, Taraji P. Henson, John Larroquette, William Shatner, James Spader, Tara Summers, Mark Valley, Gary Anthony Williams, Constance Zimmer
Fast Facts:
  • Height 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
  • Does a TV commercial for Play Station 2, which first aired in December 2001.
  • In a commercial for Jiffy Lube, March 2002.
  • In a commercial for Pennzoil, February 2002.
  • Clemenson’s boyhood friend James Spader is his co-star in Bad Influence (1990) and “Boston Legal” (2004).
  • Son of drug store owners Ernest and Ruth Clemenson.
  • In his early teens he delivered the Des Moines Register, which had a long tradition of awarding scholarships to top east-coast preparatory schools to a select few “paper boys”.
  • Clemenson, a straight-A junior high school student, won a Register scholarship to Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.
  • In 1973, while Chris was enrolled at Phillips Academy, his father died at age 58.
  • During many summers he would return to Humboldt to star in, and later direct, local community theatre plays at Humboldt’s Castle Theatre.
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