Christopher Rich

Christopher Rich Wilson, born September 16, 1953, in Dallas, Texas, is an American actor whose career has spanned stage, film, and television. He holds a master's degree in theater arts from Cornell University, having previously attended the University of Texas.

Rich made his Broadway debut in 1980, appearing in The Bacchae. The following year, he began a four-year run on the daytime drama Another World, portraying Alexander "Sandy" Cory from 1981 to 1985. It was during this period that he married his Another World co-star Nancy Frangione; the two remained married until 1996 and have a daughter together, Mariel Rich.

In 1987, Rich took on the lead role of Prince Eric Charming in the television series The Charmings, which ran through 1988 and featured a cast that included Carol Huston, Caitlin O'Heaney, Judy Parfitt, and Paul Winfield. He continued his television work in 1990, playing Archie Andrews in the TV film Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again, based on the Archie Comics characters. Rich also appeared on the big screen in the 1993 film The Joy Luck Club.

Throughout the 1990s, Rich accumulated recurring television roles alongside various guest appearances. He played Dr. Neil Beck on The George Carlin Show, Miller Redfield on Murphy Brown, and Agent David Katz on Nash Bridges, while also making guest appearances on Renegade, The Nanny, Suddenly Susan, and ER. In 2001, he joined the cast of the sitcom Reba, playing Brock Hart, the ex-husband of Reba McEntire's title character, a role he held through the series finale in 2007. He also directed several episodes during the show's fifth and sixth seasons. Concurrently, Rich appeared in a recurring capacity on Boston Legal as attorney Melvin Palmer. Additional television credits include the role of Bruce, a book publisher, in two episodes of Desperate Housewives, and the role of Mel's father in Melissa & Joey.

In 2003, Rich married Eva Rich, born Ewa Halina Jesionowska, a Miss Poland 1985 finalist and former gymnast who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The couple have fraternal twin daughters, Lily and Daisy Rich. In 2015, Rich, his wife, and their daughters appeared in the first two seasons of the Polish reality series Żony Hollywood, a production based on The Real Housewives franchise in which Eva Rich was among the featured cast members.

In 2018, Rich suffered a massive stroke that initially left him unable to walk and caused significant pain on the left side of his body. Through therapy and experimental treatment, he has since regained the ability to walk without assistance, and as of February 2025, the pain on his left side had been reduced by approximately 80 percent.