American actor
Christopher Knight
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Knight in October 2010
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Born
| Christopher Anton Knight
(
1957-11-07
)
November 7, 1957
(age 66)
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Occupations
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Years active
| 1967?present
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Known for
| Peter Brady
in
The Brady Bunch
The Brady Kids
A Very Brady Christmas
The Bradys
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Spouses
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Julie Schulman
(
m.
1989;
div.
1992)
Toni Erickson
(
m.
1995;
div.
2000)
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m.
2006;
div.
2012)
Cara Kokenes
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m.
)
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Christopher Anton Knight
(born November 7, 1957)
[2]
is an American actor and businessman. He is best known for playing
Peter Brady
in the 1970s series
The Brady Bunch
. He has since gone on to become a businessman and enjoyed a semi-resurgence in the public eye with television appearances in the 2000s.
Early life and work
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Knight was born in New York City, New York, the son of Wilma and Edward Knight, an actor.
[3]
Knight's father was born Edward Kozumplik, to parents from the
Austro-Hungarian Empire
, while Knight's mother was
Jewish
.
[4]
[5]
After the end of his
Brady Bunch
appearances, Knight's acting career consisted mostly of making guest appearances on other television shows (
Happy Days
,
The Love Boat
), and occasional film roles (
Just You and Me, Kid
,
Curfew
,
Good Girls Don't
,
The Doom Generation
, and
Nowhere
). He reunited with his former
Brady
costars in the holiday TV movie
A Very Brady Christmas
(1988). Before the
Brady Bunch
series, he had had some small television roles, including an appearance on the first season of
Mannix
, in a 1967 episode called "Coffin for a Clown".
Computer career
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In 1988, Knight, a self-described "geek", left acting to pursue a business career in the computer industry. He got a job as an account sales manager for Martec, Inc. and landed that company's first million-dollar sales deal within his first 18 months on the job, for which he was named Employee of the Year. In 1989, he was named Vice President of Design System Marketing and Sales at New Image Industry.
In 1991, he co-founded Visual Software, a pioneering 3D graphics company. In 1995, he founded Kidwise Learningware, a company that manufactures interactive educational products. In 1996, he joined the keyboard manufacturer Adesso, and in 1997, he became Vice President of Marketing at
iXMicro
, a video hardware company. In 1998, he founded his own TV tuner company, Eskape Labs; it was purchased by
Hauppauge Computer Works
in 2000.
[2]
Return to television
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Continuing to pursue TV opportunities, Knight appeared on
VH1
's fourth season of
The Surreal Life
. The show garnered Knight more attention than he had received in quite some time, in part because he appeared shirtless on the show, revealing a well-built body. During his stint on the show, he began a romance with castmate model
Adrianne Curry
, winner of
America's Next Top Model
cycle 1, who is almost 25 years younger than Knight. After the show, the two moved in together and got engaged, as documented on the VH1 series
My Fair Brady
, which premiered on September 11, 2005. The series was renewed for another season, and the couple wed in Curry's hometown of
Joliet, Illinois
, on May 29, 2006, in a Gothic-style wedding.
[6]
Knight participated in
VH-1
's retrospective
miniseries
,
I Love The '70s: Volume II
. He, his family, and friends appeared on the season finale of NBC's
Celebrity Family Feud
on July 29, 2008.
During the 2008?09 television season, Knight hosted the
syndicated
game show,
Trivial Pursuit: America Plays
. He has hosted a series of
Jonathan Goodson
-produced game show specials for the
Michigan Lottery
,
Make Me Rich
. The first special was scheduled for October 16, 2009, with a second scheduled for February 2010. The show aired periodically until early 2012.
[7]
Knight joined the other
Brady Bunch
cast members in the 2019 television series
A Very Brady Renovation
on
HGTV
.
[8]
In 2021, he starred in the
Lifetime
Christmas movie,
Blending Christmas
, alongside his
Brady Bunch
co-stars
Barry Williams
,
Mike Lookinland
,
Susan Olsen
, and
Robbie Rist
.
[9]
In 2022, Knight, Williams, and Lookinland competed in
season eight
of
The Masked Singer
as "Mummies". They were eliminated in the third episode, which aired as the October 3 "TV Theme Night" alongside
Daymond John
as "Fortune Teller".
[10]
Personal life
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Knight has been married four times.
[11]
Knight proposed to his third wife, model and reality television personality
Adrianne Curry
, on the season finale of
My Fair Brady
, on VH1, which aired on November 6, 2005. The show was renewed for a second season that began in June 2006, and focused on the couple's wedding preparations. The couple wed in Curry's hometown of
Joliet, Illinois
, on May 29, 2006, in a
gothic
-style wedding. Knight's manager, Phil Viardo, told a celebrity gossip website on May 29, 2011, that Knight and Curry were announcing their separation. The date was the couple's fifth wedding anniversary.
[12]
On February 2, 2012, on G4's
Attack of the Show
, Curry said the divorce had been finalized.
[13]
He married his fourth wife, Cara Kokenes, in November 2016.
[11]
Filmography
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Film
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Television
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References
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- ^
"Christopher Knight"
.
Biography.com
. The Biography Channel. Archived from
the original
on June 25, 2016
. Retrieved
June 17,
2016
.
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a
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"Christopher Night Biography"
Archived
February 6, 2018, at the
Wayback Machine
. Biography.com/ Retrieved January 6, 2010
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Moran, Elizabeth (1995).
Bradymania!: Everything You Always Wanted to Know--and a Few Things You Probably Didn't
. Adams Pub.
ISBN
9781558504189
.
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Woehlk, Erika.
"Bradypedia: The Complete Reference Guide to Television's the Brady Bunch"
.
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Adrianne Curry Myspace post, February 19, 2009
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"Knight and Curry Plan Gothic Wedding"
,
San Francisco Chronicle
, May 25, 2006.
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"Michigan Lottery Debuts New TV Game Show"
, Michigan.gov, October 8, 2009.
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Lee, Luaine (September 8, 2019). "Bradys go 'home' again for HGTV".
Baltimore Sun
. p. A&E 4.
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Jones, Marcus (May 19, 2021).
"Lifetime reunites High School Musical, Brady Bunch stars for holiday movies"
.
Entertainment Weekly
.
Archived
from the original on May 19, 2021
. Retrieved
December 22,
2021
.
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Schneider, Michael (October 5, 2022).
"
'The Masked Singer' Reveals Identities of 'Devastated' Mummies and Fortune Teller: Here's Who They Are"
.
Variety
.
Archived
from the original on October 6, 2022
. Retrieved
October 6,
2022
.
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a
b
Dugan, Christina (November 28, 2016).
"Brady Bunch Star Christopher Knight on How 'Second Mom' Florence Henderson Made Him 'Shine'
.
People
.
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Collins, Emma.
"Hollyscoop Exclusive: Adrianne Curry and Christopher Knight Split"
Archived
May 31, 2011, at the
Wayback Machine
, Hollyscoop.com, May 28, 2011.
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Attack of the Show
G4
February 2, 2012
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"
'Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch' Delivers a Satisfying Twist on a Beloved Sitcom: TV Review"
. June 30, 2021.
External links
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