Christopher Judge

Judge wanted to be an actor from an early age, and studied drama in high school. "The television set was my babysitter growing up. I can remember wanting to invoke the feelings that I was getting from television—I wanted to be the one who was the catalyst for those feelings in other people. Performing was something I've always known I was going to do." He always knew that sports would be a stepping stone to an acting career. Judge received a scholarship from the University of Oregon and played defensive back and safety for the Ducks from 1982 to 1985. He led in kickoff return yardage for 1983–84 and interceptions in 1984 and won the Casanova Award in 1982, awarded to the freshman or newcomer of the year. While at Oregon, Judge was a Pacific-10 Conference Selection in 1984 and played in the 1985 Hula Bowl. an "MTV talk show type thing"; he used this experience to get an agent and move back to Los Angeles. ==Career==

Acting In 1989, Judge began studying at the Howard Fine Studio in Los Angeles. At the audition, there were three actors trying out for each of the other principal roles, but eight or ten for the role of Teal'c. Judge was confident that he had acquired the part when they dismissed everyone who had read for the part except him. The script was marketed as a two-hour, backdoor pilot with MGM, Voice work Judge has also done voice acting for animated series and video games, including Magneto on X-Men: Evolution, and the canceled Stargate SG-1: The Alliance. In the season eight episode, "Avatar", Teal'c informs SG-1 that he plays Def Jam Vendetta, alluding to the fact that Judge had provided the voice of D-Mob, the main antagonist in that game. He once again appeared as D-Mob in the sequel, Def Jam: Fight for NY. He voiced Jericho in Turok. Judge provided the voice of Zodak on the 2002 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon as well as Coach Grey in the Action Man CGI series from 2000. On June 14, 2016, Judge confirmed he was the voice actor for Kratos in the 2018 God of War, replacing longtime voice actor Terrence C. Carson. He reprised the role in God of War Ragnarök. ==Personal life==

Judge married his wife, Gianna Patton, in 2011 after ten years of dating. Judge is involved with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada and is an avid golfer. His first son, Cameron, is a professional Canadian football linebacker for the Toronto Argonauts; Cameron played college football for UCLA and was drafted 2nd overall in the 2017 CFL draft. His younger son, Christopher Jordan, played college football for Cal Poly and was drafted 71st overall in the 2019 CFL draft. According to tweets from Judge, he could not walk in 2019, and he had to undergo surgery to have both his hips replaced, alongside back and knee surgery. ==Awards and nominations==

In 2002, Judge was nominated for a Saturn Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series for his work on Stargate SG-1. On February 13, 2019, at the 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, Judge accepted the award for Outstanding Achievement in Character for his performance as Kratos in God of War. During 2023's 26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, Judge again accepted the award for Outstanding Achievement in Character for the same role in God of War Ragnarök. In 2019, Judge was nominated for the British Academy Games Award for Performer at the 15th British Academy Games Awards, but he lost to his co-star Jeremy Davies. He was subsequently nominated for and won the Performer in a Leading Role at the 19th British Academy Games Awards in 2023. In 2022, Judge won the award for Best Performance at the Game Awards 2022 for his role in God of War Ragnarök as Kratos. ==Filmography==

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