Chrisander's first screen appearances as an actor were in German and Swedish silent films in the mid-1910s. His first motion picture role was in the 1915 Carl Schönfeld-directed German
silent film drama
Um ein Weib. As an actor, Chrisander is possibly best recalled for starring as "Erik the Phantom" in the now
lost 1916 Ernst Matray-directed German adaptation
Das Phantom der Oper, based on
Gaston Leroux's novel
The Phantom of the Opera opposite Norwegian actress
Aud Egede-Nissen. Matray's version is the first film adaptation of Leroux's 1909–1910 serialized novel. In 1917, he appeared opposite the popular Polish film actress
Pola Negri in her first role in a German production,
Nicht lange täuschte mich das Glück. In 1919, he co-directed the German silent film
Alraune und der Golem with actor and director
Paul Wegener. After performing in a film serial for director Karl Gerhardt opposite actress
Lil Dagover from 1920 to 1921, Chrisander began his career in Germany as a director. In total, he directed three films in Germany, before relocating to the United States where he directed two dramatic films: 1927's
Fighting Love, starring
Jetta Goudal,
Victor Varconi and
Henry B. Walthall for
Cecil B. DeMille Pictures, and that same year,
The Heart Thief, starring
Joseph Schildkraut and
Lya De Putti. By 1930, he was living at S. Gramercy Place in
Los Angeles,
California. He died in 1947 in
Skurup, Sweden. ==Selected filmography==