Chris Brochu

Christopher M. Brochu (born June 25, 1989) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Luke Parker in The Vampire Diaries (2014–2015).

Chris Brochu
Born	Christopher M. Brochu (1989-06-25) June 25, 1989 (age 36) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–present
Known for	The Vampire Diaries
Relatives	Doug Brochu (brother)

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Brochu in 2019.

Early life

Brochu was born in Washington, D.C. to Nita and Michael Brochu. He has an younger brother, Doug Brochu, and a younger sister, actress Kaitlyn "Kate" Brochu.^[1]

Career

He was in the films Soul Surfer, where he played "Timmy Hamilton", and in Lemonade Mouth, where he played the rude and popular lead singer of the band Mudslide Crush, "Ray Beech".^[2] He sang "And the Crowd Goes" and "Don't Ya Wish U Were Us?" along with his friend, Scott Picket (played by Nick Roux). He is also known for the role of the witch Luke Parker on the TV show The Vampire Diaries.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Pose Down	Brian Deck (Teen)	Direct-to-video
2008	Solar Flare	Riley Cassano
2011	Soul Surfer	Timmy Hamilton
2014	Dawn Patrol	Ben
2018	Baja	Todd Meyer
2019	Peace	Asch
2021	Zero Contact	Sam Hart

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Unfabulous	Guy 1	Episode: "The Two Timer"
	Zoey 101	Preppy Guy No. 1	Episode: "Logan Gets Cut Off"
2009	The Mentalist	Young Jane	Episode: "Throwing Fire"
2011	Truth Be Told	Kenny Crane	TV movie
	Lemonade Mouth	Ray Beech
	Melissa & Joey	Roman Maizes	Recurring role (season 1)
2012	Awake	Chris Chapman	Episode: "Ricky's Tacos"
	NCIS: Los Angeles	Navy Petty Officer S. Allen	Episode: "Free Ride"
2013	CSI: New York	Jason Riley	Episode: "Civilized Lies"
2014	High School Possession	Mase Adkins	TV movie
2014–2015	The Vampire Diaries	Lucas "Luke" Parker	Recurring role (seasons 5–6)
2016	Shameless	Dylan Wallace	2 episodes
	Notorious	Preston Mann
2017	Once Upon a Date	Anthony Dunbrook	TV movie
2019	The Magicians	Derek	Episode: "The Side Effect"
	Dynasty	Dale	Episode:"Miserably Ungrateful Men"
2020	The Rookie	Crispin Bowers	Episode: "Hand-Off"
2023	Station 19	Brenton	Episode: "Never Gonna Give You Up"
2024	The Big Cigar	Dennis Hopper	Miniseries; 3 episodes

Discography

Featured singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Album
"We Burnin' Up"[3] (Adam Hicks featuring Chris Brochu)	2011	—

Other appearances

Song	Year	Album
"And the Crowd Goes"	2011	Lemonade Mouth
"Don't Ya Wish U Were Us?"

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director

Title	Year	Director	Notes
"And the Crowd Goes"	2011	Patricia Riggen[4]	Scenes from Lemonade Mouth
"Don't Ya Wish U Were Us?"
"We Burnin' Up"		—	Adam Hicks's music video; featured video
"Fade In / Fade Out"	2019	Stephen Wayne Mallett	Nothing More's music video