Christian Dayton Clemenson is an American film and television actor. He is well known for his portrayal of Jerry Hands Espenson in the television series Boston Legal, for which he was nominated for three Emmy Awards winning the 2006 Emmy Award for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He has appeared in a number of highly acclaimed films, including Hannah and Her Sisters, Broadcast News, Apolloand The Big Lebowski, and portrayed Tom Burnett in Paul Greengrass United 93. He most recently starred in American Crime Story The People v. O. J. Simpson as prosecutor William Hodgman.
Clemenson was born and raised in Humboldt, Iowa, the son of drug store owners Ruth Alzora and Ernest Arnold Clemenson. In his early teens, he delivered the Des Moines Register, which had a long tradition of awarding scholarships to top eastcoast preparatory schools to a select few paper boys. Clemenson, a straightA junior high school student, won a Register scholarship to Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. In 1973, while Chris was enrolled at Phillips Academy, his father died at age 58. He participated in many theatrical productions at Phillips Academy.
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