Chris Witaske

Chris Witaske is an actor and writer who plays Pete on the Emmy-winning FX original series The Bear. Chris is an alumni of The Second City Theater in Chicago, where he began taking classes and performing at age 13. Chris was a series regular on the Netflix original comedy series Love, produced by Judd Apatow. Other film and television credits include Curb Your Enthusiasm; Lady Bird, directed by Greta Gerwig; The Wrong Missy; Netflix's with Bob and David; Drunk History; Arrested Development; New Girl, HBO's The Comeback; and the upcoming Office reboot The Paper, created by Greg Daniels. Chris is also recognized for his recurring role as Tom Pritchard in the wildly popular Dr. Rick "turning into your parents" Progressive Insurance commercials. He's also co-creator of the Netflix adult animated series Chicago Party Aunt, for which he was also an executive producer, writer, and voice actor.