Chris Aquilino

Chris Aquilino is a Filipino-American actor, writer and producer from Ventura, California. He studied musical theatre at UC Irvine and was part of the improv team Live Nude People (with Clothes On). He joined the cast of HBO's Silicon Valley as "Danny" for its final two seasons. Chris also wrote on the Starz sci-fi sex comedy Now Apocalypse, created by cult indie filmmaker Gregg Araki, co-written by Vogue.com columnist Karley Sciortino, and executive produced by Steven Soderbergh and Greg Jacobs. On the show, he played the role of "Kai." In 2023, Chris starred opposite Samara Weaving in the first ever Netflix pilot Little Sky, from Bonding creator Rightor Doyle. Chris is known for other roles on Big Little Lies (HBO), Dead to Me (Netflix), Unstable (Netflix), Jane the Virgin (CW) and recurred as "Mr. Ryan" for four seasons on The Neighborhood (CBS). Chris played "Neil" in the psychological mockumentary thriller The Nowhere Inn (Sundance, SXSW 2020) with Carrie Brownstein and Annie Clark aka St. Vincent. Chris was also part of the ensemble comedy The Napa Boys (alongside Sarah Ramos, Mike Mitchell, David Wain, Ivy Wolk) from Armen Weitzman, Nick Corirossi, and Jerrod Carmichael, which screened at TIFF's Midnight Madness 2025 and was picked up by Magnolia Pictures. He is currently developing a romantic comedy feature.