Chris M. Robinson

Born and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Chris began studying Martial Arts in grade school and further developed an interest in Stunt work and Filmmaking. He taught Martial Arts privately focusing on Aikido and other styles of Japanese martial arts. He holds several ranks in various Martial Arts including Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Jeet Kune Do, and Shotokan Karate. He is 1 of only 3 Full Certified Jeet Kune Do Instructors in Connecticut with direct teaching lineage to Bruce Lee. He was inspired by Steven Spielberg after meeting him in 1997 on the set of "Amistad" and subsequently Wrote, Directed and Edited his first feature length film "Murals". His first film experience was working as a Stuntman and Fight Scene Coordinator in the film "On the Burn". He later went on to work with Shonda Rhimes (creator of TV's Grey's Anatomy) and Will Smith, Omar Epps & CCH Pounder as a still photographer for the film "Blossoms and Veils". After seeing the film "Above the Law" in 1988 he was inspired to become a Police Officer. He has maintained a very active and very intense career in Law Enforcement for over 19 years earning some of the departments highest awards including The Police Medal of Merit, The Police Combat Cross, multiple Achievements for Outstanding Arrests and as well as being promoted to the rank of Police Sergeant. Ironically this profession lead him to later become a personal bodyguard to Steven Seagal almost 20 years after first being inspired by him. While on the set of "Pistol Whipped" Robinson grew a common bond with Steven Seagal and was even cast as a Stuntman in the film as well as playing the role of a responding Police Officer after a major shootout scene involving Steven Seagal. In 2016 he was subsequently cast as the lead Sergeant for his Department in A&E's New Series called "Live PD" a Police Documentary Series hosted by Dan Abrams in which 6 individual towns/cities nationwide are followed and filmed live as police officers respond to calls for service. He is featured in Season #1, (Episodes #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 & 9 playing himself as Sgt. Chris Robinson. In one of the episodes of Live PD, he responded to a fire where he and other responding officers helped clear an entire house of people where he himself also took in a lot of smoke inhalation and later required medical attention. As the episode continued, he responds to the call of an unresponsive 1 year old infant, in which his compassion and emotional response was caught live on camera nationwide as he began breaking down in tears speaking about the loss of a child and the effects it has on some officers. This incident went viral instantaneously in which multiple posts on Twitter and other forms of social media quickly became overwhelming supportive, showing the true human side to police officers nationwide. It was a response that changed the way people looked at cops nationwide. Dan Abrams "the host of Live Pd" himself tweeted just moments afterwards that the entire studio and even himself got choked up over Sgt. Robinson's emotional and heartfelt response.