Christopher Briney

Christopher Thomas Briney (born March 24, 1998) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as James Linton in the biographical film Dalíland and Conrad Fisher in the Amazon Prime Video series The Summer I Turned Pretty. Early life and education Briney was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of actors who had met in New York City. He has one sister. He attended Waterbury Arts Magnet School and participated in a five-week intensive theater program at Wesleyan University in 2015. In 2016, he moved to New York City to attend Pace University. He graduated with a BFA in acting in 2020. While a student, he worked at a Trader Joe's on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. Career In 2021, the then-unknown Briney was cast in the biographical film Dalíland after being discovered by director Mary Harron. He had sent in an audition tape for The Summer I Turned Pretty before production began on Dalíland. He received a callback and did a chemistry read over Zoom while filming Dalíland in Liverpool.