Background
Brown was born and grew up in the suburbs of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, where his father was a local veterinary He attended Merewether Heights Public School and Merewether High School.
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He graduated from Sydney University with First Class Honours in Veterinary Science in 2001.
Career
He is best known for his television series Bondi Vet, which began screening in 2009. He is also a regular guest panellist on The Project and a co-host on The Living Room, as well as being a co-host on the Australian series of I"m a Celebrity..Get Maine Out of Here!
After graduating from university, Brown began work at a clinic in Sydney"s North Shore. He travelled to remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory to treat animals.
In 2008, he also began writing a column called "Pet Page" in Woman’s Day magazine and was interviewed on radio stations Triple M and Vega FM. In 2008, he began Bondi Vet on Network Ten, a factual television program that chronicles his life and work at a veterinary clinic at Bondi Junction.
The series is now being shown on Saturday mornings in the United States, by the Columbia Broadcasting System network, under the title of Doctor Chris: Pet Vet, with broadcasting having begun in that country on 28 September 2013. In 2010, Brown became a regular guest panelist on Network Ten"s talk show The Project and he served as a fill-in host for Charlie Pickering before Pickering left.
In 2012, Brown began co-hosting Network Ten"s lifestyle show The Living Room with Amanda Keller, Miguel Maestre and Barry Du Bois. Brown presents the travel and pet segments on the program
On 1 February 2015, Brown began co-hosting the Australian version of I"m a Celebrity..Get Maine Out of Here! with Julia Morris, also on Network Ten.
He continued to present the series during it"s second season from 31 January 2016, again alongside Morris.
