Background
Strait was born in Inglewood, California, and grew up in the Ladera Heights section of Los Los Angeles
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Chris Strait
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Strait graduated from Culver City High School in 1994.
Career
He was a regular contributor to TRU-television"s "World"s Dumbest" series (2010–2012). He is the oldest of two boys, and also has on older half-sister (from father"s side). He is primarily of British (Scottish and English), Eastern European, Irish, and Scandinavian descent, although he claims himself to be "a European mutt".
He then received his Masters degree in Psychology from Antioch University in 2001.
Strait had intended to be a psychotherapist, but was told his problem-solving style was "too aggressive". He began his comedy career while still in graduate school, in the summer of 2000.
His Masters Thesis was on the subject of humor. Early influences included George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Richard Pryor, and Louis CK. Strait has headlined comedy clubs in the United States. and Canada, and has also performed for the United States. military in the United States of America, as well as in Cuba, Japan, Bahrain and Germany.
"I"ve been to all 50 states, 5 continents, and almost 20 countries.
I"ve done casinos, cruises, corporates, private parties, bars, comedy clubs, colleges, and military bases. Pretty much all the categories of places one can do stand-up."
In addition to his contributions on TRU-television, Strait has also done commentary on East!, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, and Fuel television He has performed stand-up comedy on Fox"s "Laughs", Nickmom, Playboy, Bitesize.tv, and Starz. He wrote/produced/starred in a series of video sketches for YouTube and Funny or Die.
Strait has also lent his voice to video games and film trailers.
He was a writer for "National Lampoon"s Sports Minute", and appeared in the National Lampoon Film, "Lost Reality 2". His most recent and first commercially available Civil Defense, "Hitting The Wall", was shot in Indianapolis in October of 2011, and released on Next Round Entertainment"s label, on December 13, 2011.
His first commercially available Digital Video Disc, "Urban Suburbanite" was released on Itunes, Hulu, and Amazon in September 2015. The special had been shot in December 2012, in Hermosa Beach, California.
Strait has worked as a live commentator and ring announcer for professional boxing shows.
He has been a freelance boxing writer, blogger, and vlogger since 2000.
He has written for cyberboxingzone.com, boxingcentral.com, boxingtalk.com, ropeadoperadio.com, punchdrunksports.com, and Digest magazine. He has also hosted his own podcasts, and is the current head boxing writer for convictedartist.com and Punch Drunk Sports. Strait also briefly competed as a boxer, winning a tournament in the Super Heavyweight (over 201 lbs) division in 2001.
Extremely nearsighted, he was unable to obtain a professional license.
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Strait has self-released two Digital Video Disc"s (2006 – The White Digital Video Disc / 2009 – Safe Bet), and one Civil Defense (2003 – Number Point of View).
