Chandler Riggs is a talented American actor and DJ. Chandler Riggs won popularity for his frequent role as Carl Grimes on the AMC horror-drama TV series The Walking Dead from 2010 to 2018.
| Full Name: | Chandler Riggs |
|---|---|
| Born Date: | 27 Jun 1999 |
| Age: | 22 years |
| Net Worth: | $ 8 Million |
| Lucky Number: | 7 |
Early life
Chandler Riggs is presently 21 years old. He was conceived on June 27, 1999, in Atlanta, Georgia, under the astrological sign of Cancer. His mom’s name is Gina Ann (née Carlton), and his dad’s name is William Riggs. Moreover, he has a younger brother called Grayson.
Furthermore, he studied tap dancing for many years with So You Think You Can Dance finalist Zack Everhart. Moreover, he went to Etowah High School and finished in 2017. Thus he endures American nationality but has not declared his ethnicity.
Professional life
Chandler Riggs began his acting profession at the age of four. Moreover, he first served with productions of The Wizard of Oz, where he performed a role of Munchkin in his theater introduction, and Oklahoma with Theater of the Stars at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. At the age of five, he performed in the indie horror movie Jesus H. Zombie. Likewise, in 2009, at age nine, he performed in the first two feature movie roles in Get Low as Tom and in the TV movie The Wronged Man as seven-year-old Ryan Gregory. He starred opposite Julia Ormond as her son in the latter movie, broadcasted on Lifetime in 2010.
The Walking Dead
At age 10, he played as Carl Grimes in the biggest part to date, on the AMC horror-drama TV series The Walking Dead. The following Television series is based on the eponymous comic novel series. Furthermore, he had earlier worked with the series’ executive producer Gale Anne Hurd on The Wronged Man. He co-starred along with the actors Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes, the dad of Riggs’ character Carl, and so on. He, along with his collection of family, friends, plus strangers, fight to survive in a drastic apocalyptic world populated with zombies plus the few surviving humans. The series became the Number 1 show on all TV among adults 18-49 with lots of success.
In 2017, he lent his voice to a particular episode of Robot Chicken called “The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who’s Walking,” along with many of his co-stars. He voiced, reprising his character as Carl.
In late 2017, his role on The Walking Dead ended with a harsh departure from the comic book source material. His figure got controversially killed off midway through the series’ eighth season? Moreover, his 77th and final episodes of the series premiered on February 10, 2018.
Further works
Moreover, Riggs also performed in the Blumhouse Productions supernatural thriller movie Mercy in 2014 and the Voltage Pictures horror movie Keep Watching in 2017. In 2017, he started DJing many events around the United States and published his 1st song, “Hold Up,” under his stage name “Eclipse” in December of that year. In the very month, he appeared in the crime thriller movie Inherit the Viper. He even performed the role of Cooper in the movie, which premiered in 2019.
Furthermore, he also performed in the science fiction thriller movie Only in 2019. In January 2019, Riggs worked as PJ for a multi-episode arc on the ABC freshman drama series A Million Little Things. The show was still running in 2020. He performed as Patrick Nelson in the series and again returned for the series’ 2nd season.
Awards and Net worth
Furthermore, he, along with the other principal cast members of The Walking Dead, received the 2012 Satellite Award for Best Cast in a TV Series. He got a nomination for the Saturn Award for his act in the series as Carl for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a TV Series five consecutive times. Finally, he obtained the award three times in 2014, 2016, and 2018.
In 2014, he even gained a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Television Series – Leading Young Actor after first being nominated for the award in 2012 and 2013.
Talking about Chandler Riggs’s earning, he is an American actor who has made a decent sum of money through his acting profession. He earned as the principal source of income through the entertainment business. Therefore, his approximated net worth is about $8 million dollars. From a very young age, he began acting and bagged a tremendous amount of money. With the wealth earned, he is living a flourishing and wealthy life.
Personal life
Following on Chandler Riggs’s personal life, he is straight and apparently single. He is enjoying his single life plus concentrating on his career right now. Speaking about his past linkups, in 2015, he began dating Brianna Maphis. She is a social media celebrity, particularly successful on Instagram, who won fame being girlfriend, The Walking Dead star Chandler Riggs. Sadly, the duo later broke up in 2017.
Likewise, in 2018, he began dating model Haleigh Hekking. She is well-known for showcasing her personal lifestyle plus modeling photos on her Instagram profile. Moreover, Chandler has not let himself stuck into questionable acts plus rumors in his personal as well as reel life.
Body measurements and Social media
Chandler Riggs has a good celebrity. Riggs looks beautiful and has a dashing personality. Furthermore, he stands a good tall height 5 feet 6 inches (1.71 m) tall and weighs about 56 kg (125 lb). He has dark brown hair color and a beautiful set of green eyes.
Riggs is available on different social media sites, like ‘Instagram,’ ‘Twitter,’ and ‘Facebook.’ On Instagram, he goes by the profiles @chandlerriggs5 with approximately 3.4 million fan followers. Moreover, he has accumulated around 2.4 million fans on his Facebook profile and more than 1.5 million followers on his Twitter profile.
