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Christopher Knight (actor)

Christopher Knight, American actor

Born
November 7, 1957
Age in 2026
69
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1957

About Christopher Knight (actor)

Christopher Anton Knight (born November 7, 1957) is an American actor and businessman. He is most notable for playing Peter Brady in the 1970s series The Brady Bunch. He has since gone on to become a businessman and enjoyed a semi-resurgence in the public eye with television appearances in the 2000s. == Early life and work == Knight was born in New York City, New York, the son of Edward and Wilma Knight. Knight's father, an actor, was born Edward Kozumplik, to parents from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, while Knight's mother was Jewish. == Career == === The Brady Bunch and other roles === Before the Brady Bunch series, Knight had some small television roles, including an appearance on the first season of Mannix, in a 1967 episode called "Coffin for a Clown". In 1969, Knight was cast as middle son Peter Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch, which ran until 1974. He was also the voice of Peter in the ABC Saturday morning cartoon The Brady Kids (1972–74). After the end of the Brady Bunch, Knight's acting career consisted mostly of making guest appearances on other television shows (Happy Days, The Love Boat), and occasional film roles (Just You and Me, Kid, Curfew, Good Girls Don't, The Doom Generation, and Nowhere). He reunited with his former Brady costars in several subsequent series, including The Brady Bunch Hour (1976–77), the TV movie The Brady Girls Get Married (1981), the holiday TV movie A Very Brady Christmas (1988), and the drama The Bradys (1990).

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Career and life highlights

Christopher Knight (actor) timeline

  1. Before the Brady Bunch series, Knight had some small television roles, including an appearance on the first season of Mannix, in a 1967 episode called "Coffin for a Clown".
  2. In 1991, he co-founded Visual Software, a pioneering 3D graphics company.

The world when Christopher Knight (actor) was born

Christopher Knight (actor) was born in 1957. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1957

  • #1 song"All Shook Up" – Elvis Presley
  • Top movieThe Bridge on the River Kwai
  • Top TV showGunsmoke
  • Best-selling bookOn the Road – Jack Kerouac

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMilwaukee Braves win the World Series
  • Top headlineSoviet Union launches Sputnik — Space Race begins
  • Technology milestoneSputnik 1 becomes first artificial satellite in orbit
  • Defining fadHula hoops (early buzz)
  • Notable inventionFrisbee
  • World population2.87 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderDwight D. Eisenhower
  • Sports championMilwaukee Braves (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population171.2M

1957 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Christopher Knight (actor)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19572026
Gas$0.31$3.45/gal
Average home$12,200$435,000
Average income$6,700$67,500
Minimum wage$1.00$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.51$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population171.2M341 million

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