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Christopher Darden

ActorBorn April 7, 1956 (69 years)
Christopher Allen Darden (born April 7, 1956) is an American lawyer, author, actor, and lecturer. He is a 15-year veteran of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, where he was a co-prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, a role in which he gained a great deal of national attention.

He left the District Attorney's office after the Simpson case and joined the faculty of the Southwestern University School of Law, where he taught and specialized in criminal procedure and trial advocacy. He then left the law school in 1999 and started his own firm, Darden & Associates, Inc., specializing in criminal defense and civil litigation. In December 2007, he was considered for a judgeship by then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

He is a former legal commentator for CNBC, CNN, Court TV, and NBC, and a frequent guest and commentator on CNN, Court TV, and Fox News Network. He has made guest appearances on Touched by an Angel, Girlfriends, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Howard Stern Show, Muppets Tonight, Roseanne, the movie Liar Liar, and the TV movie One Hot Summer Night (in which he plays a disgruntled policeman). He is the former principal attorney in the syndicated legal show Power of Attorney.

He is also an author. In addition to In Contempt, which chronicles his experiences with the Simpson trial, he co-authored (with Dick Lochte) a number of crime novels, including The Trials of Nikki Hill (1999), LA Justice (2000), and The Last Defense (2002).

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Known For

  • One Hot Summer Night

Christopher Darden Filmography

2000
Son of the Beach (TV Series)
1998
One Hot Summer Night · as Detective Mingus
1998
1997
Liar Liar · as Attorney On Courthouse Stairs
1997
Sunset Beach (TV Series)
1996
Dear God · as Christopher Darden (uncredited)
1994
Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Pastor George

2025
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (TV Series) · as Self
2024
2023
Behind the Crime: The Nipsey Hussle Murder · as Self (archive Footage)
2023
2021
2018
The '90s Greatest (TV Series) · as Self - L.a. Deputy District Attorney (1981-1995)
2018
2017
The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All (TV Series) · as Self - Former Asst. Deputy, Los Angeles Da's Office
2017
Who Killed Tupac? (TV Series) · as Self - Former Los Angeles District Attorney
2017
The Jury Speaks (TV Series) · as Self
2016
O.J.: Made in America (TV Series) · as Self- Prosecution (archive Footage)
2016
O.J.: Made in America · as Self (archive Footage)
2014
The '90s: The Last Great Decade (TV Series) · as Self
2014
2012
Oprah: Where Are They Now? (TV Series) · as Self
2011
Piers Morgan Tonight (TV Series) · as Self
2001
The Test (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist
2000
Girlfriends (TV Series) · as Self
1997
The View (TV Series) · as Self
1996
Muppets Tonight (TV Series) · as Self
1994
Extra (TV Series) · as Self
1994
The Howard Stern Show (TV Series) · as Self
1994
Dennis Miller Live (TV Series) · as Self
1992
American Justice (TV Series) · as Self
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self
1991
Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1988
48 Hours (TV Series) · as Self
1986
The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self
1985
Larry King Live (TV Series) · as Self
1981
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self

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