Chris Baetens
VFX Artist / Editor / Sound Mixer-Designer/ Sound Recordist
Chris Baetens was born in Wyanet, IL to Rose M Waca (ne Lester) and Richard Francis Baetens in 1973. Chris started his media career in 1993 as a Disk Jockey for 103.7 KUUL FM in Davenport, IA. He also worked overnights for 96.1 FM KMXG Mix 96 and Talk Radio WOC 1420 AM. He also did a stint doing afternoon radio at WGEN Radio in Geneseo, IL. Chris attended Illinois State University in Normal, IL where he received degrees in Education and Computer Science. There, he appeared in several student films. It was after he moved to Aurora CO, that Chris began doing voice over. He studied Voice Acting with Martha Harmon Pardee and Mare Trevathan at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. He has also studied voice over with Jeff Lupetin at the Acting Studio in Chicago. Chris's first foray into film acting occurred when he was offered the role Ray Wilson in the as of yet unreleased short film "Keys". This experience inspired him to begin making his own films. He as since shot or been involved in multiple short films, many of which he either directed an/or performed camera work and visual effects for. His film "A Few More Steps..." was screened at the May 2025 Chicago Horror Film Festival. His latest film, The Crawl Space, is currently in post production. Chris is an active Voice Over Actor and is represented by the Lori Lins Agency. He also co-starred in the feature lenght family drama "Incautious" which wrapped principal photograhpy in July 2026.
- Sound Recording/Mixer
- Cinematography
- Editing
- Sound Design
- Compositing
- 3d Modeling
- Animation
Photos
Details
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Languages
- English
- Availability
- available
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- American
- Height
- 177 cm
- Weight
- 77 kg
- Body Type
- Average
- Hair
- Bald
- Eyes
- Brown
- Ethnicity
- Caucasean
- Playing Age
- 45 – 60
- Can Portray
- Caucasean, Western European.
Credits