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Christopher Darden

Acting
1956-04-07
Richmond, California, USA
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 17 titles
Girlfriends (2000) subtitle poster
Girlfriends
2000 TV
as Self
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Touched by an Angel (1994) subtitle poster
Touched by an Angel
1994 TV
as Pastor George
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Sunset Beach (1997) subtitle poster
Sunset Beach
1997 TV
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Son of the Beach (2000) subtitle poster
Son of the Beach
2000 TV
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Entertainment Tonight (1981) subtitle poster
Entertainment Tonight
1981 TV
as Self
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Muppets Tonight (1996) subtitle poster
Muppets Tonight
1996 TV
as Self
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Style & Substance (1998) subtitle poster
Style & Substance
1998 TV
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O.J.: Made in America (2016) subtitle poster
O.J.: Made in America
2016 TV
as Self- Prosecution (archive footage)
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American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson (2025) subtitle poster
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson
2025 TV
as Self
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O.J.: Made in America (2016) subtitle poster
O.J.: Made in America
2016 Movie
as Self (archive footage)
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Dear God (1996) subtitle poster
Dear God
1996 Movie
as Christopher Darden (uncredited)
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The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All (2017) subtitle poster
The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All
2017 TV
as Self - Former Asst. Deputy, Los Angeles DA's Office
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One Hot Summer Night (1998) subtitle poster
One Hot Summer Night
1998 Movie
as Detective Mingus
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Most Famous Murder: The O.J. Simpson Trial (2024) subtitle poster
Most Famous Murder: The O.J. Simpson Trial
2024 Movie
as Self
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The Housewife and the Hustler (2021) subtitle poster
The Housewife and the Hustler
2021 Movie
as Self
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O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession? (2018) subtitle poster
O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?
2018 Movie
as Self
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Behind the Crime: The Nipsey Hussle Murder (2023) subtitle poster
Behind the Crime: The Nipsey Hussle Murder
2023 Movie
as Self (archive footage)
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