David Bourne (born April 8, 1970), known professionally as JR Bourne, is a Canadian actor. He portrayed Chris Argent on all six seasons of the supernatural drama series Teen Wolf (2011–2017) and was part of the main cast in the final season. Bourne has also appeared as a series regular on the mystery drama Somewhere Between (2017) and science fiction drama The 100 (2019–2020). Other notable television roles include Martouf / Lantash on the Showtime science fiction adventure Stargate SG-1 (1998–2000), CIA Agent Edwards on the science fiction drama Fringe (2009–2011), and Kenny Ryan on the drama Revenge (2012–2013).

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JR Bourne
Bourne, 2011
Born	David Bourne (1970-04-08) April 8, 1970 (age 54) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present

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Outside of television, Bourne has won two Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film for On the Corner in 2004 and Everything's Gone Green in 2007.^[1][2] He also received nominations for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama for both films at the Leo Awards.^[3][4]

Bourne's niece Madison was born with the genetic disorder cystic fibrosis. The actor has long been a champion of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. In an interview with MTV News, Bourne revealed that he had come to realize back when he'd first started doing conventions for Teen Wolf how amazing of a platform it provided to raise money and awareness for the foundation.^[5]