Chris Clanton


Chris Clanton is an American actor. He had a recurring role as Savino Bratton in season 1 and 5 of The Wire. He is credited as Christopher J. Clanton in the fifth season. He also had an uncredited role in The Corner as a street kid. Chris played the lead character Torn Pettigrew in the 2009 independent film TORN which was written and directed by Richard Johnson and produced by Corey Williams. In 2015, Clanton appeared in Tom Six's Dutch horror film The Human Centipede 3 . Since 2002 he is the owner of the Independent film company NEVER ENOUGH Films. In 2014, he also founded Hunted Foxx Entertainment a boutique production company with a focus on indie films.

Legal Problems

In 2006, Clanton pled guilty to drug related charges and was sentenced to five years, four of which were suspended and three years of probation. In 2008, Clanton was stabbed in the chest and buttocks at the Overlea Event Center nightclub in Baltimore. Clanton was arrested again in 2019 after allegedly escaping police custody and violating a protective order.