Christopher Briney is an American actor best known as Conrad Fisher, the older Fisher brother in Prime Video’s The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022–2025). Born on 24 March 1998 in Danbury, Connecticut, Christopher Thomas Briney is 28 years old as of October 2026. He also played Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls (2024), and as of October 2026 he is building a career beyond Conrad with Hacks, The Julia Set and a return as Conrad in the confirmed The Summer I Turned Pretty movie.
At a Glance
- Full name: Christopher Thomas Briney
- Born: 24 March 1998, Danbury, Connecticut, United States
- Age: 28 years old as of October 2026
- Nationality: American
- Occupation: Actor
- Education: Pace University, New York City — BFA in acting, 2020
- Best known for: Conrad Fisher in The Summer I Turned Pretty (Prime Video, 2022–2025)
- Other key roles: James Linton in Dalíland (2022); Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls (2024); Noah in Dilaria off-Broadway (2025); Nico Hayes in Hacks season 5 (2026); Pascal in The Julia Set (2026)
- Partner: Isabel Machado, as reported by People, Capital and other reputable outlets since 2021
Who Is Christopher Briney?
Christopher Briney is a Connecticut-born, New York-trained actor who went from working in a grocery store as a student to leading a major Prime Video series in about two years. He had no major screen credit before 2021.
Creator Jenny Han cast him as Conrad Fisher — a character readers had pictured since Han’s trilogy was published between 2009 and 2011 — and later said choosing Briney was her easiest casting decision. Its third season drew 25 million viewers worldwide in its first seven days, according to Prime Video’s announcement on 17 September 2025.
How Old Is Christopher Briney and Where Was He Born?
Christopher Briney was born on 24 March 1998 in Danbury, Connecticut. He turned 28 on 24 March 2026 and will turn 29 on 24 March 2027, so he is 28 as of October 2026.
Conrad Fisher is 18 at the start of the series and around 23 by the final season, so Briney was playing several years younger than his real age throughout. That explains why older profiles list him as 24, 26 or 27 — they were correct when written and have not been updated.
What Is Christopher Briney’s Early Life and Education?
Briney was born to parents who were both actors and who had met in New York City, and he has one sister. Profiles in the Los Angeles Times and Elite Daily describe a household where acting was a normal job, although Briney has said a high school acting class, not family expectation, settled his direction.
He attended Waterbury Arts Magnet School and, in 2015, a five-week intensive theatre programme at Wesleyan University. In 2016 he moved to New York City for Pace University, graduating in 2020 with a BFA in acting for film, television, voiceover and commercials. While at Pace, he worked at Trader Joe’s — confirmed in profiles including Elite Daily — and in 2019 wrote and directed the student short Paix.
Briney belongs to the same streaming-era generation of actors who broke through in a single defining role — a path also taken by British actor Damson Idris, whose own breakout came as Franklin Saint in Snowfall.
How Did Christopher Briney Start Acting?
His earliest screen credits are short films: Under the Covers (2018) as The Shadow and Want This (2020) as Benjy. The breakthrough came in 2021, when he was still effectively unknown.
What Was His First Film Role? Dalíland (2022)
Director Mary Harron cast Briney in Dalíland after discovering him, as TheWrap and the Los Angeles Times reported. Shot in spring 2021 in the United Kingdom, it was his first professional acting job.
Briney plays James Linton, a young New York gallery assistant drawn into Salvador Dalí’s world in the 1970s, opposite Sir Ben Kingsley as Dalí and Barbara Sukowa as Gala. James is the audience’s way in — young and in over his head, much as Briney was on his first set. The film closed the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022. He learned he had won the Conrad role while still away filming it.
What Is He Best Known For? Conrad Fisher in The Summer I Turned Pretty
Briney is best known as Conrad Fisher in The Summer I Turned Pretty, Prime Video’s adaptation of Jenny Han’s bestselling trilogy. Deadline reported his casting on 28 April 2021, alongside Lola Tung as Isabel “Belly” Conklin. It was his television debut.
Conrad is Susannah Fisher’s eldest son, Jeremiah Fisher’s (Gavin Casalegno) older brother, and Belly’s childhood love. The series centres on their love triangle at the fictional Cousins Beach. Briney’s Conrad is withdrawn where his brother is open, carrying grief he does not explain — the restraint that drove the “Team Conrad” versus “Team Jeremiah” debate.
The series ran from 2022 to 2025 over three seasons and 26 episodes. Season 1 premiered on 17 June 2022, season 2 on 14 July 2023, and season 3 was billed in advance as the final season.
What Happened in the Final Season?
The final season premiered on Prime Video on 16 July 2025 with two episodes, then ran weekly for 11 episodes. The finale was released on 17 September 2025. Season 3 broadly adapts Han’s third novel, We’ll Always Have Summer (2011), with a time jump into Belly and Jeremiah’s college years and Conrad living away from Cousins Beach. As of October 2026, all three seasons remain on Prime Video and there is no season 4 — the story continues as a film instead.
Is There a The Summer I Turned Pretty Movie?
Yes. A The Summer I Turned Pretty movie is officially confirmed, and as of October 2026 it has been filmed but has no announced release date.
Prime Video announced the greenlight on 17 September 2025, the day the finale was released, at the finale celebration in Paris. According to the official Amazon MGM Studios announcement, the film will conclude the story, Jenny Han will write and direct it, and Sarah Kucserka is co-writing. Han said there was one more big milestone in Belly’s journey that only a movie could give its proper due. Plot details remain under wraps as of October 2026.
At TheWrap’s Power Women Summit on 2 December 2025, Han confirmed she had just finished writing it and nothing had yet been filmed. Deadline later reported filming would begin on 27 April 2026 in Wilmington, North Carolina, and reported in May 2026 that Prime Video had asked fans to respect the production’s privacy during filming. Production listings list filming as wrapped in late July 2026, with Briney, Lola Tung and Gavin Casalegno returning. The film is therefore in post-production as of October 2026, with no official title or release date yet announced by Prime Video — exact dates on fan sites should be treated as unconfirmed.
For Han’s statement, see Prime Video’s announcement via Amazon MGM Studios: The Summer I Turned Pretty movie announcement
What Role Did He Play in Mean Girls (2024)?
Briney played Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls, released on 12 January 2024. Aaron sits in front of new student Cady Heron (Angourie Rice) in maths class, is Regina George’s (Reneé Rapp) ex-boyfriend, and becomes the prize in their feud. Jonathan Bennett played him in 2004. The 2024 film was directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. from a screenplay by Tina Fey, adapting her Broadway musical.
Briney told Entertainment Weekly he first passed in September 2022 because the audition required singing, saying he does not sing. When it came back with no singing requirement for Aaron, he took it. His Aaron does not sing in the film, unlike in the stage musical.
Did Christopher Briney Do Stage Work?
Yes. Briney made his off-Broadway debut in 2025 in Dilaria, the world-premiere play by Julia Randall, directed by Alex Keegan.
According to the production’s official announcement on 7 May 2025, Dilaria began performances on 13 June 2025 at the DR2 Theatre in New York, opening on 18 June 2025 for a limited eight-week run. Briney played Noah, opposite Ella Stiller in the title role and Chiara Aurelia, in a dark, funny play about social-media fame. It fits his stage-first training. For details, see the official Dilaria announcement: World premiere of Dilaria at the DR2 Theatre
His voice work includes Conrad’s chapters in the re-recorded We’ll Always Have Summer audiobook (2022), Aaron Fortin in Audible’s Influencer (2023) and River in Quinn’s Hidden Harbor (2025). In May 2025, Variety reported he would receive the North Fork TV Festival’s 2025 Rising Star Award.
What Has Christopher Briney Done in 2025 and 2026?
As of October 2026, his post-Summer career is a list, not a promise. Three projects define it.
Hacks Season 5 (2026)
Deadline reported on 9 October 2025 that Briney had joined season 5 of Hacks, the Emmy-winning HBO Max comedy starring Jean Smart as Deborah Vance. Season 5, the show’s final season, premiered on 9 April 2026. Briney appears in two episodes as Nico Hayes, an international rock star and brief romantic interest for Deborah — his first substantial television comedy role, and about as far from Cousins Beach as a guest arc can get.
The Julia Set (2026)
Briney plays Pascal in The Julia Set, the feature debut of writer-director Niki Byrne, cast as reported by Deadline on 21 October 2025. Chase Infiniti stars as Julia, a gifted mathematics student; Pascal, a teaching assistant and son of a famous mathematician played by Jason Isaacs, draws her into an elite group training for the Putnam competition. The ensemble also includes Gillian Anderson, Nina Hoss and Chlöe Bailey.
The film premiered at TIFF on 11 September 2026. At TIFF, Briney told Entertainment Weekly that he broke his hand filming a scene in which Pascal punches a wall, and that the take is in the film — reported here only as he told it publicly. Wider release plans had not been fully set out as of October 2026.
Clashing Through the Snow (Upcoming)
In January 2026, Deadline reported Briney would lead Amazon MGM’s Christmas comedy Clashing Through the Snow opposite Michelle Randolph, directed by Carlson Young. Briney plays Ryan, in a film described as a Planes, Trains and Automobiles for a new generation. Filming began in March 2026. Listings give a late-November 2026 date, but as of October 2026 that is a listing, not a long-confirmed Prime Video announcement. With the Summer movie too, his 2026 roles span a rock star, a maths prodigy, a Christmas-comedy lead and Conrad again.
Christopher Briney Movies and TV Shows: Filmography at a Glance
Film
- Dalíland (2022) — James Linton
- Mean Girls (2024) — Aaron Samuels
- The Julia Set (2026) — Pascal; world premiere at TIFF, 11 September 2026
- Clashing Through the Snow (upcoming) — Ryan
- Untitled The Summer I Turned Pretty film (upcoming, post-production as of October 2026) — Conrad Fisher
- Shorts: Under the Covers (2018) — The Shadow; Paix (2019) — writer/director; Want This (2020) — Benjy
Television
- The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022–2025) — Conrad Fisher, main role, 26 episodes
- Hacks (2026) — Nico Hayes, guest role, 2 episodes in season 5
Theatre
- Dilaria (2025) — Noah, DR2 Theatre, New York, off-Broadway world premiere
How Tall Is Christopher Briney?
Capital lists him at around 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 metres), and IMDb gives the same figure. No official studio biography publishes a height, so it is reported here with its sources, not as a confirmed measurement.
Who Is Christopher Briney’s Girlfriend?
Christopher Briney’s girlfriend is Isabel Machado, an actor and singer he met as a fellow acting student at Pace University. People, Capital and The Knot have consistently reported the couple have been together since 2021, before The Summer I Turned Pretty premiered.
Machado, a Chicago native who also earned a BFA at Pace, has appeared with Briney at premieres and fashion events. In a July 2023 People interview, Briney said that when his girlfriend tells him he looks good, he feels good. In August 2025, Harper’s Bazaar photographed the couple at a New York Liberty game with co-star Sean Kaufman.
The couple otherwise keep the relationship private. Engagement claims on gossip sites in September 2025 have not been confirmed by Briney, Machado or any reputable outlet, so they are not reported here as fact. Briney and on-screen partner Lola Tung are not a couple in real life — they are co-stars and friends.
What Is Christopher Briney’s Net Worth?
There is no verified net-worth figure for Christopher Briney, and this article does not publish one as fact. Aggregator sites publish estimates ranging from about $1 million to about $2.5 million, with no disclosed salary, contract or financial source behind any of them. The honest answer as of October 2026 is that only unverified aggregator estimates exist, and they disagree with each other.
Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Christopher Briney?
Christopher Briney is 28 years old as of October 2026. He was born on 24 March 1998 in Danbury, Connecticut, so he turned 28 on 24 March 2026.
What is Christopher Briney best known for?
He is best known as Conrad Fisher in Prime Video’s The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022–2025), opposite Lola Tung as Belly and Gavin Casalegno as Jeremiah. He is also widely recognised as Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls (2024).
Is the Summer I Turned Pretty movie confirmed and when is it out?
Yes, the movie is confirmed. Prime Video greenlit it on 17 September 2025, with Jenny Han writing and directing and Briney returning as Conrad. It was filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina from late April 2026 and, as of October 2026, it is in post-production with no release date officially announced by Prime Video.
Who is Christopher Briney’s girlfriend?
His girlfriend is Isabel Machado, an actor and singer he met at Pace University. People, Capital and The Knot report they have been together since 2021. Engagement claims from gossip sites in September 2025 remain unconfirmed by any reputable source.
What movies and shows has Christopher Briney been in since The Summer I Turned Pretty ended?
Since the final season in 2025, he has made his off-Broadway debut in Dilaria (2025), guest-starred as Nico Hayes in Hacks season 5 (2026), played Pascal in The Julia Set, which premiered at TIFF on 11 September 2026, filmed the Summer I Turned Pretty movie as Conrad, and led the upcoming Christmas comedy Clashing Through the Snow as Ryan.
How tall is Christopher Briney?
Capital and IMDb list Christopher Briney at around 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 metres). No official studio or university biography publishes a height, so that figure is reported here with its sources rather than as a confirmed measurement.
Last updated: October 2026. Facts are date-stamped as of October 2026 and attributed in the text to Prime Video, Deadline, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, People and Capital.
