Chris Downey is a former journalist, "recovering" lawyer, and a television writer and producer. He is a former criminal defense attorney in New York and a reporter covering crime and government for a newspaper on the Gulf Coast of Florida. In television, Downey began his career in half-hour comedies, including Lateline, What About Joan and six seasons on The King of Queens. Downey transitioned into one hour drama when he co-created the caper series Leverage for TNT. Downey has been an Executive or Co-Executive Producer on TNT's King & Maxwell, USA's Suits, the Suits spinoff Pearson, Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G, ABC's Station 19, Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer, Peacock's Poker Face, and Amazon Prime's Bosch: Legacy. Downey has also branched in to science fiction writing for Fox's Almost Human and SyFy's Incorporated.
- Occupation
- screenwriter, film producer, television producer
- Citizenship
- United States
