He then appeared in a movie that went straight to DVD. He attended New York University and studied acting, but dropped out after a year because he did not like college. Careerĭ'Elia started acting in high school and had some guest roles on Chicago Hope. When D'Elia was 12, the family relocated to Los Angeles and he attended La Cañada High School in the late 1990s. His younger brother is filmmaker/actor Matt D'Elia. His father is a second-generation Italian-American, and his mother is of Polish and Italian descent. His parents are television producer and director Bill D'Elia, and interior decorator Ellie D'Elia (née Dombroski). Christopher William D'Elia was born on March 29, 1980, in Montclair, New Jersey.