Tyler James Williams as Chris, (born April 4, 1971) the protagonist and the ambitious, innocent, normal, but hapless, scapegoat, unlucky, bad in sports, vulnerable eldest child. He wishes he were cool, handsome, talented, popular, or anything positive. Regardless of whether Chris possesses any of these traits, he's certainly never treated as if he does. As a few examples, Chris is bullied at school, tortured by his sister, shown up by his brother, victimized by the racist teaching staff, gets his money stolen by neighborhood thugs, underpaid at work, receives tough love from his mother and distressing treatment from his father. Next to all this, Chris is always the butt of the last jokes on each show. People just seem to hate him for inexplicible reasons. Chris really wants to have a successful life.