Chamberlin was born in Baltimore, Maryland,[2] and was raised in Moorestown, New Jersey. In elementary school, he starred as Huck Finn in the school's production of Tom Sawyer. After he graduated high school, Chamberlin studied acting at Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of Arts in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and graduated with a B.F.A. in acting in 1985.[3] Chamberlin has since acted on Broadway, having been nominated for three Tony Awards,[4] and has an extensive list of film[5] and television. According to Playbill, "Chamberlin moves back and forth in theatre, TV and movies, but 'I kind of get sick of each medium after a while, if I have a bad experience' ". Chamberlin is openly gay.[6]
