Christopher Shyer. Actor: The Core - Der innere Kern. Christopher Shyer was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, to Shirley Hannah Marie, a cosmetician and Dennis Lemoine Johnston, a mechanic. The youngest of 6 children, and a nomad since he was 9, Shyer made his Canadian television debut in "Riverdale" (1997), CBC's answer to the long running Soap Opera, "Coronation Street" and in the following year he starred in the...