A lanky blond comic and actor, Christopher Titus parlayed his sardonic attitude and deeply personal stories into the acclaimed one-man play "Norman Rockwell Is Bleeding" (1998) and the critically-praised, bracing sitcom "Titus" (Fox, 2000- ). By mining stories based on his dysfunctional family (including an alcoholic father and mentally unstable mother), he was able to prove that comedy could be found in the most unusual of circumstances.Born and raised in California, Titus had what may appear to an outsider as a Dickensian childhood. While still a toddler, he was the subject of a custody
