Maris Valainis (Latvian: Māris Valainis) (born on February 18, 1963) is an American construction consultant and a former actor, best known for his role in the 1986 film Hoosiers. He portrayed Jimmy Chitwood, a basketball player who makes a last-second shot to win the 1952 Indiana state high school championship.

2022年8月16日 · Maris Valainis was one of the stars of the sports classic "Hoosiers" as championship-winning player Jimmy Chitwood, but before that, he had never acted. The Indy Star says he was scouted by the film's casting director, Ken Carlson, while playing pickup basketball at a church in Indianapolis.

Maris Valainis was born on 18 February 1963 in Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for Hoosiers (1986), Casualties of War (1989) and Private Eye (1987). He has been married to Gracie Sahm since 6 July 2013.

2010年4月4日 · “I tried out three years in a row,” Maris Valainis says, “and I got cut three years in a row.” But as Jimmy Chitwood in the venerated 1986 film “Hoosiers,” Valainis calmly sinks the...

2021年3月1日 · You might not know the name Maris Valainis anymore, but you know him from his sole major movie role -- Jimmy Chitwood in "Hoosiers," which will turn 35 years old later this year.

2023年1月30日 · With a quiet reserved touch, Maris Valainis brought the perfect soul to the hole, as the reluctant and shy Chitwood (he has only four lines of dialogue in the entire...

Maris Valainis was born on 18 February 1963 in Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for Hoosiers (1986), Casualties of War (1989) and Private Eye (1987). He has been married to Gracie Sahm since 6 July 2013.

2021年4月27日 · The team initially consisted of only seven players (in a school that had a total of 56 boys), and their best player Jimmy Chitwood (Maris Valainis) had decided not to play this season to focus more on his academics, hoping for a possible college career.