Sir Christopher John Bryant (born 11 January 1962) is a British politician and former Anglican priest who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rhondda and Ogmore, and previously Rhondda, since 2001. A member of the Labour Party, he was the Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms and Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism from 2024 to 2025.

Born in Cardiff, Bryant was privately educated at Cheltenham College before studying English at Mansfield College, Oxford. After graduating with a further degree in theology, he worked as a Church of England priest, as well as having roles at the BBC and Common Purpose. He was elected for Rhondda at the 2001 general election.

He previously served in government as Deputy Leader of the House of Commons from 2008 to 2009 and Under-Secretary of State for Europe and Asia from 2009 to 2010. Bryant served in the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Culture Secretary in 2015 and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons from 2015 to 2016, before resigning in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

Chris Bryant was born on 11 January 1962 in Cardiff, to a Scottish mother and a Welsh father. Bryant grew up in Cardiff (where his father worked for five years), Spain for five years in the 1960s (leading to him speaking fluent Spanish), and Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He was educated at Cheltenham College, an independent school for boys.

He studied English at Mansfield College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1986. Although initially a member of the Conservative Party, and an elected office-holder in the Oxford University Conservative Association, he joined the Labour Party in 1986.

From 1983 to 1986, after completing his first degree, Bryant trained for ordained ministry at Ripon College Cuddesdon in Oxfordshire. During this time, he also studied theology at Oxford. He was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1986 by Richard Harries, and as a priest in 1987. The first service he led following this ordination was the funeral of Michael Croft, the founder of the National Youth Theatre; he had also once sexually abused Bryant. He served his curacy at the Church of All Saints, High Wycombe from 1986 to 1989. He was then a youth chaplain in Peterborough, as well as travelling in Latin America. In 1991, Bryant left the ordained ministry, after deciding that being gay was incompatible with being a priest. Statements made by Bishop of Oxford Richard Harries also influenced his decision.

After leaving the priesthood in 1991, Bryant made a career move and began work as the election agent to the Holborn and St Pancras Constituency Labour Party, where he helped Frank Dobson hold his seat in the 1992 general election. From 1993, he was Local Government Officer for the Labour Party; he lived in Hackney and was elected to Hackney Borough Council in 1993, representing Leabridge ward and serving until 1998. He became Chairman of the Christian Socialist Movement. From 1994 to 1996, he was London manager of the charity Common Purpose.

In 1996, Bryant became a full-time author, writing biographies of Stafford Cripps and Glenda Jackson.