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Patrick Christopher-Carter was born in London, Ontario, on 30 June 1945. He studied at the Ontario College of Art, the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, and he completed a one-year program at the Loeb Drama Center in Boston. Christopher's early career concentrated on acting and included performances at the Grand Theatre in London, the Stratford Festival, the Shaw Festival, the Manitoba Theatre Centre, and with The Grand Theatre Company.
Eventually, Christopher began to focus on directing and teaching. He worked as an acting instructor for the Ryerson Theatre in Toronto and then for Theatre Ontario's Summer School in Kingston. He came to Dalhousie in 1988 as an associate professor where he directed approximately twenty productions, including Cloud Nine, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Working, Tonight We Improvise, The Art of Success, and Red Noses. He also taught acting and directing courses. In 1994 he founded Shakespeare by the Sea, the only outdoor theatre group in the province, with spouse Elizabeth Murphy.
Christopher retired from Dalhousie in 2005. To celebrate this milestone and his sixtieth birthday, Christopher and Murphy were married on 1 July 2005, after twenty-nine years together. He died shortly thereafter on 17 July 2005. Christopher had one daughter, Zoe.