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词条 Chad Allen (actor)
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Early career

  3. Outing and activism

  4. Further career

  5. Personal life

  6. Filmography

  7. References

  8. Further reading

  9. External links

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}}Chad Allen (born June 5, 1974) is a retired American actor. Beginning his career at the age of seven, Allen is a three-time Young Artist Award winner and GLAAD Media Award honoree. He was a teen idol during the late 1980s as David Witherspoon on the NBC family drama Our House and as Zach Nichols on the NBC sitcom My Two Dads[1][2] before transitioning to an adult career as Matthew Cooper on the CBS western drama Medicine Woman.[3] He announced his retirement from acting in April 2015.[4]

Early life

Allen was born Chad Allen Lazzari on June 5, 1974,[3] in Cerritos, California, and grew up in Artesia. He has a twin sister named Charity and a brother named Steve Lazzari who works for Union Pacific Railroad. Allen is of predominantly Italian origin, with a "dose" of German origin.[4] He was raised within a "strict" Roman Catholic household and regards himself as being a "deeply spiritual person" because of his upbringing.[4][5] Allen attended St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California.

Early career

Allen guest-starred on several prime time series including an early episode of Airwolf for which he was nominated as 'Best Young Actor: Guest in a Series' at the 6th Youth in Film Awards and St. Elsewhere, in which he played autistic child Tommy Westphall[6] (1983–88). The series final episode, "The Last One", ends with the indication that all of its storylines occurred in Tommy's imagination.[7] In 1983, he appeared on Cutter to Houston, playing "a kid who got hurt and had to be given mouth-to-mouth and carried to the waiting chopper by Dr. Hal Wexler (Alec Baldwin)". "I thought it was the greatest job I had ever gotten," he later stated.[8] Allen's first regular role was as David Witherspoon on Our House (1986–88). In 1989-90, he had a recurring role as Zach in My Two Dads. Allen's next contract role was Matthew Cooper in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman alongside Jane Seymour (1993–98).

Outing and activism

In 1996, at age 21, Allen was outed as gay when the U.S. tabloid The Globe published photos of him kissing another man in a hot tub at a party.[4][13] The photos were sold by someone who claimed to be a friend of the couple.[9] Allen has since become an activist for the LGBT community in addition to his continuing acting and producing career.[10] On January 17, 2006, Allen appeared on CNN's Larry King Live with San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom to represent his viewpoint in a debate over same-sex marriage. Allen thanked Newsom for his attempts to legalize same-sex marriage in the city.[11] Allen has been featured in The Advocate magazine multiple times[10][4][5][20] and has appeared on three of its covers.[4][12][13]

Further career

Starting with Third Man Out (2005), Allen stars as Donald Strachey, a gay private detective in a monogamous relationship, in a series of television movies for the here! network based on novels by Richard Stevenson. The sequel, Shock to the System (2006), was followed by On the Other Hand, Death (2008) and Ice Blues (2008). Allen noted that Strachey is the first gay character he had ever played outside of theater and that, though his career is "different" since coming out, he finds it "more interesting and fun for me than it has ever been."[14]

When Allen was cast as real-life Christian missionary Nate Saint in the docudrama End of the Spear (2006) some conservative Christians lashed out at producers for casting an openly gay man in the role.[5][15]

In 2007, Allen starred in the film Save Me.[16] Developed and produced by Allen, the film was directed by Robert Cary and written by Robert Desiderio.[10] Save Me, a film exploring the ex-gay movement, premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and was later picked up for distribution by independent studio Fine Line Features.

From June through August 2008, Allen appeared with Valerie Harper in Looped, a play based on the life of Tallulah Bankhead, at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California.

Starting September 23, 2008, Allen portrayed the love interest of Dr. Kyle Julian for five episodes of the prime time SOAPnet serial Night Shift, a spin-off of the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital.[17][18][19]

Personal life

In November 2006, The Los Angeles Daily News wrote in passing that Allen's partner, Jeremy Glazer, was also in the film Save Me.[20] In a September 2008 interview with Out.com, Allen stated that he was currently in a three-year relationship and had been sober for eight years.[17] In October 2008, AfterElton.com stated his boyfriend to be Glazer.[21] In May 2009, Allen was the recipient of a GLAAD Media Award: the Davidson/Valentini Award. In his acceptance speech he said he had met Glazer, his partner, exactly four years earlier.[22] They broke up in 2015.

In April 2015, Allen announced in a video his retirement from acting, saying that he plans to become a clinical psychologist. "It's been an exciting journey...working on the shows that I got to work on over the years. I am incredibly grateful today, I have been and always will be," adding "My life has taken me on a very different trajectory and after 30-plus years as an actor, I made a decision a couple of years ago to begin letting that side of my life go and I've been focusing on my education."[23]

Allen graduated from University of California, Los Angeles in June 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.[24]

Filmography

Year Title RoleNotes
1981 Simon & Simon Boy Episode: "A Recipe for Disaster"
1983–1988 St. Elsewhere Tommy Westphall 11 episodes
1984 Airwolf Ho Minh Truong Episode: "Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n"
1984 The New Leave It to Beaver Doug Williams 2 episodes
1985 Matt Houston Patrick Episode: "The Nightmare Man"
1985 Not My Kid Bobby Television movie
1985 The Bad Seed Mark Daigler Television movie
1985 Hotel Bobby Cowley Episode: "Sleeping Dogs"
1985 A Death in California Glenn 2 episodes
1985 Code of Vengeance A.J. Flowers Episode: "Code of Vengeance"
1985 Punky Brewster Conrad
Brian
2 episodes
1985–1986 Webster Rob Whitaker 4 episodes
1986 Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown (Voice) Television special
1986 Kids Coop
1986 TerrorVision Sherman Putterman
1986–1988 Our House David Witherspoon 46 episodes
1987 Tales from the Darkside Sandy Episode: "The Milkman Cometh"
1988 Straight Up Ben Unknown episodes
1988 Highway to Heaven Ricky Diller Episode: "The Whole Nine Yards"
1988 Hunter Danny Sanderson Episode: "Heir of Neglect"
1989–1990 My Two Dads Zach Nichols 21 episodes
1990 Camp Cucamonga Frankie Calloway Television movie
1990 The Next Generation Jono/Jeremiah Rossa Episode: "Suddenly Human"
1991 The Wonder Years Brad Patterson Episode: "The Yearbook"
1991 DEA Michael Stadler 2 episodes
1991 The Pamela Wojas Smart Story William Flynn Television movie
1992 ABC Weekend Special Sean Episode: "Choose Your Own Adventure: The Case of the Silk King"
1993 Praying Mantis Bobby McAndrews
1993 In the Heat of the Night Matt Skinner Episode: "Every Man's Family"
1993–1998 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Matthew Cooper 147 episodes
1998 The Next Wave Pete Dougherty Episode: "How Long Has This Been Going On?"
1999 Total Recall 2070 Eddie Miller Episode: "First Wave"
1999, 2004 NYPD Blue Tommy Ibarra
Kyle Tanner
2 episodes
2001 What Matters Most Lucas Warner
2001 A Mother's Testimony Kenny Carlson
2001 Do You Wanna Know a Secret? Brad Adams/Bradley Clayton
2002 Sexy Voice 1
2002 Getting Out Steve
2003 Paris Jason Bartok
2004 A Street Tale Hunter
2005 Cold Case Monty Fineman 1985 Episode: "Kensington"
2005 Third Man Out Donald Strachey
2005 Charmed Emrick Episode: "Hulkus Pocus"
2005 End of the Spear Nate Saint/Steve Saint
2006 The Pool 2 Mark Casati
2006 Criminal Minds Jackson Cally Episode: "The Tribe"
2006 Shock to the System Donald Strachey
2007 Save Me Mark
2007 Terra Terrian Scientist Voice
2008 On the Other Hand, Death Donald Strachey
2008 Ice Blues Donald Strachey
2008 Miami Barry/Stan Carlyle Episode: "Bombshell"
2008 Night Shift Eric Whitlow 5 episodes
2009 Hollywood, je t'aime Ross
2009 Fright Flick Brock
2010 Spork Loogie
2010 Dexter Lance RobinsonIllumenated}}"
2010 For Better or for Worse
2012 Hollywood to Dollywood Himself

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/the_greatest/episode.jhtml?episodeID=97834|title=VH1's '100 Greatest Teen Stars'|accessdate=June 25, 2011|work=VH1.com}}
2. ^{{cite web |title=Gay Teen Idols |work=AfterElton.com |url=http://www.afterelton.com/archive/elton/people/2006/7/gayidols.html |accessdate=June 25, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610223517/http://www.afterelton.com/archive/elton/people/2006/7/gayidols.html |archivedate=June 10, 2010 |df= }}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Prono|first=Luca|title=Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Popular Culture|location=Westport, Conn.|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=2008|isbn=9780313335990|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3FYzMPH2OwC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|page=11}}
4. ^The Advocate, October 09, 2001, Issue #848 - 2001, "CHAD ALLEN: his own story ". Interviewed by Bruce Vilanch, ("Basically, I had been raised on the set and at the church - strict Catholic upbringing there. We're Italian, with a dose of German blood, ..."), Retrieved on August 08, 2010.
5. ^The Advocate, March 14, 2006, Issue #958 - 2006, "Chad Allen's not sorry". Interviewed by Beth Schwartzapfel, ("I'm deeply spiritual person. I grew up a Catholic boy."), Retrieved on August 08, 2010.
6. ^{{cite magazine| title=Pride and Prejudice |magazine=Soap Opera Digest |last=Stacy |first=Tom |pages=50–52 |date=October 25, 2008 |publisher=Vol. 33, No. 44}}
7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.tvacres.com/signoffs_finales_elsewhere.htm |title=Classic Series Finales: St. Elsewhere |accessdate=2008-10-22 |publisher=TVAcres.com |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120913144744/http://www.tvacres.com/signoffs_finales_elsewhere.htm |archivedate=2012-09-13 |df= }}
8. ^When I Knew (2005), {{ISBN|0-06-057146-2}} - page 112
9. ^Chawla, Sarika. "True Detective." IN Los Angeles Magazine. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703094322/http://www.inlamag.com/816/features/816_chad.html |date=July 3, 2008 }} Retrieved April 20, 2008.
10. ^Vary, Adam B.[https://archive.is/20070811170244/http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid20033.asp "His grown-up Christmas list." The Advocate] Issue 903. November 25, 2003.
11. ^"Debate Over Gay Marriage," Larry King Live transcript. CNN.com January 17, 2006
12. ^The Advocate Issue 945 cover{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} August 30, 2005
13. ^The Advocate Issue 903 cover {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514182341/http://www.advocate.com/toc_ektid945.asp |date=May 14, 2008 }} November 25, 2003.
14. ^Vary, Adam B. "Chad's on the case." The Advocate. Issue 945, August 30, 2005.
15. ^Moring, Mark. "Christian Studio Explains Hiring of Gay Actor." ChristianToday.com January 26, 2006.
16. ^Save Me (2007) official site {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910215823/http://savememovie.com/Home.html |date=2008-09-10 }} Retrieved September 30, 2008.
17. ^Branco, Nelson. "Allen's Anatomy." Out.com Retrieved September 29, 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5o0LDDA19?url=http://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/2008_looped.htm |date=March 5, 2010 }}
18. ^Coleridge, Daniel R. "Night Shift: Meet Kyle's New BF!" SOAPnet.com {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016053026/http://soapnet.go.com/soapnet/article/path-articleNum_11284/category_shows |date=2008-10-16 }} August 20, 2008.
19. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/soaps/Romance-Prescribed-GH-10081.aspx |title=Romance Prescribed for GH: Night Shift 's Gay Kyle |accessdate=2008-10-17 |last=Mitovich |first=Matt |authorlink= |date=August 20, 2008 |work=TV Guide |publisher=TVGuide.com |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703181222/http://www.tvguide.com/soaps/Romance-Prescribed-GH-10081.aspx |archivedate=July 3, 2009 |df= }}
20. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.insidesocal.com/outinhollywood/2006/11/save_me_film_by_chad_allen_rob.html |title=Save Me by Chad Allen, Robert Gant and Judith Light makes Sundance |last=Hernandez |first=Greg |work=Out in Hollywood |publisher=The Los Angeles Daily News |date=November 27, 2006 |accessdate=October 6, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314222137/http://www.insidesocal.com/outinhollywood/2006/11/save_me_film_by_chad_allen_rob.html |archivedate=March 14, 2012 |df= }}
21. ^{{cite web|last=Hartinger |first=Brent |title=Gay Celebrity Boyfriends! |url=http://www.afterelton.com/people/2008/10/gaycelebrityboyfriends?page=0%2C2 |publisher=AfterElton.com |date = October 19, 2008 |accessdate=November 29, 2008 }}
22. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=26131 |title=On the Carpet at the GLAAD Media Awards – On Scene with Bill Wilson |last=Wilson |first=Bill |date=May 10, 2009 |work=San Francisco Sentinel |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012041030/http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=26131 |archivedate=October 12, 2013 |df= }}
23. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiPO7_93fvE|title=Chad Allen's Farewell Video|last=Lazzari|first=Chad|work=Youtube|date=April 4, 2015 |accessdate=February 20, 2018}}
24. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-lazzari-55096731/|title=Chad Allen|last=Lazzari|first=Chad|work=LinkedIn|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}

Further reading

  • Dye, David. Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers, 1914-1985. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988, p. 5.

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