Biography
name: Chad Allen Lazzari
born: June 5, 1974 in Orange County, CA
lives in: Los Angeles, CA
trivia: honored by LA's mayor for his work with the American Cancer Society
projects:
- "St. Elsewhere" (1982) (TV series) Tommy Westphall
- "Not My Kid" (1985) (TV) Bobby
- "Code of Vengence" (1985) (TV)
- "The Bad Seed" (1985) (TV) Mark Daigler
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TerrorVision (1986)
- "Help Wanted: Kids" (1986) (TV) Coop (1990) voice
- "Our House" (1986-89) (TV series) David Witherspoon
- "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) (TV guest appearance) Jono
- "Wonder Years" (1988) (TV guest appearance) yearbook writer
- "My Two Dads" (1989-90) (TV series) Zach Nichols
- "How I Spent My Summer" (1990) (TV)
- "Camp Cucamonga" (1990) (TV) Frankie
- "Murder in New Hampshire" (1991) (TV) William Flynn
- "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" (1992 - 1998) (TV series) Matthew Cooper
- "Praying Mantis" (1993) (TV) Bobby McAndrews
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North (1996) Texas Dancers
- "Temporary Help" (play) (1999) lead
comments: Chad Allen has grown up before our eyes, having been raised in three very successful TV series. And he's made the successful transition from kid star to young leading man very smoothly. Chad's first big series was the late 80's "Our House" where he played the eternally cute little blonde brother in the family. His next big series was "My Two Dads". He's currently starring in the Saturday night hit series "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" opposite Jayne Seymour. And he's grown into a real hunk since we last saw him. Chad keeps busy with charity work and is currently involved with a Youth Theater project in LA called the Creative Outlet Theater Company with "Young and Restless" star Heather Tom. They were both featured in the group's latest adaptation of Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues". In addition to acting with the group, Chad produces for them also, which has turned into a bit of a challenge for Chad. Says Chad: "It's very different. Especially trying to separate your heads. It's not so easy bouncing back and forth between talking about money and advertising, and then going and talking about character breakdown. It was very strange a lot of times and sometimes very annoying because at times I was like 'aahh, I just want to act.'"
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Updates:
- Chad is currently in the play "The Sons of Lincoln" running at the The Lillian Theater in LA. It runs through May 2000. The play is about a soft-spoken modern day racist named Lincoln, who hopes to repatriate all African Americans to Africa. Chad stars alongside Jonathan Avildsen, Lawrence Monsoon and Tony Colitti.
- Chad was recently seen on stage in "Temporary Help", a play where he plays the title character, a Nebraska farm hand whose duties involve sex, violence, addiction and abuse. It opened Aug 19, 1999 at Seattle's ACT. More Chad!
Links!
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The Unofficial Chad Allen site
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Bio and rare pics
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Reviews and pics of Chad's latest plays
