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| Birth name | Chad Allen Lazzari |
| Born | June 5 1974 Cerritos, California, U.S. |
Chad Allen Lazzari (born June 5, 1974 in Cerritos, California, U.S.) is an American actor. Performing since he was a child, Allen is perhaps best known for appearing on the television series Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman. He has a twin sister named Charity. In 1996 at age 21, Allen was outed as gay in US tabloids after a man he was seeing sold photos of the couple kissing in a swimming pool at a party. [1] He has since become an activist for the LGBT community in addition to his continuing acting and producing career. Allen has been featured in The Advocate magazine multiple times and has appeared on its cover. Allen portrayed lead character Donald Strachey, a gay private detective in a monogamous relationship, in the 2005 here! television movie Third Man Out and its 2006 sequel, Shock to the System. Both films are adaptations of novels by author Richard Stevenson. Allen noted that it was the first gay character he had ever played outside of theater, and that though his career was "different" since coming out, he finds it "more interesting and fun for me than it has ever been." [2] Controversy surrounded Allen's casting as real-life Christian missionary Nate Saint in the 2006 docudrama film End of the Spear, as some conservative Christians lashed out at producers for putting an openly-gay man in the role. [3]
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Filmography
Films
- Not My Kid (1985) (TV) - Bobby
- The Bad Seed (1985) (TV) - Mark Daigler
- A Death in California (1985) (TV) - Glenn
- Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! (1986) (TV) (voice) - Charlie Brown
- (1986) (TV) - Coop
- TerrorVision (1986) - Sherman Putterman
- Camp Cucamonga (1990) (TV) - Frankie Calloway
- (1991) (TV) - William Flynn
- Praying Mantis (1993) (TV) - Bobby McAndrews
- We Married Margo (2000) - Margo's Brother Oliver
- What Matters Most (2001) - Lucas Warner
- A Mother's Testimony (2001) (TV) - Kenny Carlson
- Do You Wanna Know a Secret? (2001) - Brad Adams/Bradley Clayton
- Sexy (2002) - Voice 1
- Getting Out (2002) - Steve
- Paris (2003) - Jason Bartok
- Downtown: A Street Tale (2004) - Hunter
- Third Man Out (2005) - Donald Strachey
- End of the Spear (2005) - Nate Saint/Steve Saint
- Shock to the System (2006) - Donald Strachey
- The Pool 2 (2006) - Mark Casati
- Save Me (2007) - Mark
Television
- Simon & Simon (1981) - Boy
- St. Elsewhere (1983; 1985) - Tommy Westphall
- Webster (1983) - Joiner
- Airwolf (1984) - Ho Minh Truong
- Matt Houston (1985) - Patrick
- Hotel (1985) - Bobby Cowley
- Dalton's Code of Vengeance (1985; 1986) - A.J. Flowers
- Punky Brewster (1985; 1988) - Brian, Conrad
- Our House (1986) - David Witherspoon
- Tales from the Darkside (1987) - Sandy
- Highway to Heaven (1988) - Ricky Diller
- Hunter (1988) - Danny Sanderson
- My Two Dads (1989-1990) - Zach Nichols
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990) - Jono
- The Wonder Years (1991) - Brad Patterson
- ABC Weekend Special (1992) - Sean
- In the Heat of the Night (1993) - Matt Skinner
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993-1997) - Matthew Cooper
- The Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998) - Pete Dougherty
- Total Recall 2070 (1999) - Eddie Miller
- NYPD Blue (1999; 2004) - Kyle Tanner, Tommy Ibarra
- Cold Case (2005) - Monty Fineman 1985
- Charmed (2005) - Emrick
- Criminal Minds (2006) - Jackson Cally
