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Chad Willett

Canadian actor and producer (born 1971)


Canadian actor and producer (born 1971)

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nameChad Willett
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birth_placeBritish Columbia, Canada
years_active1993—2022
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awardsLeo Award (2010)

Chad Willett (born October 10, 1971, in British Columbia), is a Canadian actor and producer who has worked for over 30 years as a professional in film, television and theatre. His selected films include Alive, directed by Frank Marshall and produced by Kathleen Kennedy. Hector and the Search for Happiness, starring Simon Pegg, Monster Trucks directed by Chris Wedge, Broken Diamonds alongside Ben Platt and Lola Kirke and Steal This Movie with Vincent D'Onofrio

Willett produced and starred in the film Becoming Redwood in 2011. In 2010, Willett received a Leo Award for his portrayal of the small town redneck antagonist in the film Cole, directed by Carl Bessai. His last credit was a performance in the 2021 TV movie A Dickens of a Holiday!.

Career

In the CBS miniseries, Joan of Arc, Willett starred alongside Leelee Sobieski, Peter O’Toole, and Shirley MacLaine. In the CBS event movie, The Locket, he worked with Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave, as a young man caring for an aging lady in a nursing home.

Other notable television credits include series regular roles on The Chronicle, Jack & Jill, Charmed, Madison, The Cape, and guest appearances on House M.D., Bones, NCIS, Human Target, The Secret Circle, Supernatural.

Willett's theatre credits include the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Proof, at the Cleveland Play House and As Bees in Honey Drown, at the Pasadena Playhouse, the California state theatre.

Filmography

  • Alive (1993)
  • Madison (TV series) (1993—95)
  • The X-Files (1994)
  • The Outer Limits (1996)
  • The Cape (1996 TV series) (1996—1997)
  • Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998)
  • Dead Man's Gun (1998)
  • Joan of Arc (1999, miniseries)
    • The Long Kill* (1999)
  • Jack & Jill (1999—2000)
  • Columbo (2000)
  • Charmed (2001)
  • The Chronicle (2001—2002)
  • The Locket (2002, TV movie)
  • 12 Days of Christmas Eve (2004, TV movie)
  • NCIS (TV series) (2005)
  • Carolina Moon (2007)
  • House (2007)
  • Supernatural (2009)
  • Bones (2009)
  • Cole (2009)
  • Human Target (2010)
  • For Christ's Sake (2010)
  • Becoming Redwood (2012)
  • The Secret Circle (2012)
  • Haven (2012)
  • When Calls the Heart (2014)
  • Motive (2014)
  • Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)
  • Monster Trucks (2017)
  • Beyond (2017-2018)
  • Colony (2018)
  • The Good Doctor (2018)
  • Broken Diamonds (2021)
  • Big Sky (2021)
  • A Dickens of a Holiday! (2021, TV movie)

References

References

  1. (May 2, 2013). "Big Picture: Victoria-raised Chad Willett plays hippie dad in offbeat memoir".
  2. (May 6, 2015). "Paramount Animation's 'Monster Trucks' Pushed to 2016".
  3. (March 2013). "Britannica Book of the Year 2013". Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc..
  4. (June 6, 2010). "On the Town June 07". [[24 Hours (newspaper).
  5. (June 6, 2010). "Leo Awards honour B.C.'s top film and TV talent".
  6. (May 12, 2017). "Big Picture: Teenage ambition pays off for Reynolds grad".
  7. (February 19, 2003). "Connecticut Sees Plethora of Personnel Changes... New Laurents One-Act at New Jersey's George St.... St. Louis Black Rep Kicks Off 'Blue Season'...".
  8. (August 25, 2003). "As Bees in Honey Drown".
  9. (January 15, 2003). "It All Adds Up".
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