Chad Allen

Chad Allen (born 5 June 1974) is a retired American actor and producer.

In 2010, he played serial killer Lance Robinson in Showtime's DEXTER.

Appearances
Season Five


 * "Everything Is Illumenated"

Career
Film

His film credits include roles in Fright Flick (2011); Spork (2010); Hollywood, je t'aime (2009); Ice Blues (2008); On the Other Hand, Death (2008); Battle for Terra (2007, voice); Save Me (2007); Shock to the System (2006); End of the Spear (2005); The Pool 2 (2005); Downtown: A Street Tale (2004); Paris (2003); What Matters Most (2001); Do You Wanna Know a Secret? (2001); We Married Margo (2000); and TerrorVision (1986).

TV Movies

His TV movies include Third Man Out (2005); A Mother's Testimony (2001); Praying Mantis (1993); Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story (1991); Camp Cucamonga (1990); Happy New Year, Charlie Brown (1986, as Chad Allan); Code of Vengeance (1985); The Bad Seed (1985); and Not My Kid (1985).

Shorts

His shorts include The Cleansing (2008); Rusty Dogs (2006); Getting Out (2002); Sexy (2002, voice); and The Real Chad Allen (1989).

Television

His TV credits include roles in General Hospital: Night Shift; CSI: Miami; Criminal Minds; Charmed; Cold Case; NYPD Blue; Total Recall 2070; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Love Boat: The Next Wave; In the Heat of the Night; ABC Weekend Specials; DEA; The Wonder Years; Star Trek: The Next Generation; My Two Dads; Straight Up; Hunter; Punky Brewster; St. Elsewhere; Our House; Highway to Heaven; Tales from the Darkside; Pound Puppies (voice); Webster; The Magical World of Disney; The New Leave It to Beaver; Code of Vengeance; A Death in California (mini-series); Hotel; Matt Houston; Airwolf; and Simon & Simon.

Personal Life
Chad was born in Cerritos, California, as Chad Allen Lazzari. He has a twin sister, Charity. Beginning his career at the age of seven, he is a three-time Young Artist Award winner and GLAAD Media Award honoree. In April 2015, Chad announced his retirement from acting, planning to become a clinical psychologist. In June 2015, he graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

Trivia

 * He was a teen idol during the late 1980s as David Witherspoon in the NBC family drama Our House and as Zach Nichols in the NBC sitcom My Two Dads

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. He has since become an activist for the LGBT community.