Chad Willett
{{short description|Canadian actor and producer (born 1971)}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Chad Willett
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|10|10}}
|birth_place = British Columbia, Canada
|years_active = 1993—2022
|website = {{Website defunct|chad-willett.com}}
|occupation = {{hlist|Actor|producer}}
|awards = Leo 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,{{cite web |last1=Reid |first1=Michael |title=Big Picture: Victoria-raised Chad Willett plays hippie dad in offbeat memoir |url=https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/movies/big-picture-victoria-raised-chad-willett-plays-hippie-dad-in-offbeat-memoir-1.144881 |website=Times Colonist |date=May 2, 2013 |accessdate=June 29, 2020}} Monster Trucks directed by Chris Wedge,{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Brandon |title=Paramount Animation's 'Monster Trucks' Pushed to 2016 |url=https://www.rotoscopers.com/2015/05/06/paramount-animations-monster-trucks-pushed-to-2016/ |website=Rotoscopers |date=May 6, 2015 |accessdate=June 29, 2020}} 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. The film won the 2012 Vancouver International Film Festival Most Popular Canadian Film Award.{{cite book |title=Britannica Book of the Year 2013 |date=March 2013 |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. |isbn=978-1625131034 |pages=313 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jXadAAAAQBAJ&q=%22becoming+redwood%22+%222012+vancouver%22&pg=PA313}} In 2010, Willett received a Leo Award for his portrayal of the small town redneck antagonist in the film Cole, directed by Carl Bessai.{{cite news|title=On the Town June 07 |newspaper=24 Hours|url=http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Entertainment/gallery/2010/06/06/14285386.php?img=5|date=June 6, 2010|accessdate=August 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330232912/http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Entertainment/gallery/2010/06/06/14285386.php?img=5|archive-date=March 30, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last1=Ludwig |first1=Robyn |title=Leo Awards honour B.C.'s top film and TV talent |website=Vancouver Observer |date=June 6, 2010 |url=https://www.vancouverobserver.com/culture/film/2010/06/06/leo-awards-honour-bc%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%84%A2s-top-film-and-tv-talent |accessdate=June 29, 2020}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Reid |first1=Michael |title=Big Picture: Teenage ambition pays off for Reynolds grad |url=https://www.timescolonist.com/big-picture-teenage-ambition-pays-off-for-reynolds-grad-1.19506369 |website=Times Colonist |date=May 12, 2017 |accessdate=June 29, 2020}}
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.{{cite web |title=Supernatural - Season 4, Episode 13: After School Special |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/supernatural/after-school-special-1238879/ |website=TV.com |accessdate=June 29, 2020}}
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.{{cite web |last1=Staff |first1=Backstage |title=Connecticut Sees Plethora of Personnel Changes... New Laurents One-Act at New Jersey's George St.... St. Louis Black Rep Kicks Off 'Blue Season'... |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/connecticut-sees-plethora-personnel-changes-new-laurents-one-act-21905/ |website=Backstage |date=February 19, 2003|accessdate=June 29, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Hisrchhorn |first1=Joel |title=As Bees in Honey Drown |url=https://variety.com/2003/legit/reviews/as-bees-in-honey-drown-2-1200539803/ |website=Variety |date=August 25, 2003 |accessdate=June 29, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Howey |first1=Christine |title=It All Adds Up |url=https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/it-all-adds-up/Content?oid=1481402 |website=Cleveland Scene |date=January 15, 2003 |accessdate=June 29, 2020}}
Filmography
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- Alive (1993)
- Madison (TV series) (1993—95)
- The X-Files (1994)
- The Outer Limits (1995 TV series) (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 (TV series) (1999—2000)
- Columbo (2000)
- Charmed (TV series) (2001)
- The Chronicle (TV series) (2001—2002)
- The Locket (2002 film) (2002)
- NCIS (TV series) (2005)
- Carolina Moon (2007 film) (2007)
- House (TV series) (2007)
- Supernatural (American TV series) (2009)
- Bones (TV series) (2009)
- Cole (2009)
- Human Target (2010 TV series) (2010)
- For Christ's Sake (2010)
- Becoming Redwood (2012)
- The Secret Circle (TV series) (2012)
- Haven (TV series) (2012)
- When Calls the Heart (TV series) (2014)
- Motive (TV series) (2014)
- Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)
- Monster Trucks (2017)
- Beyond (American TV series) (2017-2018)
- Colony (TV series) (2018)
- The Good Doctor (American TV series) (2018)
- Broken Diamonds (2021)
- Big Sky (American TV series) (2021)
- A Dickens of a Holiday! (2021, TV movie)
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Category:Canadian male stage actors
Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Male actors from British Columbia