Chase Matthews(II)

Chase Matthews is an award-winning actor, singer and film director and has appeared in over 40 stage plays and musicals including Crenshaw Family Reunion (where he was honored for his portrayal of Carl with the Onyx Award and Media Expressions Awards for Best Actor), Sky in The Existents, Andrew in Southern Baptist Sissies and both Gad and The Butler in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Kodak Theatre and in the touring production. A comedy veteran, Chase has been able to mix humor with his explosive personality to become the host of Nickelodeon's U Pick Nick, Warner Bros. Kid's Club and the television pilot A.D.D.T.V. with Chase Matthews, a project which he both created and produced. Other notable credits include guest-starring appearances on Comedy Central's Workaholics and Spike T.V.'s 1000 Ways to Die. The role of Tinkerbill in the upcoming animated feature When I Dream was written for and created by Chase, and he performs with the original cast on the film's album. Chase also stars in The Golden Boy, the sci-fi thriller In the Closet and Anino, an official selection of the New York International Film Festival. Rounding out Chase's film career are roles in The Piano and the upcoming Peace Keepers. In his directorial debut, Chase's film, From Silence to Sound, won Best Inspirational Documentary at the New York International Film Festival. Now available on DVD, it is the story of a deaf man who takes a chance on a risky surgery in the hopes of hearing for the first time in his life. Chase is about to start his 6th tour as The Phantom in Vox Lumiere's Phantom of the Opera, a show he has toured in both nationally and internationally.