Chase Ellison

Chase Ellison (born September 22, 1993) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in Mysterious Skin, Tooth Fairy, and The Boy Who Cried Werewolf.

Chase Ellison
Born	(1993-09-22) September 22, 1993[1] Reno, Nevada, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–Present
Website	http://www.chaseellison.org/

Life and career

Ellison was born in Reno, Nevada to Gary and Cindy Ellison and has two siblings. He began his acting career at the age of six, working in commercials and modeling for several print campaigns. He segued into television, landing a guest star role on Family Law, then on Boomtown, Malcolm in the Middle, 7th Heaven, Providence, The Division. He played a supporting role in George Bamber's The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green, which then led to a major supporting role in Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin, a guest role in an episode of Six Feet Under, and a semi regular role as Noah Newman, the son of Nicholas Newman (Joshua Morrow) and Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) on soap opera The Young and the Restless in 2005.

His role in Mysterious Skin (2004) was as the 8-year-old version of the character played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, one of the film's leads. In this film, he plays one of two boys who are groomed into a sexual relationship by a Little League baseball coach. However, the film was shot in such a way that the young actors were kept unaware of what they were reacting to.[2]

Ellison has a supporting role in the 2010 film Tooth Fairy as the teenage son of Ashley Judd's character, the girlfriend of the titular protagonist (Dwayne Johnson).

In 2011, Ellison graduated from Mt. Carmel High School, where he was an active member of the drama club as well as theater productions. He recently graduated Loyola Marymount University, with a degree in Film Production. [3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	The Perfect Wife	Young Ruben Tyman	Television movie
	Scenes of the Crime	Blake Berg
2002	Santa, Jr.	Christopher	Television movie
2004	Mysterious Skin	Young Neil McCormick
2005	The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green	Young Ethan Green	Television movie
	End of the Spear	Young Steve Saint
2006	Wristcutters: A Love Story	Kid Kostya
2007	Quake	Toby Fisher	Short film
	You've Got a Friend	Tommy	Television movie
	Towelhead	Zack Vuoso
2008	The Year of Getting to Know Us	Young Christopher Rocket
	Fireflies in the Garden	Christopher Lawrence
2010	Summer Camp	Derek Matson	Television movie
	Tooth Fairy	Randy Harris	Supporting Role Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film (Supporting Young Actor)[4]
	The Boy Who Cried Werewolf	Hunter Sands- Lead role	Television movie
	Unstoppable	Boy on news reel
2011	That's What I Am	Andy Nichol

Television

Year	Television Series	Role	Episode/Notes
2000	Family Law	Ryan McClendon/Pierce	"Going Home"
2001	7th Heaven	Young Simon Camden	"V-Day"
	Providence	Jake	"The Invisible Man"
	Malcolm in the Middle	Little Boy	"Surgery"
2002	Boomtown	Willie Stevens	"All Hallow's Eve"
			"The David McNorris Show"
2003			"Storm Watch"
	The Division	Justin Brinkmeyer	"Rush to Judgment"
2005	Malcolm in the Middle	Young Francis Wilkerson	"No Motorcycles"
	Six Feet Under	Young George Sibley	"Hold My Hand"
	The Young and the Restless	Noah Newman	19 Episodes
2006	Rodney	Danny Dunston	"Sleepover"
	Deadwood	Richie	"Tell Your God to Ready for Blood"
			"I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For"
			"True Colors", Uncredited
	Saved	Ben	"Crossroads"
2011	The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (2010 film)	Hunter Sands	"Werewolves"
	How I Met Your Mother	Scott	"Symphony of Illumination"

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2013-01-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. 'Interview: Under the “Mysterious Skin” ' Archived September 26, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
3. 'Chase Ellison's Corner” '
4. "32nd Annual Young Artist Awards - Nominations / Special Awards". The Young Artist Foundation. 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-14.

External links

• Official website
• Chase Ellison on IMDb