Harrison Chad
Harrison Chad is an American actor and singer. His roles include young Tarzan in the film Tarzan 2, the original voice for Boots on Dora the Explorer for the first four seasons from 2000–2007 and Go, Diego, Go!, the singing voice of Leo on Little Einsteins (2005–2009), and Cardigan from Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure. He also has performed live-action roles, including as the Comedy Central film Hebrew Hammer and the Showtime film Carry Me Home. He has guest starred on television, in Ed, Smash, Blue Bloods, Divorce, and Murphy Brown.
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Born | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1999–present |
Known for | original voice for Boots The Monkey |
He received a 2004 Young Artist Awards nomination for his role as Boots, in the category "Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actor".
He started performing when he was six years old. He has performed in four Broadway shows: Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, Les Miserables, and he starred opposite Tonya Pinkins in Caroline, or Change.[1]
He then went on to perform in the Kennedy Center production of Mame performing opposite Christine Baranski in 2006.[2]
In 2013, he was in the Joe Iconis musical, The Black Suits at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles. He also appeared in the workshop of The Black Suits at the Barrington Stage Company in 2012.[3]
He graduated from Brown University in 2014.[4]
References
- DREW MacKENZIE (2004-05-19). "Babes on Broadway". New York Daily News. Henry Hodges. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
- Gans, Andrew. "Harrison Chad, Ed Dixon, Mary Stout, Ruth Gottschall and More Join Kennedy Center Mame" Playbill, April 25, 2006
- Murray, Larry. "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Black Suits Have Begun Performances at Barrington Stage Company" berkshireonstage.wordpress.com, August 2012
- Williams, Drew (March 11, 2014). "From novel to stage, GISP enlivens study of 'Les Miserables'". The Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved December 22, 2017.