Chase Hoyt
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Biography
Early lifeHoyt was born in Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
to Karen Carol McGurren and Robert Quentin Hoyt. He is the youngest of seven siblings.
Being active in sports from an early age, Hoyt found a calling with ice hockey at the age of twelve in Tucson. After playing two years for a Phoenix triple A travel team, Hoyt was accepted to play high school hockey at Lawrence Academy
Lawrence Academy at Groton
Lawrence Academy at Groton, , is a co-educational preparatory school located in Groton, Massachusetts, in the United States...
in Groton, Massachusetts, although he never played on the varsity squad. In his senior year, because it was mandatory to graduate, Hoyt took his first theater class. After Graduating, he returned home, where he attended the University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
, majoring in business and playing for the icecats, the University ice hockey team.
Career
In 2001, Hoyt left college to study theater at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is a drama school located in London, United Kingdom. It is generally regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in the world, and is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1904.RADA is an affiliate school of the...
in London, England. He was mentored by Greg de Polnay, and appeared in two Shakespearean plays, King John, and All's Well that Ends Well
All's Well That Ends Well
All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1604 and 1605, and was originally published in the First Folio in 1623....
. After his training, He moved to Los Angeles and studied under coach Stephen Book for over four years.
Hoyt first worked as an extra on the TV shows American Dreams
American Dreams
American Dreams is an American television comedy-drama program broadcast on the NBC television network, produced by Once A Frog and Dick Clark Productions in association with Universal Network Television and NBC Studios...
, and Eve (TV series)
Eve (TV series)
Eve is an American sitcom starring Eve, Jason Winston George, Ali Landry, Natalie Desselle-Reid, Brian Hooks and Sean Maguire. That aired on the UPN network from September 15, 2003 to May 11, 2006, with 66 episodes produced spanning 3 seasons...
. He also co-starred on the TV shows, Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series. It follows the adventures of humanity's first warp 5 starship, the Enterprise, ten years before the United Federation of Planets shown in previous Star Trek series was formed.Enterprise premiered on September 26, 2001...
, and Numb3rs
NUMB3RS
Numb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes...
. While auditioning for a Hallmark movie, he was asked to read for another part, and found himself playing the son of James Gammon
James Gammon
James Richard Gammon was an American actor, known for playing grizzled "good ol' boy" types in numerous films and television series.-Early life:...
in the Hallmark made for TV movie, What I did For Love. Hoyt was in the independent film, Alien 51
Alien 51
-Plot:The plot centers around a series of murders that take place in a Nevada Desert near Groom Lake, Nevada that have been going on for two years....
, opposite Heidi Fleiss
Heidi Fleiss
Heidi Lynne Fleiss is an American former madam, and also a columnist and television personality regularly featured in the 1990s in American media. She is often referred to as the "Hollywood Madam"....
.
Hoyt has also appeared in numerous short and feature films, including "Out of the Shadows," "Afterlife," and "The Yellow Butterfly," which has won domestic and international awards. Aside from theatrical work, In 2005, Hoyt appeared on the popular show, Fear Factor
Fear Factor
Fear Factor is an American stunt/dare reality game show. The original Dutch version was called Now or Neverland. When Endemol USA and NBC adapted it to the American market in 2001, they changed the name to Fear Factor. The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of stunts for a...
, where he and his teammate won the competition after eating over one hundred live African stink beetles and leeches, and crashing two Camaros on a Los Angeles race track.
Filmography
- Thule (2010) - Lt. Grady, Co-producer
- What I Did for Love (2006) - Zeb Ryder
- Fear FactorFear FactorFear Factor is an American stunt/dare reality game show. The original Dutch version was called Now or Neverland. When Endemol USA and NBC adapted it to the American market in 2001, they changed the name to Fear Factor. The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of stunts for a...
(2005) - Contestant/Himself - Dr. ChopperDr. ChopperDr. Chopper is a 2005 American horror film. The plot centers on five young friends who while heading for vacation at a family cabin encounter a notorious chopper-riding serial killer Dr. Fielding, alias "Dr. Chopper" and his two cannibalistic female assistants, who murder and dismember people in...
(2005) - Reese - Numb3rsNUMB3RSNumb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes...
(2005) - Paparazzi #1 - Star Trek: EnterpriseStar Trek: EnterpriseStar Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series. It follows the adventures of humanity's first warp 5 starship, the Enterprise, ten years before the United Federation of Planets shown in previous Star Trek series was formed.Enterprise premiered on September 26, 2001...
(2005) - Starfleet Lieutenant - Legion of the DeadLegion of the Dead (film)Legion of the Dead is a 2005 American horror film produced by The Asylum.It Stars Courtney Clonch, and Bruce Boxleitner.The film is a B movie based on Mummy legends, and was released in between two similar, more-successful films: The Mummy Returns and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor .The...
(2005) - Justin - The Aviator (2004) - Usher
- Alien 51Alien 51-Plot:The plot centers around a series of murders that take place in a Nevada Desert near Groom Lake, Nevada that have been going on for two years....
(2004) - Doctor Psychobilly - Eve (TV series)Eve (TV series)Eve is an American sitcom starring Eve, Jason Winston George, Ali Landry, Natalie Desselle-Reid, Brian Hooks and Sean Maguire. That aired on the UPN network from September 15, 2003 to May 11, 2006, with 66 episodes produced spanning 3 seasons...
(2003) - Lounge Drunk - American DreamsAmerican DreamsAmerican Dreams is an American television comedy-drama program broadcast on the NBC television network, produced by Once A Frog and Dick Clark Productions in association with Universal Network Television and NBC Studios...
(2003) - Lacrosse Captain - American Tragedy (2000) - Attorney
- The Translator (2000) - Dock Boy>