Chad Allen (born Chad Allen Lazzari on June 5, 1974, in Cerritos, California) is an American psychologist and retired actor. Allen grew up in Artesia and has a twin sister named Charity and a brother named Steve Lazzari, who works for Union Pacific Railroad. He is of predominantly Italian origin, with a "dose" of German origin. Raised in a "strict" Roman Catholic household, Allen regards himself as a "deeply spiritual person" because of his upbringing.
Beginning his career at the age of seven, Allen is a three-time Young Artist Award winner and GLAAD Media Award honoree. He was a teen idol during the late 1980s.
Chad Allen at the GLAAD Media Awards in 2009.
Early Career and Teen Idol Status
Allen guest-starred on several prime time series, including an early episode of Airwolf, for which he was nominated as "Best Young Actor: Guest in a Series" at the 6th Youth in Film Awards. He also appeared in St. Elsewhere, in which he played autistic child Tommy Westphall (1983-88). Notably, the series final episode, "The Last One", ends with the indication that all of its storylines occurred in Tommy's imagination. In 1983, he appeared on Cutter to Houston, playing "a kid who got hurt and had to be given mouth-to-mouth and carried to the waiting chopper by Dr. Hal Wexler (Alec Baldwin)".
Allen gained prominence as David Witherspoon on the NBC family drama Our House and as Zach Nichols on the NBC sitcom My Two Dads.
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Cast of "Our House" TV show.
Our House TV Show
Our House is an American drama television series that aired on NBC for two seasons from September 11, 1986, to May 8, 1988. The series revolves around the premise of family, loss and new beginnings.
Following the death of his son, Gus Witherspoon takes in his daughter-in-law and his three grandchildren to live with him. Adjustment to the new arrangement is not easy on any of them. Despite protests from her children, fifteen-year-old Kris (Shannen Doherty); twelve-year-old David (Chad Allen); and eight-year-old Molly (Keri Houlihan) they, Jessie, and their basset hound Arthur leave Fort Wayne, Indiana, to start a new life in California. As they settle in with Gus, they realize just how difficult he can be to live with.
The majority of the plots each week centers on the conflicts which tend to arise when an extended family must live together in the same house. As man of the house, Gus imposes rules on his three grandkids the same way he had raised John (and also John's brother Ben, who is seen in a two part episode); ultimately, however, he learns ways of conveying lessons to the kids without being gruff. Each of the episode's five acts (before the commercial break) ends with a freeze frame shot which then occupies one of several rooms in an abstract rendering of a house figure.
Critical Reception of Our House
Upon the show's 1986 premiere, the Associated Press called it "a family show suitable for framing." Despite positive reviews by newspaper critics and a promising start, the series was not a ratings success, likely because of NBC scheduling it on Sundays at 7 PM (EST) opposite CBS's powerhouse 60 Minutes and numerous overruns by NFL games on its own network.
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In 1989-90, he had a recurring role as Zach in My Two Dads. Allen's next contract role was Matthew Cooper in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman alongside Jane Seymour (1993-98).
Chad Lazzari - I Am Bruin Pride Winter 2015
Transition to Adult Roles and LGBT Activism
During the final season of his run on St., Allen guest-starred on several prime time series, including an early episode of Airwolf, for which he was nominated as "Best Young Actor: Guest in a Series" at the 6th Youth in Film Awards and St. Elsewhere, in which he played autistic child Tommy Westphall (1983-88).
Starting with Third Man Out (2005), Allen stars as Donald Strachey, a gay private detective in a monogamous relationship, in a series of television movies for the here! network based on novels by Richard Stevenson. The sequel, Shock to the System (2006), was followed by On the Other Hand, Death (2008) and Ice Blues (2008). From June through August 2008, Allen appeared with Valerie Harper in Looped, a play based on an afternoon looping session with Tallulah Bankhead for the film Die! Die! Starting on September 23, 2008, Allen portrayed the love interest of Dr.
Chad Allen as Donald Strachey.
Personal Life and Activism
In 1996, at age 21, Allen was outed as gay when the US tabloid The Globe published photos of him kissing another man in a hot tub at a party. The photos were sold by someone who claimed to be a friend of the couple.
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Allen has since become an activist for the LGBT community in addition to his continuing acting and producing career. On January 17, 2006, Allen appeared on CNN's Larry King Live with San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom to represent his viewpoint in a debate over same-sex marriage.
In November 2006, The Los Angeles Daily News wrote in passing that Allen's partner, Jeremy Glazer, was also in the film Save Me. In a September 2008 interview with Out.com, Allen stated that he was currently in a three-year relationship and had been sober for eight years. In October 2008, AfterElton.com stated his boyfriend to be Glazer.
In May 2009, Allen was the recipient of a GLAAD Media Award: the Davidson/Valentini Award.
Education and Current Career
Allen graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in June 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. He graduated from the Psy.D. St.
Chad Allen Lazzari, Psy.D., is a 2020 graduate of the Psy.D.
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