Tad Hilgenbrink

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Tad Hilgenbrinck

Born	October 9, 1981 (age 25) Quincy, Illinois

Tad Hilgenbrinck (born 9 October 1981) is an American actor from Quincy, Illinois, best known for his role as Matt Stifler in American Pie Presents: Band Camp. He was chosen for Matt Stifler due to the resemblance of Seann William Scott, replacing Eli Marienthal who portrayed the character in the official American Pie trilogy. He also appeared in the 2006 film The Curiosity of Chance, a movie in which he stars as a high school student who moved to a new school and must learn to fit in. His next film will be 30 Days of Night.

Hilgenbrinck attended Quincy Senior High School, where he was an actively involved in music and theater. He has a BFA Musical Theatre and Dance minor from Millikin University and IES London. Tad has performed in roles such as The Artful Dodger in Oliver!, Gideon in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and Chuck Cranston in Footloose.

Tad polished his creative craft, studying Shakespeare intensively in London and has starred in multiple theatrical pieces including A Midsummer's Night Dream, Chicago, and Oliver.

After many successful performances in New York and London, Tad ventured to Los Angeles giving himself only two weeks to make it or go home. After winning his first major roles as well as the Showcase Showdown on "The New Price Is Right" (1972), Tad decided to stay.

Other movies with Tad Hilgenbrinck are: Grave Situations, Sherman's Way, Amusement and The Last Low Tide.

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He attended Millikin University, pursuing a degree in Musical Theatre.

Performed as part of the resident company for Summer 2003 at Music Theatre of Wichita in Wichita, Kansas, where he performed in the musicals Footloose, Oklahoma!, Good News, Chicago, and The Scarlet Pimpernel