| Chase Hoyt | |
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| Born | Chase Henry Hoyt August 29, 1980 Tucson, Arizona, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
Chase Henry Hoyt (born August 29, 1980) is an American film, television, and stage actor.
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Early life
Hoyt was born in Tucson, Arizona 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 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, 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 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. 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, and Eve (TV series). He also co-starred on the TV shows, Star Trek: Enterprise, and Numb3rs. While auditioning for a Hallmark movie, he was asked to read for another part, and found himself playing the son of James Gammon in the Hallmark made for TV movie, What I did For Love. Hoyt was in the independent film, Alien 51, opposite Heidi Fleiss.
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, 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.