1. Will Chase graduated from Western Hills High School and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he studied conducting with Robert Spano and percussion with Michael Rosen.
16 Facts About Will Chase
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Will Chase started his acting career in Chicago, performing in regional theater productions and received three Joseph Jefferson Award nominations.
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Will Chase then played Chris in the 2nd National Tour of Miss Saigon.
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Will Chase was in A Little Princess the Musical as Captain Crewe.
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Will Chase appeared in The Pajama Game opposite Kate Baldwin at The Muny in July 2007.
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Will Chase starred in Oklahoma in 2007 at the Lyric Theatre opposite Kelli O'Hara, and on Broadway in the short-lived musical The Story of My Life in 2009.
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Will Chase guest starred as Michael Swift in the NBC series Smash.
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Will Chase then went on to star for 3 seasons as country superstar Luke Wheeler on the television series Nashville.
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Will Chase played the title role in the 2013 film Butterflies of Bill Baker, winning Best Actor at the 2013 Chain Film Festival.
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Will Chase voiced the wolf Angee in A Warrior's Tail.
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Will Chase played abusive father Neil Hargrove in the second season of the American supernatural horror-science fiction television series, Stranger Things, which premiered in late 2017, and in 2018 appeared in HBO's drama Sharp Objects as Bob Nash.
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In 2020 and 2021, he wrote and directed the award- winning short film Dagger, co-starring Jack Davenport, and Trunk Show, which featured his children, actors Daisy and Gracie Will Chase, winning Best Short Film at the 2021 Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival.
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In 2024, Will Chase directed the feature documentary Coming Home: The Guggenheim Grotto Back In Ireland and Mick Lynch's one-man show An Irish Goodbye at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park.
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Will Chase has two children, actors Daisy and Gracie Will Chase, with the late Lori Davis, to whom he was married from 1996 to 2008.
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Will Chase was married to actress Stephanie Gibson from 2009 until their divorce in 2012.
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Will Chase has been in a relationship with musician Ingrid Michaelson since 2015.