American actor (born 1992)
Harrison Chad
Born (1992-07-17 ) July 17, 1992 (age 32) Occupation Actor Years active 1997–present Known for Original voice of Boots the Monkey
Harrison Chad (born July 17, 1992[ 1] ) is an American actor known for his roles in Broadway musicals, television, and film.
Early life and education
Chad was born in New York City and started performing when he was six years old. He has performed in four Broadway shows: Peter Pan , Beauty and the Beast , Les Miserables , and he starred opposite Tonya Pinkins in Caroline, or Change .[ 2] He graduated from Brown University in 2014.[ 3]
Career
His roles include young Tarzan in the film Tarzan 2 , the original voice for Boots the Monkey on Dora the Explorer for the first four seasons from 2000–2007 and Go, Diego, Go! , the singing voice of Leo on Little Einsteins (2005–2009), and Cardigan from Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure . He also has performed live-action roles, including as the Comedy Central film The Hebrew Hammer and the Showtime film Carry Me Home . He has guest starred on television, in Ed , Smash , Blue Bloods , Divorce , and Murphy Brown .
He received a 2004 Young Artist Awards nomination for his role as Boots, in the category "Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Young Actor".
He then went on to perform in the Kennedy Center production of Mame performing opposite Christine Baranski in 2006.[ 4]
In 2013, he was in the Joe Iconis musical, The Black Suits at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles. He also appeared in the workshop of The Black Suits at the Barrington Stage Company in 2012.[ 5]
Filmography
Film
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2000
Yo Awesome Awesome!
Kid
Episode: "Video Tutorial"
2000–2007
Dora the Explorer
Boots / Squirrel Chorus (voices)
103 episodes
2002
Ed
Ryan Parker
Episode: "Youth Bandits"
2003
As the World Turns
Fantasy Boy #2
Episode dated 22 May 2003
2004
Maya & Miguel
Andy (US voice)
Episode: "When Maya Met Andy"
2004
Carry Me Home
Brian
Television film
2005–2007
Go, Diego, Go!
Boots / Animal SFX (voices)
2 episodes
2005–2009
Little Einsteins
Leo (singing voice)
35 episodes
2007–2009
SamSam
Sam Sam
42 episodes
2012
Smash
August
Episode: "Understudy "
2016–2021
The Funny Cartoons Show
Various voices
7 episodes
2017
Blue Bloods
Evan Fleming
Episode: "The Thin Blue Line"
2018
Saturday Night Live
Dancer
Episode: "Will Ferrell/Chris Stapleton"
2018
Divorce
Ice Rink Guard
Episode: "Breaking the Ice"
2018
Murphy Brown
Connor
Episode: "The Coma and the Oxford Comma"
2018
Moosebox
Arms / Police Chip 1
Episode: "Arcade Claw"
2020
Little America
Tom
Episode: "The Cowboy"
2020
Little Voice
Frat Boy
Episode: "Tell Her"
Video games
References
^ Harrison Chad [@harrisonchad7] (July 17, 2020). "28! How lucky am I to be surrounded by these amazing people on my special day. Thank you all for making this day so wonderful. I love you all so much. Thank you to all my friends for sending me all your sweet videos and messages. I'm so grateful to be surrounded by so much love. Here's to another trip around the sun😎📅 #quarantinedbirthday" . Retrieved August 22, 2023 – via Instagram .
^ DREW MacKENZIE (2004-05-19). "Babes on Broadway" . New York Daily News . Henry Hodges. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2014-08-26 .
^ Williams, Drew (March 11, 2014). "From novel to stage, GISP enlivens study of 'Les Miserables' " . The Brown Daily Herald . Retrieved December 22, 2017 .
^ Gans, Andrew. "Harrison Chad, Ed Dixon, Mary Stout, Ruth Gottschall and More Join Kennedy Center Mame" Playbill, April 25, 2006
^ Murray, Larry. "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Black Suits Have Begun Performances at Barrington Stage Company" berkshireonstage.wordpress.com, August 2012
External links
International National Artists