Casey Deidrick

American actor

Height6'5

Casey Jon Deidrick (/ˈdiːdrɪk/ DEE-drik;[1] born April 25, 1987)[2][3] is an American actor and singer. He is best known for originating the role of Chad DiMera on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives.

Personal life

Deidrick was born in Santa Clara, California to parents Barry Jon Deidrick, an IBEW 332 Union electrician, and Denise Deck, a nurse.[2][3] His parents divorced when he was three. Initially he lived with his mother, but when he was seven, she moved to Arizona and he passed into the care of his father in Hollister, California. After his first year in high school, he rejoined his mother, now living in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.[2][3]

Deidrick began skateboarding while in Hollister. He persevered with it after his relocation to Colorado, and was eventually sponsored. In 2004, he competed in the Vans World Amateur Competition. He was also featured in a photo-spread for Transworld Skateboarding. He was injured many times during his skateboarding career without serious consequences, but when one especially traumatic accident left him with a severe concussion, he decided to give up skateboarding to focus on acting instead.[3]

Deidrick has four younger half-siblings: Amy and Jake from his father and stepmother, and two half-sisters, Micayla and Nikole from his mother and stepfather. Deidrick attended Metropolitan State College in Denver for a year where he majored in theater and psychology.[2] In 2012, Deidrick adopted a Siberian husky dog which he named Nanuk.

Deidrick was also the Unclean Vocalist in the heavy metal band called And Still I Rise.

Career

Deidrick had his first experience as an actor in high school when he and a friend auditioned for the school's production of Carousel with a rock song. Deidrick attended the AMTC (Actors, Models & Talent Competition) Convention in Orlando, Florida, where he met his agent.[2] Deidrick made the decision to go into acting at the age of 15 when he saw The Lord of the Rings for the first time. At the age of 19, Deidrick relocated to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career.[3] He found a manager and enrolled in acting classes.[2] Deidrick supported himself working as a waiter and eventually booked guest spots on Wizards of Waverly Place and 90210 before booking Days.[3] In February 2012, Deidrick made a guest appearance on the ABC prime time series Body of Proof.[4] In April 2013, Deidrick made guest appearances on Glee and NBC's Revolution. On June 20, 2013, Deidrick announced his departure from Days of our Lives on his Twitter account. Deidrick's last appearance on Days was on October 30, 2013.[5]

In September 2014, Deidrick was cast in MTV's thriller series Eye Candy. He played the main role of Tommy, a detective, who worked with Lindy (Victoria Justice). The series is about a genius who realizes that her online suitor is a dangerous cyber stalker.[6] The show was cancelled after one season.[7] In November 2016, Casey appeared in The Chainsmokers' music video for the song "All We Know."[8]

On July 7, 2017, Deidrick had been cast on the MTV teen drama series Teen Wolf where he portrayed Halwyn, a former resident of Eichen House who also happens to be a hundred-year-old Hellhound with mysterious ties to an ancient evil now threatening Beacon Hills in the aftermath of the Ghost Riders and the Wild Hunt.[9]

From 2018-2019, Deidrick starred in the mini-series Driven in the role of Colton Donovan, a bad boy race car driver, who falls in love with Rylee Thomas, a generous girl involved in foster care. After the first year, his role was recast as he mentioned scheduling conflicts with his other series In The Dark. His passionate interpretation of the role is a favorite in the hearts of his Passionflix fans.

From 2019-2022, Deidrick starred in In The Dark. He played Max Parish, a food truck owner and associate of Darnell who becomes attracted to Murphy.[10]

In 2020, Deidrick starred in the feature psychological thriller film Painter.[11]

In February 2021, Deidrick starred in a feature-length episode of the horror TV anthology Into the Dark titled "Tentacles" as Sam Anselm.[12] In December of the same year, he was cast alongside Emily Osment in Hallmark’s A Very Merry Bridesmaid.[13]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Settle Jimmy Short film; as Casey Jon Deidrick
2012 I Am Not a Hipster Steve Uncredited
2013 Running Up That Hill Ryan Short film; as Casey Jon Deidrick
2017 American Satan Frat Jock 2
2018 Dog Days Jude
2020 Painter Ryan West Indie feature film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009 90210 Julian Episode: "Of Heartbreaks and Hotels"
2009 Wizards of Waverly Place Sal Episode: "Don't Rain on Justin's Parade-Earth"
2009–2013 Days of Our Lives Chad DiMera Series regular
2012 Body of Proof Aaron Lux Episode: "Home Invasion"
2013 Glee Chip Episode: "Sweet Dreams"
2013 Revolution Teen Miles Matheson Episode: "Home"
2015 Eye Candy Tommy Main role; 10 episodes
2016 Advance & Retreat Cody Randall Television film
2017 A Midsummer's Nightmare Liam Television film
2017 Teen Wolf Halwyn Recurring role; 3 episodes
2018 Driven Colton Donavan Main role; 6 episodes
2019 Now Apocalypse Jacques Episode: "Anywhere Out of the World"
2019–2022 In The Dark Max Parish Main role
2021 Into the Dark Sam Anselm Episode: "Tentacles"
2021 A Very Merry Bridesmaid Drew Vaughn Television Film (Hallmark)
2023 Wedding Season Ryan Peterson Television film (Hallmark)

Music videos

Year Title Artist Role Ref.
2013 "Sixty Five Roses" And Still I Rise Himself [14]
2014 "Wonder" Adventure Club feat. The Kite String Tangle Older Brother [15]
2016 "Beggars" Krewella feat. Diskord Himself [16]
2016 "All We Know" The Chainsmokers feat. Phoebe Ryan Liam [17]
2019 "Homesick" Dominique Himself [18]
2019 "Tears" Tenille Arts Himself [19]
2020 "Think About You (Acoustic Version)" JoJo Himself [20]
2022 "Carbon Monoxide" Krooked Kings Himself [21]

References

  1. ^ "Casey Deidrick: Casey Tells All! (PassionFlix's Driven Series) | Exclusive Interview". YouTube. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Rabinowitz, Naomi (August 25, 2009). "Casey Jon Deidrick: FOCUS ON". Soap Opera Digest. 34 (34). American Media, Inc.: 66–67.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Soul Survivor". Soap Opera Digest. 38 (3). American Media, Inc.: 44–47. January 21, 2013.
  4. ^ Fairman, Michael (February 29, 2012). "DAYS Casey Deidrick in last night's episode of "Body of Proof" – Watch the Video!". On-Air On-Soaps. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  5. ^ Barnert, Deanna (June 20, 2013). "June soap casting buzz: Who's coming and going?". TV Buzz. MSN. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  6. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (September 17, 2014). "MTV Series Eye Candy Casts 3 Regulars". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  7. ^ Michael Ausiello (April 18, 2015). "Eye Candy Cancelled at MTV". TVLine. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  8. ^ Kaufman, Gil (November 17, 2016). "The Chainsmokers Get Serious in Dramatic 'All We Know' Video: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  9. ^ "MTV Series Teen Wolf the Final 10 Episodes". Deadline Hollywood. July 9, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2017.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ Radish, Kristina (April 18, 2019). "'In the Dark': Casey Deidrick on Max Being Murphy's Rock & Spending an Entire Episode Naked". Collider. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  11. ^ Painter, retrieved August 16, 2022
  12. ^ "Into The Dark" Tentacles, retrieved October 16, 2022
  13. ^ Lewis, Errol (October 21, 2021). "'Days Of Our Lives' Alum Casey Deidrick Joins Emily Osment In 'A Very Merry Bridesmaid' For Hallmark Channel". Soap Opera Network. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  14. ^ "And Still I Rise "Sixty Five Roses" Music Video - Dir. Robby Starbuck". YouTube. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  15. ^ "Adventure Club - Wonder (feat. The Kite String Tangle)". YouTube. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  16. ^ "Krewella x Diskord - Beggars (Video)". YouTube. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  17. ^ "The Chainsmokers - All We Know (Official Video) ft. Phoebe Ryan". YouTube. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  18. ^ "Dominique - Homesick (Official Music Video)". YouTube. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  19. ^ "Tenille Arts - Tears - Official Music Video". YouTube. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  20. ^ "JoJo - Think About You [Official Acoustic Video]". YouTube. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  21. ^ "Krooked Kings - Carbon Monoxide (Ft. Daywave) (Official Video)". YouTube. Retrieved December 20, 2022.

External links

  • Casey Deidrick at IMDb