Chad Tyler

www.ChadTyler.net

CHAD TYLER is a native Washingtonian and has been a proud member of SAG AFTRA since 2001. His training includes, but is not limited to, 2 years towards a B.F.A. in Theater with an Emphasis in Acting, at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.V. He has also attended various conservatory classes, Union workshops/classes, has had took part in different types of online training courses in multiple aspects of the entertainment industry.

Chad’s most notable short film lead role was in the short film, "The Pod Caster", by Plan R Films. It was created for the 2019 D.C. 48 Hour Film Project. Chad was nominated for Best Lead Actor in a dramatic role, out of 55 short films submitted. Chad’s other independent short film leading roles include "Diamond Farm" & "Lonely Love".

His most recent on-camera principal role was in the first season of the dramatic web series, "Boys Hurt Too". This was his first series regular role, and his first web series show. Chad landed co-star roles on Netflix’s, "House of Cards" & HBO’s, "Veep" and a recurring day player role in HBO’s, "K Street".

Other on-camera principal roles on TV & in short film include "Twenty" (Antonio T. Lee Productions), "Disconnected" (Towson Univ. Undergraduate), "Murder Tapes" (I.D. Channel), "Black in Blue" (Towson Univ. Graduate film) , "America's Most Wanted" (FOX), "You Come First" (Towson Univ. Undergrad. film), "Teen Idol" (American Univ. Graduate short film), "A Single Assist" (American Univ. Graduate short film), "Porphyria's Lover" (Towson Univ. Undergraduate), "Basura: Long & Hard" (George Mason Univ. Undergraduate) & "46th Ave" (High Pass Projects).

Chad’s NY Theater credits include a Zoom performance put on by The Riant Theatre (Off-Broadway), in a One-Act called, "Entr’acte", by Anthony Fusco; a leading role on stage as Mark in, "Limited Engagement: A Comedy About Death", for the 2019 Winter Fest and performed at The Hudson Guild in Chelsea, Manhattan.

DC/Baltimore/Philadelphia Theater...
Leading roles include Matthew in, "Private Eyes", w/ Journeymen Theater Ensemble @ The Keegan Theater; Hamlet in a touring performance of, "Madman William", w/ Actual Reality Theater Company (Playbill Cafe in D.C. / The Brick Theater in Philadelphia, PA / Classika Theater in Shirlington, VA); & Orlando in, "As You like It" (@The Folger Shakespeare Library in D.C.). Chad had the extraordinary opportunity to work at The Shakespeare Theater in The Lansburgh, as the Swing Understudy in Oscar Wilde’s, "Lady Windermere’s Fan", starring Dixie Carter and Nancy Robinette (In Washington, D.C.).

Theater Supporting roles include.... Foxy Loxy in "The Stinky Cheese Man" @ Adventure Theater (in Glen Echo Park, MD);
Michael in "Three Card Stud" @ The Wilton Theater Factory (in Ft. Lauderdale, FL); Kamaev & Stupak in "An Awful Night At The Hotel Taiga @ The Classika Theater (in Shirlington, VA); Guy in "Claire’s Departure" @ The Silver Spring Stage One-Act Festival (in Silver Spring, MD); the Father in "Jill Kills Volumes 1 & 2: Lady Killer / Blood Lust" @ The 1st Annual Capital Fringe Festival (in D.C.); the bartender in "Last Call" @ The Source Theater Summer Festival (in D.C); Gabe in "Say You Love Satan" @ The Source Theater Summer Festival (in D.C.); & Bud in "My Boyfriend The Stripper" @ The Source Theater Summer Festival (in D.C.).

Chad has been in 6 play readings and/or festivals in the D.C., Northern Va. and Maryland areas including The Kennedy Center's "Page to Stage" Festival, The Washington Shakespeare Company's "Sort of Shakespeare Reading Series", The 1st Annual Capital Fringe Festival, The Source Theater, The Silver Spring One Act Festival, Baltimore Playwright's Festival and The "Women's Work Writer's Group" Festival at Metro Stage.

Chad has played numerous characters with other live improvisational murder mystery groups, portrayed various witness roles in mock trials for a local law firm and has been a standardized patient at Walter Reed Medical Center. Chad has booked 12 industrial training videos for both government, military, and corporate clients.

Chad can speak English with a Standard American dialect, a Southern American dialect, a Baltimore dialect, an Irish Accent, a Pittsburguese dialect, and a Castilian Spanish accent. Chad can also speak conversational Spanish at a novice level.

Chad was a casting assistant on "Live Free or Die Hard" (2007) at Central Casting USA in Washington, D.C., for all of the local background talent where the shooting locations were in Baltimore, MD and Washington, D.C. Chad also worked as a stand-in and photo double on 10 feature films and 10 television shows (some of which were in multiple seasons), spanning over 17 years.

Chad has been a commercial print model nationally for Nationwide Insurance and Merck Pharmaceuticals, and regionally for the non-profit organization, “Camp Safe”.

-Black Lives Matter