Chad Power

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Chad Thomas Power (born January 30, 1984 in Camarillo , California ) is a retired American child actor .

Life

Chad Power was born in 1984 in the city of Camarillo , California , and grew up there with his parents and his younger brother and sister. At a young age he found his way into acting , where he got his first noteworthy assignment in film and television at the age of seven. He was used in a rather insignificant supporting role in the internationally published television film Sleep, My Child, Fall Asleep . After 1992 in a small supporting role in the TV movie My invisible friend , in which the then eleven-year old Elijah Wood held one of his first leading roles, power came in the same year for his breakthrough when he in a leading role in the movie 3 Ninjas to see was. The financial success of the film, it took in the US alone 29 million dollars, Power came to a number of other engagements in films and television series. In 1993 he was used in the film Death Lurks in Cairo in an essential supporting role and was also used in an episode of the short-lived television series Shaky Ground . In 1993 and 1994, Power finally played a recurring role in the hit series Baywatch - The Lifeguards of Malibu , where he slipped into the role of Bobby Clark in two episodes .

After he appeared in a supporting role in the TV film Couples in 1994 , he let his acting career end in 1995 in larger productions. He was in 3 Ninjas - Fight & Fury , the third part of a four-part film series, again in the role of Tum Tum . However, with grossing a little more than 400,000 US dollars, the film could no longer match the successes of its two predecessors. In addition, Power was also used in an episode of Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme and A strong family each this year . He then ended his active acting career and has not been seen in a single well-known production since. For his role in the first Ninjas part 3 Ninja Kids he was nominated for the Young Artist Award in the category “Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture” together with Max Elliott Slade and Michael Treanor , but in the end could not stand up to the big one Cast by Hook , who won the award in this category. In the other two ninja films, the two actors James Paul Roeske II and James Evan Bonifant played the role of Tum Tum .

After retiring as an actor, Power attended Adolfo Camarillo High School in his hometown of Camarillo from 1998 to 2002 , which was also attended by some later professional athletes or the two actors Hilary Van Dyke and Tom Lenk , and came from this in 2002 with a high school Diploma to the Moorpark College to also Powers Heimatcounty located Moorpark . There he completed his training in 2004 with an associate degree and moved to California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks . As in his high school and college days, the Catholic-raised power also played active football at the university in 2004 and 2005, where he was mostly used as a defensive back and mostly in the position of the left cornerback . In 2006 and 2007, respectively, he completed his university career with an associate degree majoring in "Communication" and soon began a career as an insurance agent. He was active in this position for a long time before he changed industry in November 2010 and has since worked in a restaurant called Holdren's - Steaks & Seafood in Newbury Park .

Filmography

Film appearances (also short appearances)
Series appearances (also guest and short appearances)

Nominations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 3 Ninjas in the Box Office Mojo (English), accessed on February 24, 2011
  2. ↑ Fourteenth Annual Youth in Film Awards 1991–1992 (incorrect year ), accessed February 24, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Power, Chad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Power, Chad Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American child actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Camarillo , California , USA