Chad Allen (actor)

Chad Allen
Allen in 2009
Born
Chad Allen Lazzari

(1974-06-05) June 5, 1974 (age 50)
Cerritos, California, U.S.
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Actor, psychologist
Years active1981–2015

Chad Allen (born Chad Allen Lazzari; June 5, 1974) is an American psychologist and retired actor. Beginning his career at the age of seven, Allen is a three time Young Artist Award winner and GLAAD Media Award honoree. He was a teen idol during the late 1980s as David Witherspoon on the NBC family drama Our House and as Zach Nichols on the NBC sitcom My Two Dads[1][2] before transitioning to an adult career as Matthew Cooper on the CBS western drama Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman.[3] He announced his retirement from acting in April 2015.[4]

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