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Jeff Chase | |
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| Born | Jeffrey L. Sniffen January 17, 1968 Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Other names | Jeffrey Chase Jeffrey Sniffen Jeffrey S. Chase |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Football Player, Stuntman |
Jeff Chase (born Jeffrey L. Sniffen; January 17, 1968) is an American film and television actor who played for the Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League.
Chase was born in Paterson, New Jersey. Raised in Totowa, New Jersey and West Paterson (now Woodland Park), he attended Passaic Valley Regional High School.[1] He attended West Virginia University and, as Jeff Sniffen, played offensive tackle on the football team from 1986 to 1991. He played one season of professional football for the Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League.
While filming the Dexter episode The Damage a Man Can Do, in which Chase was a stuntman, actor Jimmy Smits accidentally stabbed Chase with a real knife instead of a fake one. Smits is said to have missed the plastic protection eight times out of ten during rehearsal, but was able to aim correctly while accidentally wielding the real knife.[2]
- ^ Caldera, Pete. "Sniffen Has His Act Together after Football", The Record. Accessed October 8, 2018. "This wasn't the career that Jeff Chase envisioned at Passaic Valley in the mid '80s. But here he is, in the company of Tom Cruise, shooting a scene with Paul Giamatti, standing on a red carpet with Donald Sutherland. Back in West Paterson and Totowa, he was Jeff Sniffen, a high school tight end and basketball player growing into an agile and affable 6-foot-7, 300 pound man."
- ^ Surette, Tim (October 3, 2008). "Jimmy Smits stabs stuntman on Dexter set". TV.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2009.