Chase Ellison


Chase Ellison is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in Mysterious Skin, Tooth Fairy, and The Boy Who Cried Werewolf.

Life and career

Ellison was born in Reno, Nevada to Gary and Cindy Ellison and has two siblings. He began his acting career at the age of six, working in commercials and modeling for several print campaigns. He segued into television, landing a guest star role on Family Law, then on Boomtown, Malcolm in the Middle, 7th Heaven, Providence, The Division. He played a supporting role in George Bamber's The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green, which then led to a major supporting role in Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin, a guest role in an episode of Six Feet Under, and a semi regular role as Noah Newman, the son of Nicholas Newman and Sharon Newman on soap opera The Young and the Restless in 2005.
His role in Mysterious Skin was as the 8-year-old version of the character played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, one of the film's leads. In this film, he plays one of two boys who are groomed into a sexual relationship by a Little League baseball coach. However, the film was shot in such a way that the young actors were kept unaware of what they were reacting to.
Ellison has a supporting role in the 2010 film Tooth Fairy as the teenage son of Ashley Judd's character, the girlfriend of the titular protagonist.
In 2011, Ellison graduated from Mt. Carmel High School, where he was an active member of the drama club as well as theater productions. He recently graduated Loyola Marymount University, with a degree in Film Production.

Filmography

Film

Television