Chase Alexander Crawford is an American actor and film producer from

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. He best known for his roles in independent films such as ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Early life

Crawford was born in

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to Susan and Ray Crawford. He attended and graduated from

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and D Russel Lee Career-Technology Center (a Butler Tech school) in 2014. He landed his first commercial role in August 2013 and graduated high school early to focus on his acting career.

Career

2015–2019

After appearing in the 2016

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selection ''

'' alongside

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and

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, he appeared in 2016

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selection ''

''. In 2016, he played in various films including

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's ''Boy Band'' alongside

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and

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, and the film adaption of the

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award-winning book ''

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'', which has been renamed ''The Marriage Bed''. Crawford produced ''Life Backstage'', a show that offered an inside look of artists such as

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, Cheat Codes and

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. Following the success of ''Life Backstage'', Crawford produced his first feature film, ''Alan and the Fullness of Time'', alongside childhood friend Markus Cook in 2017. In 2018, Crawford went on to produce Cooper Flannigan's musical comedy ''Moondance'' in

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. He also appeared in a handful of films including Johnny Chechitelli's ''Worst. Christmas. Ever'' and Andrew Paul Davis' ''Palace''. Crawford launched his podcast, According to the Internet, in June 2018. The podcast debuted at No. 186 in the Apple Podcasts Top 200. The format of the show is described as "pop culture banter" and each episode features a different guest. In 2019, he served as a producer on the psychological thriller ''The Clearing'', documentary feature ''The Land Beyond'' and Zach Daulton's ''Looking Back''. The actor and producer also ventured into directing working on music videos with Cal Scruby and "Rhythm + Flow" alum Caleb Colossus.

2020–present

In early 2020, Crawford and his company executive produced

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's dark comedy '' The Cran''. The film was shot in and around

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. March 13, 2020 also marked Crawford's first theatrical release as he saw ''Moondance'' release in 18 cities. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, several theatres had to cancel screenings, leading the producer to pen an article for Medium titled "I produced the lowest-earning new release film in the worst box office week in 20 years… A Recap". The article went viral and was a top post on

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and several other message boards. Crawford rounded out 2020 leading production on Michael Pomeroy's debut comedy ''The Rest of Your Life'' and TV documentary ''A Polo Legacy'', which follows Chicago businessman James Drury and the Oak Brook Polo Club. In early 2021, it was announced that Crawford's company Four by Three had acquired distribution rights to ''How We Lookin?'', a documentary about the life of Hall of Fame broadcaster

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. The documentary features interviews with

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and premiered on

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. In December of 2021, Chase Crawford was named to the Forbes Next 1000 list. Crawford signed on to Co-Executive Produce Miguel Faus's debut feature '' Calladita'' in February 2022. The project went on to become the first European film funded by NFTs.

Other work

Crawford pursued modeling for a brief period of time, landing a

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billboard for '' H&M'' in November, 2014. He has also appeared in ad campaigns for

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and

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.''

Personal life

Crawford married his high school sweetheart, Alexandra, shortly after the two began taking classes at

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. The two eventually transferred and graduated from the

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. The couple lives in Cincinnati and they have three daughters, Cambrie, Carter and Cobi.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Chase Living people Male actors from Cincinnati Male actors from North Carolina American male television actors 1996 births People from New Bern, North Carolina People from Monroe, Ohio