Chase Coleman (born March 20, 1985) is an American actor, director, and musician. Coleman portrayed the character of Billy Winslow in the HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire and the werewolf Oliver on the CW spin-off series The Originals.

Early life Chase Coleman was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and raised in Monroe, Louisiana. He attended Grace Episcopal School for elementary and junior high education and graduated from St. Frederick Catholic High School. During his second year of high school, he became the lead singer of Crawl Space, a local Monroe rock band until graduation.

After high school, Coleman attended the University of Louisiana at Monroe, pursuing a degree in Business Marketing. While there, he played in a hard rock band called, Fallstaff. However, not long after starting college, Coleman became interested in acting. He began performing with the Straus Community Theater and the Theater of the University of Louisiana at Monroe. During his junior year of college, he signed with the Baton Rouge Agency, Stage 2000, after being recruited by Ron Randell.

Career Acting Coleman was invited to Dallas to compete at the Mike Beaty Model and Talent Expo. It was there that Chase won several awards including best monologue and overall fitness model. He was then discovered by talent manager Suzanne Schachter and was invited to go to New York City to test the market for the summer. While in New York, Coleman was offered the role of Garrett on the popular daytime soap opera One Life to Live. Not long after landing that role, he received many offers to remain in New York City for professional acting work, shifting to online courses in order to finish his degree. In 2006, he signed with the company Suzelle Enterprises and Abrams Artists Agency through Paul Reisman. During his time in New York, he studied at the HB Studio with Lorraine Serabien, with Susan Batson at Black Nexxus, and with Jennifer Gelfer at the Haymarket Annex Master Class.

One of Coleman's most recognized roles is the portrayal of Billy Winslow in Season 1 of Boardwalk Empire, as well as guest starring on The Good Wife, Gossip Girl, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Kings. He has had many starring and supporting roles in numerous independent films such as New York City Serenade, Catahoula, One Night Stand, Halloween Season, Grill Check, God Don’t Make the Laws, The Halls of Montezuma, Warehouse Rumble, Mama, 8:46, Roses, Cloak and Dagger, The J Packages, Pop Up, and Love Hunter. He also played the lead of Andrew in the off-Broadway play My Big Gay Italian Wedding.

In 2010, Coleman won the Screen Actors Guild Award for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series," for his role on Boardwalk Empire. He was then cast as Dr. Dane Sullivan in the web series In Between Men. It was this role that got Coleman nominated for an Indie Soap Award for "Best Supporting Actor in a Drama," in 2011.

Coleman founded the production company Bloodstone Productions and created the short film Into the Rose Garden that he wrote, directed, and starred in. Then, in the summer of 2012, he guest starred as Robert in the pilot of the TV series The Americans, as well as worked on filming Season 2 of In Between Men in autumn of the same year.

In 2014, Coleman was cast as the werewolf Oliver on the hit TV show The Originals, the popular spin-off show of The Vampire Diaries. His role as Oliver spanned a total of twelve episodes between Season 1 and Season 2 of the series.

After his role of Oliver, Coleman went on to work on more independent films like Recorded Lives, Justice Served, Heaven's Renegade Angel, The Viking and the Pendulum, The Return, and Life's Too Short, to name a few.

Later in 2016, Coleman landed a guest-starring role on the NBC series Aquarius as Terry Melcher, a character that spanned three episodes.

Currently, Coleman is appearing globally at several fan conventions developed for The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, both as a guest star and musician.

Music During his pursuit of expanding his acting career, music follows close behind. In 2014, while guest-starring in the fan convention circuit, Coleman began playing music acoustically for the audience; he covered mainstream music as well as singing original songs he had written.

In January 2017, Coleman, along with friends Chris Weaver and Micah Parker, formed the band Mercy Mode. Their first single, "Take It All," was released on March 15, 2017, and is available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Google Play.

Filmography Actor Year Title Role 2006 Scarlett Party-goer 2006 One Life to Live Garrett 2007 False Hope Code Blue Responder 1 2007 New York City Serenade Jock 1 2007 Gossip Girl Jack Altman 1 episode 2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Brad Barrett 2008 Catahoula Jason Dunn 2009 Kings Daniel Shepherd 2009 The Good Wife Brian Keller 2010 One Night Stand Date Rapist 2010 Halloween Season Bill 2010 Boardwalk Empire Billy Winslow Guest Star 2011 Grill Check Mickey 2011 God Don't Make the Laws Brett Armstrong 2011 The Halls of Montezuma Victor 2011 In Between Men Dr. Dane Sullivan 2011 Warehouse Rumble Blade Strongood 2011 Mama Joe 2011 8:46 Kyle Foster 2012 Roses Teenager 2012 Cloak and Dagger Adam Larkin 2012 The J Packages Todd 2012 Into the Rose Garden Joseph 2013 The Americans Robert2013 Pop Up Ryan2014Love HunterTom2014The OriginalsOliver2014Recorded LivesTadd's brother2015Justice Served Luke Palmer2015GypsiDeclan Desmonde2015Heaven's Renegade AngelToby2015The Viking and the PendulumVarg2015S(he) SaidMan2015Eye of the BeholderEliae2016The ReturnApollo2016Life's Too ShortMan2016AquariusTerry Melcher2016Noches Con PlatanitoMultiple Roles2016Apocalypse: The DrunkThe Drunk2016Outlaw Origins Twisted Fate2016I Hate Your Laugh!Dillon2017The Time CapsuleDerek2017You. Me. Us?Harry2017The Land Scottie Taylor2017PanaceaNick2018Trauma TherapyMatt2018TalesTBA2018 First BornGun GuyTBAMisfitAaronTBAFamily DinnerCharlieTBAA Night at the StudioBuddy

Director Year Title Role 2012 Into the Rose Garden Joseph

Writer Year Title Role 2012 Into the Rose Garden Joseph

Stage Year Title Role 2011 My Big Gay Italian Wedding Andrew 2012 Four Dogs and a Bone Victor

Awards and nominations Year Award Nominated work Result 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Boardwalk Empire 2011 Indie Soap Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Drama In Between Men

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