Age: 47
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Award-winning Theatre, Television and Film actor Chad Joseph Doreck was born and raised in Southern California. He grew up in a blue collar family in Long Beach, CA, the son of Kentucky born contractor Stephen Doreck and Chicago born homemaker Catherine Doreck with one sister and one brother. Chad began comprehensive acting and performing arts training at a very young age and joined the Screen Actors Guild at the age of 8. After attending St. Maria Goretti Catholic grade school he was accepted into the highly competitive theatre program at the acclaimed Orange County School of the Arts along side other working actors and future Tony, Emmy, and Oscar winners. He went on the briefly study film at USC, dropping out due to his work as an actor. Having appeared in hundreds of commercials, voice overs, cartoons, and several television shows, movies and stage plays, Chad is known for his ability to work between disciplines and genres. His professional debut was for the music video for the title track of the movie Weird Science where he worked with Kelly LeBrock, Danny Elfman, and director Howie Deutsch. In 2006 he was scouted by Broadway casting directors to join in the reality competition Grease: You're the One That I Want. After finishing in top 4 he was cast in the smash Off-Broadway hit musical comedy Altar Boyz. He credits his mentor, actress Gloria Gifford, for shifting his career by directing him in the wildly lauded Los Angeles production of Sam Shepard's Fool for Love for which he won several awards and accolades. Beside being an actor Chad is also accomplished singer, songwriter, and dancer, . He was the recipient of the the Mercury records song writing scholarship at UCLA and has danced for legendary choreographers like Debbie Allen and Wade Robson. In his spare time, Doreck studies Spanish, Krav Maga, and fencing. He is an avid gardener and classic movie fanatic (Cary Grant being his idol.) He volunteers at horse rescue Hoofprints to Freedom and his charity Heart of Rock and Roll produces concerts from which the proceed are donated to music programs in local schools.
From the Universe that brought you DuckTales, the basic premise of the show focuses on Mickey Mouse and his friends operating a dinner theater club in downtown ToonTown. Considered a popular venue by the residents, the club is frequented by a host of character from Disney animated properties – every character from cartoons and films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios are featured in the episodes, with the exception of those made after 2001–2003 (such as Lilo & Stitch) and Dinosaur due to being CGI. Such characters mostly appear as paying guests of the club, with a few voiced in episodes depending on the scripts provided to voice actors, although a number sometimes operate as performers for the club. The animated series is more notable for including many relatively obscure and otherwise rarely used Disney characters, often with speaking parts for the very first time - for example, Li'l Bad Wolf and April, May and June, who had appeared very often in Disney comic books but never before in an animated cartoon, finally made their animated debuts on House of Mouse. The show also featured some cameos by characters created for other television cartoons and theme park attractions, but these appearances were few and far between.
