Chase Coleman

Chase Coleman
Coleman posing as Dr Dane Sullivan for a party launching Season 1 of In Between Men
Born	(1985-03-20) March 20, 1985 (age 32) Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Louisiana at Monroe
Occupation	Actor, director, and musician
Years active	2005–present

Chase Coleman (born March 20, 1985) is an American actor, director and musician. Coleman is best known for portraying the character Billy Winslow in the HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire.

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. While in his second year of high school, he began singing and playing music in his first rock band.

Throughout high school, he played in the local Monroe rock band Crawl Space until graduation. He attended the University of Louisiana at Monroe majoring in Business Marketing. Throughout college he played in the local band Fallstaff.

In his second year of college, he began to gain interest in acting. He performed with the Straus Community Theatre and the Theatre of the University of Louisiana at Monroe and during his junior year of college he signed with the Baton Rouge agency, Stage 2000 recruited by Ron Randell.

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 discovered by talent manager Suzanne Schachter and invited to go to New York City to test the market for the summer. He was offered the role of Garrett on One Life to Live. He received many offers of professional acting work and he stayed in New York City, shifting to online courses in order to finish his Business Marketing degree. In 2006, he signed with the company Suzelle Eenterprises 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.