Casey Deidrick

At 36 years old, Casey Deidrick has this physical status:

Casey Jon Deidrick (born April 25, 1987) is an American actor and heavy metal/rock musician.

Deidrick is best known for her role in the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, where Chad DiMera appears.

Personal life

Deidrick was born in Santa Clara, California, to parents Barry Jon Deidrick, an IBEW 332 Union electrician, and Denise Deck, a nurse. His parents divorced at the age of three years old. When Deidrick was 7 years old, his mother moved to Arizona and Deidrick and his father stayed in Hollister, California. He later started skateboarding. Deidrick and his family migrated to Highlands Ranch, Colorado, after his first year in high school. Deidrick continued skateboarding and was eventually sponsored. In 2004, Deidrick participated in the Vans World Amateur Competition. He was also included in a Transworld Skateboarding photo book. During his skateboarding career, Deidrick was often injured. However, one injury left him with a serious concussion, and Deidrick decided to suspend skateboarding to concentrate on acting. Deidrick has four younger siblings, Amy and Jake from his father and stepmother, as well as Micayla and Nikole from his mother and stepfather. Deidrick attended Metropolitan State College in Denver for a year, where he concentrated on theater and psychology. Deidrick adopted Nanuk, a Siberian husky dog that he named in 2012. In the hard metal band And Still I Rise, Deidrick was also the Unclean Vocalist.

Molly Burnett detained him from 2009 to November 2010. In 2012, he dated Kate Mansi. After this intimate relationship didn't work out, he began dating Jahan Yousaf. The pair started dating in 2013 and then split in 2018. The reason for it is unclear. He hasn't made any public announcements of a new affair, so it's likely that he is single.

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Career

Deidrick had his first experience as an actor in high school when he and a friend auditioned for the school's production of Carousel with a rock song. Deidrick attended the AMTC (Actors, Models & Talent Competition) Convention in Orlando, Florida, where he met his agent. Deidrick made the decision to go into acting at the age of 15 when he saw The Lord of the Rings for the first time. At the age of 19, Deidrick relocated to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career. He found a manager and enrolled in acting classes. Deidrick supported himself working as a waiter and eventually booked guest spots on Wizards of Waverly Place and 90210 before booking Days. In February 2012, Deidrick made a guest appearance on the ABC prime time series Body of Proof. In April 2013, Deidrick made guest appearances on Glee and NBC's Revolution. On June 20, 2013, Deidrick announced his departure from Days of our Lives on his Twitter account. Deidrick's last appearance on Days was on October 30, 2013.

In September 2014, Deidrick was cast in MTV's thriller series Eye Candy. He played the main role of Tommy, a detective, who worked with Lindy (Victoria Justice). The series is about a genius who realizes that her online suitor is a dangerous cyber stalker. The show was cancelled after one season. In November 2016, Casey appeared in The Chainsmokers' music video for the song "All We Know."

On July 7, 2017, Deidrick had been cast on the MTV teen drama series Teen Wolf where he portrayed Halwyn, a former resident of Eichen House who also happens to be a hundred-year-old Hellhound with mysterious ties to an ancient evil now threatening Beacon Hills in the aftermath of the Ghost Riders and the Wild Hunt.

From 2019-2022, Deidrick starred in In The Dark. He played Max Parish, a food truck owner and associate of Darnell who becomes attracted to Murphy.

In 2020, Deidrick starred in the feature psychological thriller film Painter.

In February 2021, Deidrick starred in a feature-length episode of the horror TV anthology Into the Dark titled "Tentacles" as Sam Anselm. In December of the same year, he was cast alongside Emily Osment in Hallmark's A Very Merry Bridesmaid.

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