Chad Brannon

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Chad Brannon is an American actor. Brannon is recognized for his role as Zander Smith on General Hospital .

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Career

In 2000, Chad Brannon started playing Zander Smith on the daytime soap opera General Hospital . He played the character from 2000 to 2004, until he was killed off, and won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He has also guest starred on Friday Night Lights , Cold Case , and Deadwood . Another of his roles includes Tolten from the Xbox 360 RPG Lost Odyssey . In 2008, FOX brought on Chad as one of the main network announcers covering many of their hit shows such as The Simpsons, Family Guy, Glee, Sons of Tucson, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show.

On December 22, 2009, Brannon returned to General Hospital, in a cameo as a character known only as Aaron. He appeared alongside Natalia Livingston, who was playing the twin of her previous character. [1] In February 2021, Entertainment Weekly reported Brannon had returned to General Hospital in an undisclosed role. Brannon appeared on the March 16, 2021 episode as the "ghost" of Zander, interacting in scenes with Zander's son, Cameron. [2] [3]

Filmography

Film
YearFilmRoleNotes
1999Killing the BadgeCIA Agent #3
2007Lost OdysseyToltenas Chad Brandon
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Walker, Texas Ranger Chris1 episode
2000 General Hospital Zander Smith
Aaron
257 episodes, 2000–2004, 2021
1 episode, 2009
Malcolm in the Middle Cadet1 episode
Undressed Stan3 episodes
JAG Young Hoskins1 episode
Days of Our Lives Boy #13 episodes
2006 Deadwood unknown1 episode
Cold Case Skiz1 episode
What It Takesunknown25 episodes, 2006–2007
Friday Night Lights Lucas Mize2 episodes, 2006–2007

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References

  1. "Chad Brannon - GH - General Hospital - Interview - Zander". Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
  2. Rice, Lynette (February 10, 2021). "General Hospital is bringing back Chad Brannon". Entertainment Weekly . United States: Meredith Corporation . Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  3. Fairman, Michael (February 10, 2021). "Chad Brannon Returns to General Hospital". Michael Fairman TV . United States: The Michael Fairman Company. Retrieved February 12, 2021.