Jeff Chase

Last updated
Jeff Chase
Born
Jeffrey L. Sniffen

(1968-01-17) January 17, 1968 (age 56)
Other namesJeffrey Chase
Jeffrey Sniffen
Jeffrey S. Chase
Occupation(s) Actor, Football Player, Stuntman

Jeff Chase (born Jeffrey L. Sniffen; January 17, 1968) is an American film and television actor who played for the Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League.

Contents

Chase was born in Paterson, New Jersey. Raised in Totowa, New Jersey and West Paterson (now Woodland Park), he attended Passaic Valley Regional High School. [1] He attended West Virginia University and, as Jeff Sniffen, played offensive tackle on the football team from 1986 to 1991. He played one season of professional football for the Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League.

While filming the Dexter episode The Damage a Man Can Do, in which Chase was a stuntman, actor Jimmy Smits accidentally stabbed Chase with a real knife instead of a fake one. Smits is said to have missed the plastic protection eight times out of ten during rehearsal, but was able to aim correctly while accidentally wielding the real knife. [2]

Filmography

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Totowa, New Jersey</span> Borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, US

Totowa is a borough in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 11,065, an increase of 261 (+2.4%) from the 2010 census count of 10,804, which in turn reflected an increase of 912 (+9.2%) from the 9,892 counted in the 2000 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Woodland Park, New Jersey</span> Borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, US

Woodland Park is a borough in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 13,484, an increase of 1,665 (+14.1%) from the 2010 census count of 11,819, which in turn reflected an increase of 832 (+7.6%) from the 10,987 counted in the 2000 census.

<i>V.I.P.</i> (American TV series) American action-dramedy television series

V.I.P. is an American action/dramedy television series starring Pamela Anderson. Created by J. F. Lawton, the series aired in syndication for four seasons from 1998 to 2002.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nosher Powell</span> British boxer and actor (1928–2013)

George Frederick Bernard Powell, credited as Nosher Powell, Freddie Powell, or Fred Powell, was an English actor, stuntman and boxer. He is best known for his work in the James Bond film series, most notably From Russia with Love (1963).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roy Jenson</span> Canadian American actor and football player (1927–2007)

Roy Cameron Jenson, also known and credited as Roy Jensen, was a Canadian American football player, stuntman, and actor.

Tanoai Reed is an American stuntman and actor. He is best known as the stunt double for his cousin Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

Passaic Valley Regional High School is the name of both a public school district and regional high school for students in ninth through twelfth grades from a district comprising Little Falls, Totowa and Woodland Park, three communities in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The high school is the only facility in the Passaic Valley Regional High School District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gil Perkins</span> Australian film and television actor

Gilbert Vincent Perkins was an Australian film and television actor.

Manny Perry is an American stunt coordinator and stuntman. He has performed in dozens of films including Armageddon, Con Air, and The Mighty Ducks. He played the role of Big Jim Slade in Kentucky Fried Movie. He has also had acting roles as a policeman in the TV series 24 and a terrorist henchman in the Jean-Claude Van Damme movie Sudden Death.

Michael Papajohn is an American character actor, stuntman and former college baseball player for the LSU Tigers baseball team. He played Dennis Carradine in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.

Darryl M. Chan is an accomplished Hollywood stuntman, martial artist, and actor of Chinese descent. He grew up in San Francisco as the second of four boys. His career spans from the early 1980s to the present. Chan has worked with virtually all the leading Asian actors and filmmakers, and counts Brandon Lee as one of his closest friends at the time of Lee's death. Darryl is also a sports medicine specialist, and has trained many of the entertainment industry's actors and musicians to prepare for roles and world tours.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scott Leva</span>

Scott Leva is a Academy Award-winning stuntman and stunt coordinator who entered stuntwork in the 1970s.

"Our Father" is the third season premiere and twenty-fifth overall episode of the American television drama series Dexter, which first aired on September 28, 2008, on Showtime in the United States. The episode was written by Clyde Phillips and directed by Keith Gordon. In the episode, which takes place several months after the second-season finale, Dexter Morgan mistakenly kills an innocent man but forms a friendship with the man's brother, well-known assistant district attorney Miguel Prado. Dexter's sister Debra, meanwhile, has turned over a new leaf in her life and is determined to become a detective.

"The Damage a Man Can Do" is the eighth episode of the third season of the American television drama series Dexter, which first aired on November 16, 2008 on Showtime in the United States. The episode was written by Scott Buck and directed by Marcos Siega. In the episode, assistant district attorney Miguel Prado asks Dexter Morgan for his assistance in killing a murderous gambler. Meanwhile, Dexter's sister Ofr. Debra Morgan finds her boyfriend and informant Anton Briggs to be missing after she tells him that he is no longer legally obligated to work for her.

Cheung Wing-fat, also known as Mars, is a Hong Kong actor, action director, stuntman and martial artist. He is one of Jackie Chan's best friends.

Tom Hennesy was an American actor and stuntman. He is known for playing the Gill-man in Revenge of the Creature, the second installment of the Creature from the Black Lagoon trilogy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Troy Brenna</span>

Troy Brenna is an American stunt actor, motion capture actor, stunt coordinator, and actor. He was born in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. He has one younger brother and two older sisters. He has performed stunts for films such as X-Men, Thor, and Fast Five. He has acted in roles including Takers, Spy Next Door and television spots such as Arrested Development. He has also performed motion capture in films such as The Avengers.

Taras Kostyuk is a Canadian actor and a stuntman. Taras was born in Lviv, Ukraine, and starred in featured films & TV shows since 1997.

Gaetano Marco "Guy" Nardulli is an American actor and producer who is most associated for his character role as Johnny The Zip on Sylvester Stallone's show TULSA KING (2023-2024) The Horror Vault Vol.1 (2008), which was released as a compilation of nine horror short stories contains the 2005 movie short thriller Alone in which Nardulli plays Detective Wiley. Guy is well known for his "strong-arm" portrayals as detective and law enforcement characters, military, mobster and criminal roles in movies and television. His most recent television work is related with the 2023 television series Tulsa King Where he appears as a series regular in season 2 (2024) The Last Ship in two episodes, "Long Day's Journey" and "Alone and Unafraid". Guy also appears in a recurring role on Criminal Minds as Detective Walker. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the 2013 Utah Film Awards for his role as Antonio Sorrento for Proper Manors. Nardulli also received a second nomination as part of the Best Ensemble Nomination, also for Proper Manors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chuck Hicks</span> American actor and stuntman (1927–2021)

Charles Dallas Hicks was an American actor and stuntman.

References

  1. Caldera, Pete. "Sniffen Has His Act Together after Football", The Record . Accessed October 8, 2018. "This wasn't the career that Jeff Chase envisioned at Passaic Valley in the mid '80s. But here he is, in the company of Tom Cruise, shooting a scene with Paul Giamatti, standing on a red carpet with Donald Sutherland. Back in West Paterson and Totowa, he was Jeff Sniffen, a high school tight end and basketball player growing into an agile and affable 6-foot-7, 300 pound man."
  2. Surette, Tim (October 3, 2008). "Jimmy Smits stabs stuntman on Dexter set". TV.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-16.