Tad Hilgenbrink

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Tad Hilgenbrink
Born
Tad Davie Hilgenbrinck Quintana

(1981-10-09) October 9, 1981 (age 41)
Occupation Actor

Tad Hilgenbrink (born Tad Davie Hilgenbrinck Quintana, October 9, 1981) is an American actor, known for his role as Matt Stifler in American Pie Presents: Band Camp , Chance Marquis in The Curiosity of Chance and Tyler in The Hills Run Red . [1]

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Early life and career

Hilgenbrinck was born in Quincy, Illinois, he is of Mexican and American descent. Attended Quincy Senior High School, where he was actively involved in music and theater. He performed as part of the resident company for summer 2003 at Music Theatre of Wichita in Wichita, Kansas, where he performed in the musicals Footloose , Oklahoma! , Good News , Chicago , and The Scarlet Pimpernel . He has a BFA[ citation needed ] in musical theatre and a minor in dance from Millikin University and IES London. While at Millikin he spent his summers at the Little Theatre on the Square in Sullivan, Illinois, as a performing intern.

Later career

He has performed in roles such as the Artful Dodger in Oliver! , Gideon in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers , and Chuck Cranston in Footloose. He polished his creative craft, studying Shakespeare intensively in London and has starred in multiple theatrical pieces including A Midsummer Night's Dream, Chicago, and Oliver!. After many successful performances in New York and London, he ventured to Los Angeles giving himself only two weeks to make it or go home. After winning his first major roles as well as the Showcase on The Price Is Right , he decided to stay.

He was chosen for Matt Stifler due to his resemblance to Seann William Scott, replacing Eli Marienthal who portrayed the character in the primary American Pie series. [2] He also appeared in the 2006 film The Curiosity of Chance , a movie in which he stars as a gay high school student who moved to a new school and must learn to fit in.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNote(s)
2004 It's All Relative Young Wayne1 episode "Cross My Heart"
2005 American Pie Presents: Band Camp Matt StiflerMain role
2006 The Curiosity of Chance Chance MarquisMain role
2007Grave SituationsSamuel Van Alden-
Epic Movie Cyclops Starring as Tad Hilgenbrinck
Sherman's Way Taylor-
2008 Amusement Rob-
Disaster Movie Prince Edwin-
Lost Boys: The Tribe Chris EmersonLead role
2009The Last Low TideIanLead role
Amusement Rob
H2O ExtremeCCMain role
The Hills Run Red TylerMain role

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References

  1. Nathan Southern (2015). "Tad Hilgenbrink". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on February 16, 2015.
  2. "Meet Tad Hilgenbrink - "Matt Stifler" From American Pie Presents: Band Camp". glamourpath.com. December 31, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2020.