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Nicholas Alexander Chavez (born September 6, 1999) is an American actor. He played Spencer Cassadine on the ABC soap opera General Hospital from 2021 to 2024, for which he won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series. He portrayed Lyle Menendez in the crime drama series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and priest Charlie Mayhew in the horror series Grotesquerie, both co-created by Ryan Murphy in 2024.

Early life and education

Chavez was born in Houston, Texas. He has three younger half-siblings. He lived in Sugar Land, Texas, before his family relocated to Denver, Colorado. His parents never married yet when he was five and they decided to split his time between his mother's home in Denver and his father's hometown of Arvada, Colorado. As a child, Chavez spent a lot of time outdoors, snowboarding, hiking and mountain biking. He described himself as a "precocious kid." At an early age, Chavez developed an interest in performing, including recreating the blessing of the Eucharist, which he saw at Sunday Mass. He was also a member of the Colorado Children's Chorale and performed at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Chavez attended Camp Rising Sun in 2014.

Chavez attended East High School, where he played football and joined the speech and debate team headed by his mentor, Matt Murphy. When Murphy took over the drama department a year later, he recruited Chavez, then a junior, to play Atticus Finch in the school's production of To Kill a Mockingbird. Chavez quit football to focus on the play. As a senior, Chavez began studying at Visionbox Studio Theater under Jennifer McCray Rincón. While he couldn't afford to pay her, Chavez assisted around the theatre while Rincón helped him prepare for college auditions. Chavez applied to several top American drama programs, including Rutgers University, Carnegie Mellon University, New York University, and the Juilliard School. Except for Juilliard, Chavez was accepted to all of the schools. Chavez attended the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers. After two years, Chavez took a leave of absence from Rutgers and relocated to Los Angeles to pursue acting full time. However, he was forced to go back to Vero Beach, Florida, with his father when the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020. Chavez worked a few "odd" jobs, including at a car dealership, while he submitted self-tape auditions.

Career

On July 1, 2021, Chavez made his television debut as Spencer Cassadine on General Hospital. Chavez signed a three-year deal. Only a few months into his General Hospital tenure, he mourned the loss of his longtime manager, Jenevieve Brewer. He exited the role in January 2024. In 2022, Chavez starred as Jason in the Tubi original film, Crushed.

In 2023, Chavez was cast in the second season of Ryan Murphy's Netflix anthology series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024). He portrayed Lyle Menendez.

In August 2024, it was reported Chavez had also been cast in Murphy's Grotesquerie, a dramatic horror series for FX. In the midst of the premieres ten days apart, it was announced he had signed with Creative Artists Agency for representation. In November 2024, it was announced he had been cast in the untitled fourth film of the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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2. Waldo, Garren (September 6, 2021). "GH Star Nicholas Alexander Chavez Celebrated His Birthday". Soap Hub. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
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4. ^ "Meet GH's new Spencer". Late-breaking News. Soap Opera Digest. Vol. 46, no. 31. American Media, Inc. August 2, 2021. pp. 4–5.
5. Murphy, Chris (October 10, 2024). "Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch Don't Think the Menendez Brothers Are Monsters". Vanity Fair. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
6. ^ Bradford Anderson and Steve Burton (August 18, 2021). "1st Time's The Charm! With Nicholas Chavez (Spencer, GH)". Stone Cold and the Jackal (Podcast). Retrieved August 26, 2021.
7. Di Lauro, Janet (July 6, 2021). "7 Things To Know About New GH Star Nicholas Alexander Chavez". Soap Hub. United States. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
8. Tapp, Tom (October 15, 2021). "Longtime New York-Based Manager Jenevieve Brewer Dies". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
9. Mason, Charlie (October 17, 2021). "General Hospital's Nicholas Alexander Chavez Pours Out His Heart Over a Devastating Loss: 'It Was a Privilege to Know You'". Soaps.com. SHE Media. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
10. Eades, Chris (October 18, 2021). "GH's Nicholas Alexander Chavez Mourns the Death of Jenevieve Brewer". Soaps In Depth. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
11. Ausiello, Michael (April 25, 2024). "Nicholas Alexander Chavez Not Returning to General Hospital as Spencer (Exclusive)". TVLine. United States: Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
12. ^ Chapman, Wilson; Grantham-Philips, Wyatte; Sasha, Urban (March 9, 2022). "Tubi Announces Casting for Coming-of-Age Comedy 'Crushed' (TV News Roundup)". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
13. ^ Cordero, Rosy (June 29, 2023). "'Monster' Season 2: Netflix's Ryan Murphy Anthology Series Finds Its Menendez Brothers In Cooper Koch & Nicholas Alexander Chavez". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
14. ^ Otterson, Joe (August 13, 2024). "Ryan Murphy Horror Drama Series 'Grotesquerie' Sets FX Premiere Date". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
15. Rice, Lynette (September 26, 2024). "'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story' Star Nicholas Alexander Chavez Signs With CAA". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
16. Kroll, Justin (November 7, 2024). "I Know What You Did Last Summer: Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Austin Nichols And Gabbriette Join New Sequel". Deadline Hollywood. United States: Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on November 7, 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
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19. "The 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Nominations" (PDF). New York/Los Angeles: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023.

External links

• Nicholas Alexander Chavez at IMDb

• 1999 births
• Living people
• Male actors from Denver
• Male actors from Houston
• American male television actors
• American male soap opera actors
• Daytime Emmy Award winners
• Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series winners
• 21st-century American male actors
• American male actors of Mexican descent
• Hispanic and Latino American male actors
• East High School (Denver, Colorado) alumni