Casey Deidrick

Casey Jon Deidrick ( ; born April 25, 1987) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for originating the role of Chad DiMera on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives. 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 when he was three. Initially he lived with his mother, but when he was seven, she moved to Arizona and he passed into the care of his father in Hollister, California. After his first year in high school, he rejoined his mother, now living in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Deidrick began skateboarding while in Hollister. He persevered with it after his relocation to Colorado, and was eventually sponsored. In 2004, he competed in the Vans World Amateur Competition. He was also featured in a photo-spread for Transworld Skateboarding. He was injured many times during his skateboarding career without serious consequences, but when one especially traumatic accident left him with a severe concussion, he decided to give up skateboarding to focus on acting instead. Deidrick has four younger half-siblings: Amy and Jake from his father and stepmother, and two half-sisters, Micayla and Nikole from his mother and stepfather. Deidrick attended Metropolitan State College in Denver for a year where he majored in theater and psychology. In 2012, Deidrick adopted a Siberian husky dog which he named Nanuk.