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Introduction
Chasen Joseph Schneider is an American actor. He is famous for being the son of John Richard Schneider who is an American actor and country music singer. His father is best known for his portrayal of Beauregard “Bo” Duke in the American television action/comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard (opposite Tom Wopat, Catherine Bach and James Best), Jonathan Kent in the 2001–11 TV series Smallville, and James “Jim” Cryer on the television series The Haves and the Have Nots, created by Tyler Perry.
Alongside his acting career, Schneider has been a singer since the early 1980s, releasing nine studio albums and a greatest hits package, as well as eighteen singles. This total includes “I’ve Been Around Enough to Know”, “Country Girls”, “What’s a Memory Like You”, and “You’re the Last Thing I Needed Tonight”, all of which reached the top of the Billboard country singles charts.
Biography
| Name | Chasen Joseph Schneider |
| Net Worth | $2 million |
| Salary | $500,000+ |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Age | 30 years |
| Height | 1.75m |
Chasen Joseph Schneider was born on December 31, 1991 (age 30 years) in Los Angeles, California, United States. He is the son of John Schneider and Elly Castle. He is also the brother of Leah Schneider and Karis Schneider. His sister Karis is an actress and his other sister Leah is a film director.
Chasen Schneider lived in San Antonio, Texas with his family for three years as a toddler before moving back to the Los Angeles area. They settled in Agoura Hills, where he grew up and participated in the school theater. At the age of eleven, Chasen attended The Columbia Gorge School of Theater in Washington state. It was there that he first learned the Meisner technique, as taught by Jesse Merz, as well as singing, dance, film acting, movement and other theater arts. He went back every summer up to 2009 or a total of seven summers.
Chasen Joseph Schneider received his first professional experience at the age of sixteen playing the featured role of Joe Hampton on The Secret Life of the American Teenager. He would go on to reprise the role for a total of twelve episodes during the run of the show.
At the age of eighteen Chasen decided that he needed more experience before taking on the professional world full time. He applied to several British drama schools including RADA, Guildford, Royal Scottish Academy and LAMDA. Chasen ended up taking LAMDA’s 3 Year BA Acting course. He lived in London and received full training in classical, modern theatrical and film acting, as well as movement, stage combat, dance, voice, singing, theatrical clown, voice acting and various other disciplines.
Chasen Joseph Schneider’s teachers included veteran actors and directors of Shakespeare’s Globe, the RSC, the BBC, the National Theater and countless other theatrical and film productions. He performed for the public in his third year, including shows at Riverside Studios and Trafalgar Studios. He joined the British agency Shepperd Fox in his third year. He graduated in 2013, performed two showcases in New York City and Los Angeles and eventually settled in New York in 2014.
Chasen lives in Brooklyn, New York. Since graduation he has appeared in three upcoming feature films, two plays, two staged readings, and a short film. He is slated to appear in an upcoming pilot by Luck Films.
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Chasen Joseph Schneider’s father was born in Mount Kisco, New York, the youngest of three boys for Shirley Conklin (1932-2016) and John “Jack” Schneider III (1930-2013), a pilot who had served in the U.S. Air Force. His mother is from Sanford, Florida. His family included an older brother Robert, an artist living in southern New York. His other brother (also called John) died of lung failure age 3, three years before John’s birth.
John’s life as an entertainer began at the age of eight when he put on magic shows for his peers and their families. This once got him into trouble, when he had himself chained up and tossed into a swimming pool with the intention of re-creating Harry Houdini’s legendary escape act. When he was 14, he and his mother moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where his love for performing continued. He went to North Springs High School in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
In 1982, Schneider co-founded the Children’s Miracle Network with Marie Osmond and her brothers. In 1995, he founded FaithWorks Productions in order to produce family-oriented videos and recordings. In 1998, Schneider became a born-again Christian while living with Johnny and June Carter Cash for a short time, and speaking with Johnny about Christianity.
Schneider was married to former Miss America Tawny Elaine Godin from 1983 to 1986. He married his second wife, Elly Castle, on July 11, 1993. On December 12, 2014, TMZ.com reported that Castle had filed for divorce, They have three children, Leah and Chasen (born 1991), both of whom are Castle’s children from her first marriage, and their daughter Karis. Since April 2015 Schneider has been in a relationship with Alicia Allain, his producing partner and owner of Maven Entertainment. Alicia is also his personal and professional manager. They married in September 2019.
Schneider was good friends with James Best, who played Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in The Dukes of Hazzard, until his death on April 6, 2015, at age 88. On June 12, 2018, Schneider spoke to Fox News regarding his upcoming three-day jail sentence for failing to pay alimony to his estranged wife Elvira Castle. He said he has had hard financial times and he has spent his money on repairing his studio in Louisiana which was destroyed in an August 2016 flood.
He was arrested at 10:29 AM and released at 3:45 PM. The short imprisonment was due to the overcrowded prison. He contrasted the warm treatment of the prison guards to the “guilty until proven innocent” treatment he received in the court system. However, he still has to do 240 hours of community service and pay the debt to Elvira, or else he faces imprisonment of five years.
Chasen Joseph Schneider net worth
How much is Chasen Joseph Schneider worth? Chasen Joseph Schneider net worth is estimated at around $2 million. His main source of income is from his career as an actor. Chasen Joseph Schneider salary per movie with other career earnings is over $500 thousand annually. He stands at an appealing height of 1.75m and has a good body weight which suits his personality.