Career in Film & Television
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Chase Lawless is an actor and fight performer/choreographer from Cochrane, Alberta, who works between Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, and Toronto. After obtaining a film degree from Red Deer College at age 22, Chase moved to Toronto to pursue a career in film and television.
Recent film and television credits include Accused (FOX), Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount+), the critically acclaimed Canadian sitcom Letterkenny (Hulu/Crave), Married at First Sight (Reel Shorts, over 10 million views across social media platforms), and the feature films The Apprentice, and Bordello. In 2022, Lawless also starred in two short films: The Backhand, which has already won a slew of awards at festivals all over North America, and Hidden, a Hungarian Holocaust docu-drama.
Lawless has also has been training in stage/film combat and martial arts since 2012, is a member of NYCSS (New York Combat for Stage & Screen), and Fight Directors Canada. Having trained internationally, Lawless has received advanced certifications within multiple organizations, including Fight Directors Canada, The Society of American Fight Directors, The Society of Australian Fight Directors Inc., The British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat, and The Nordic Stage Fight Society. Fight choreography credits include AN.X.O (TELUS Storyhive), The Backhand, Deadly Murder (Central Alberta Theatre), as well as Don Giovanni (Opera York). He trains on a near weekly basis in Shinkendo (Japanese Swordsmanship) and with his mentors Mario Perez and Anthony De Longis.
Chase has trained with the likes of acting coachs Lesly Kahn and Co., Sophie Ann Rooney, Marvin Hintz (Pro Actors Lab) Canadian Film/ Television Stars Tony Nappo (Bad Blood), Larry Reese (The Unforgiven) and Shaun Johnston (Heartland).
The charity organization JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) remains close to his heart, as the disease is very close to home for his family, as well as Mercy Corps, which is on the ground in Ukraine, Romania, and Poland, providing funding to local organizations and working to meet the most urgent humanitarian needs in the region.