Name	Chad Allen
Height	5'7
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	05-June-1974
Place of Birth	America
Famous for

Only signed on for the "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" (1993) pilot to earn money for college. He did not think the series would be picked up and thought that it would pay for his college tuition. The series ran for 6 years.

Travels to Costa Rica are featured in the February 2004 issue of "The Out Traveler" magazine.

One of the co-founders of The Creative Outlet theater company in 1995, and has appeared in several theater productions during the summer breaks.

One of the co-founders of a production company called Mythgarden, which he formed with producer Christopher Racster and actor Robert Gant ("Queer as Folk" (2000)).

Has been featured on the cover of "The Advocate" three times: October 9, 2001, November 25, 2003, and August 30, 2005.

He donated many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign.

As of 2006, he has a position on the Honorary Board of Directors for The Matthew Shepard Foundation. On July 22, 2006, he joined Shepard's mother Judy and about 800 other people in a peaceful demonstration outside the Colorado Springs, Colorado, headquarters of Focus on the Family, a Christian organization.

As a boy, he played the autistic character Tommy Westfall on the TV series "St. Elsewhere" (1982). At first a minor character, Tommy took on great significance in the final episode when the entire series was revealed to have taken place inside his head. This has given rise to a fan theory known as the "Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis," which states that numerous shows that are connected to St. Elsewhere through character crossovers or dialog references have also taken place in Tommy's mind. For instance, the show had a crossover with "Cheers" (1982), and several characters from "St. Elsewhere" were featured in "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993). From those links, the program can be linked to at least 280 other non-animated shows, ranging from "I Love Lucy" (1951) to "CSI: NY" (2004) (as of 2007)."I don't know if it's as damaging on a public level, but I'm certain it's damaging on a personal level. I'm absolutely certain that forcing any young person or not-so-young person into dealing with the issue when they aren't ready to or simply don't want to is damaging to the soul. It's just not right."

"[Until Brokeback Mountain (2005)] there was a huge fear or belief that you couldn't tell a story with a gay hero and have it make money. A well-made movie with a good story trumps everything. It's not just a victory for gay rights; it's a victory for humanity."