Donny Boaz is an American actor who currently portrays the role of
Chance Chancellor on The Young and the Restless.Boaz began his career
as a male model for brands such as Abercrombie, Mothers Against Drunk
Driving, and runway work in Milan, Italy. However, it was a Calvin
Klein underwear shoot that cost him his university scholarship just
before his junior year at Southwestern Assemblies of God University
because the school didn't believe it was very "Christ-like" to model
men's underwear. After losing his scholarship, Boaz spent the next six
years working as a model in various countries.In 2003, he left Paris,
France and returned to Dallas to pursue a career as a working actor.
That same year, Boaz appeared in the "America's Sexiest Man" contest
in which one of the prizes was a multi-episode role on soap opera All
My Children; from that series he went to Guiding Light and appeared in
several episodes.Although he lacked formal training as an actor, he
successfully auditioned for several projects, including the role of
"Pfc. Patrick Miller" in the television movie Saving Jessica Lynch. He
was able to use the experience of the role later on to help him get
cast as "Buckley" in the television series SIX.
Chance Chancellor on The Young and the Restless.Boaz began his career
as a male model for brands such as Abercrombie, Mothers Against Drunk
Driving, and runway work in Milan, Italy. However, it was a Calvin
Klein underwear shoot that cost him his university scholarship just
before his junior year at Southwestern Assemblies of God University
because the school didn't believe it was very "Christ-like" to model
men's underwear. After losing his scholarship, Boaz spent the next six
years working as a model in various countries.In 2003, he left Paris,
France and returned to Dallas to pursue a career as a working actor.
That same year, Boaz appeared in the "America's Sexiest Man" contest
in which one of the prizes was a multi-episode role on soap opera All
My Children; from that series he went to Guiding Light and appeared in
several episodes.Although he lacked formal training as an actor, he
successfully auditioned for several projects, including the role of
"Pfc. Patrick Miller" in the television movie Saving Jessica Lynch. He
was able to use the experience of the role later on to help him get
cast as "Buckley" in the television series SIX.
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