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Casey Deidrick

Casey Deidrick | Chad DiMera

Casey Deidrick, a relatively new, young actor, will skateboard his way into the hearts of "Days of our Lives" fans as Chad on the long-running NBC drama. Skateboarding for over 10 years, he even competed at the age of 17 in the 2004 Vans World Amateur Competition.

Casey is a native Californian, born in Santa Clara and raised in Arizona, until his family ultimately settled in Hollister, California.

His first venture into theater was in his high school play, "Carousel." He is inspired by actors like Leonardo DiCaprio and Heath Ledger.

Casey's other television credits include a recurring role on "90210" and a role on "Hannah Montana."

Casey is very multi-faceted and also sings in the heavy metal band A Dreadful Fall, which has recently recorded for the first time. He is an avid reader, loves movies and listening to loud music that he says "no one understands."

Chad appeared in Salem on June 19, 2009 when he showed up at the Java Cafe looking for his ex-girlfriend, Mia. He wanted to reconcile with her, but Mia immediately refused. One day he overheard Mia talking to Brady Black about "the baby." Chad demanded that Mia tell him everything. She confirmed to him that she had a baby - his baby - and that baby was now living with Nicole and EJ DiMera. Chad went to EJ and demanded his daughter back, but EJ refused. On many occasions afterward, Nicole attempted to convince Chad that "his" baby would be better with her and EJ. Mia also tried to convince Chad of that, but he wanted custody of his child.

Finally, after months of back and forth, the devastating truth was revealed: Nicole had switched the babies, and the baby Chad had with Mia, Grace, was dead. Chad and Mia were both crushed as well as appalled by Nicole's actions. Although still mourning for Grace, Chad became optimistic that he and Mia would reunite.

Despite the fact that she was still dating Will, Mia encouraged Chad's hopes by accepting his invitation to Salem High's 2009 winter dance. The problem was she had already accepted Will's invitation too. Chad was upset when he learned the truth and decided to move on with his life, without Mia. He then began dating Gabi Hernandez.

Chad and Gabi found little peace thanks to a jealous Mia. Ignoring his relationship with Gabi, Mia began to play dirty and tried to win Chad back, all the while lying to him that she and Will were about to break up. Although he cared for Gabi, he loved Mia and broke things off with Gabi to pursue things with Mia once again. Gabi, however, knew Mia was lying, and soon Chad discovered that too. He promptly broke up with Mia.

The truth emerged that Stefano is Chad's biological father. When Stefano and Chad found out about their relationship, Chad was skeptical about joining the DiMera family. But, Stefano kept trying. Eventually, Chad took a job with DiMera Enterprises and moved into the DiMera mansion. Neither move went over well with his girlfriend, Abigail.

Eventually, Chad got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. During a feud between the DiMeras and the Kiriakises, Chad was shot in the chest. He recovered, but realized that being so close to the family was not a good idea. He quit his job and moved out of the mansion. He focused on Abigail and his friends Sonny, Will, Melanie and Gabi.

Abigail began to have feelings for someone else while Chad developed feelings for Melanie; Chad and Abigail mutually decided to end their relationship. Chad told Melanie about the breakup, but Melanie was still worried about how Abigail would feel. Abigail was angry for a while, but finally decided that Chad and Melanie would make a good match. Chad and Melanie started dating and fell madly in love. After Melanie was kidnapped by Andrew, Chad insisted that he wants to always be there to protect Melanie and proposed. Melanie accepted! But will the wedding go off without a hitch?

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