# Donny Boaz

Donny Boaz (born December 12, 1980) is an American actor who recently portrayed the role of Chance Chancellor on The Young and the Restless.

## Career

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.
In 2015, Boaz was cast as "Bill Bradley" in the film My All American where he worked with director Angelo Pizzo.
In 2019, Boaz was cast in the role of Chance Chancellor in The Young and the Restless.
In 2020, Boaz appeared in the role of James Cranbourne in the movie "When We Last Spoke" and in 2022 he had a memorable cameo in the HBO series "The Staircase."

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | Saving Jessica Lynch | Pfc. Patrick Miller | TV movie |
| 2005 | Devon's Ghost: Legend of the Bloody Boy | Scott | Video |
| 2007 | The Great Debaters | Oklahoma City College Debater #1 | |
| 2008 | Soul Flyers | Chris Cutler | Short |
| 2008 | A Noble Way | Mark Noble | Short |
| 2008 | Redemption | Sloane | Short |
| 2008 | Ready or Not (Any Other Way) | Alan | |
| 2009 | Midgets vs. Mascots | Baseball Player | |
| 2009 | Martini the Movie | Muscle Stud | Short |
| 2010 | Drop Me Off | A&R Executive | |
| 2010 | The Ascent | Pete | |
| 2010 | Manifest Destiny: A Fates Calling | Manifest Lactue | Short |
| 2010 | Tryst | Adam | Short |
| 2011 | Killer School Girls from Outer Space | Ben | |
| 2011 | Cold War | Agent Thomas | Short |
| 2011 | A Schizophrenic Love Story | Leo | |
| 2011 | Tale of the Time Thieves | Joshua Franklin Jacobs | Short |
| 2011 | Reunited | Tonya's Finacee | |
| 2012 | Return to Vengeance | Don | |
| 2012 | Deep in the Heart | Danny | |
| 2012 | Because I Love You | Sheriff Jenkins | |
| 2012 | Mixtape | Jake | Short |
| 2012 | Victims | Jason Wells | Short |
| 2012 | Supernatural Activity | Brock Haas | |
| 2012 | Shades of Julia | Jason Wells | |
| 2012 | Into the South | Jeff | Short |
| 2012 | Harvester of Terror 2: Redneck's Revenge | The Cop | Short |
| 2012 | The Significant Other | Rick | |
| 2012 | Unknown Caller | James | Short |
| 2012 | Raptor Ranch | Lucas Young | |
| 2013 | Inventing Adam | Jeff Whitborn | |
| 2013 | Faith | Doctor | Short |
| 2013 | Dreamer | Kevin | |
| 2013 | Office Rehab | Darren | Short |
| 2013 | Synapse | Jake | Short |
| 2013 | The Anna Nicole Story | Larry Birkhead | TV movie |
| 2013 | CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story | Bill Diggins | TV movie |
| 2014 | 13 Sins | Witter | |
| 2014 | Elsa & Fred | Waiter #2 | |
| 2014 | The Furies | Kyle Banks | Short |
| 2014 | Amazin' Grace | Brad Tillson | Short |
| 2014 | Flashes | John Rotit | |
| 2014 | Could This Be Love | Angelo | |
| 2014 | Left Behind | Passenger #2 | |
| 2014 | Faded | Driskell | Short |
| 2014 | The Rolling Road | Young Alton | Short |
| 2015 | Kill or Be Killed | Minister | |
| 2015 | The Adventures of Pepper and Paula | Malcolm | |
| 2015 | Sorrow | Detective Farrell | |
| 2015 | Higher Mission | Barber | |
| 2015 | Discredit | Patrick | Short |
| 2015 | My All-American | Bill Bradley | |
| 2015 | The Foreign Exchange Student | Mr. Adams | |
| 2016 | Silent Retreat | Zacry Stabard | |
| 2016 | Divorce Texas Style | Blake | |
| 2016 | Second Impression | Dan McPherson | |
| 2017 | The Perfect Wife | Officer Addison | |
| 2017 | Forsaken | Duffy | |
| 2017 | Color Me You | James Zorn | |
| 2017 | Osprey | Mark Brennan | |
| 2017 | Road Less Traveled | Ray | TV movie |
| 2017 | Afterburn/Aftershock | Chad Williams | |
| 2018 | The Terrible Two | Fred P. | |
| 2018 | The Beach House | Palmer | TV movie |
| 2018 | The Iron Orchard | Charlie Dupree | |
| 2018 | A Sister's Secret | Grady | TV movie |
| 2018 | Heaven's War | Gabriel | |
| 2018 | Hometown Christmas | Will Collins | TV movie |
| 2019 | When We Last Spoke | James Cranbourne | |
| 2019 | Fear Bay | Tony Sorno | |
| 2019 | Polly | Mike | Short |
| 2019 | Magnolia | Noah | |
| 2019 | 12 Pups of Christmas | Martin | |
| 2020 | Assassin 33 A.D. | Brandt | |
| 2021 | Black Easter | Brandt | |
| 2021 | Girls Getaway Gone Wrong | Antonio | TV movie |
| 2022 | Flip Turn | Coach Mitch | |
| 2023 | Dawn at Dominion | Shiloh Taylor | |
| 2023 | Hidden Murder Island | Frank | TV movie |
| 2023 | I'll Be There | Jack | |
| 2023 | The Con-Test | Jacob | |
| 2023 | Smoke N Love | Billy | |
| 2023 | Body in the Attic | Ethan | TV movie |
| 2024 | The Actor | Pastor William Turpin | |
| 2024 | Bissonnet 2: Back on the Blade | Detective Benjamin | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Friday Night Lights | Miles Handford | Episode: "Seeing Other People" |
| 2008-09 | Pink | Cliff | Guest Cast: Season 2-3 |
| 2010 | The Good Guys | Ryan Winkler | Episode: "Broken Door Theory" |
| 2010 | Exposed | Chase | Main Cast |
| 2010 | Lone Star | Travis | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2010 | Chase | Neil Collins | Episode: "Under the Radar" |
| 2012 | GCB | Reverend John Tudor | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2012 | Monkey Tales | The Gentleman | Episode: "I Know This Great Place" |
| 2013 | The Glades | Grant | Episode: "Three's Company" |
| 2013 | Graceland | Vance | Recurring Cast: Season 1 |
| 2013 | Drop Dead Diva | George Randal | Episode: "Secret Lives" |
| 2013-14 | Dallas | Bo McCabe | Guest: Season 2, Recurring Cast: Season 3 |
| 2014 | NCIS | Navy Lieutenant Kit Jones | Episode: "Page Not Found" |
| 2014 | Red Band Society | Sam Houston | Episode: "How Did We Get Here?" |
| 2015 | The Originals | Guy | Episode: "Fire with Fire" |
| 2015 | NCIS: New Orleans | Navy Lieutenant Brad Ryder | Episode: "Foreign Affairs" |
| 2016 | Mercy Street | Ezekial Davis | Episode: "The Dead Room" |
| 2017 | SIX | Buckley | Recurring Cast: Season 1 |
| 2017 | Chicago Justice | Mike Soto | Episode: "Friendly Fire" |
| 2017 | Daytime Divas | Reverend Dylan | Episode: "Shut It Down" |
| 2018 | Lucifer | “Dangerous Doug” Libby | Episode: "All About Her" |
| 2018 | NCIS: New Orleans | Max Burris | Recurring Cast: Season 4 |
| 2019-21 | The Young and the Restless | Chance Chancellor | Regular Cast |
| 2020 | Star Trek: Picard | Skantal | Episode: "Absolute Candor" |
| 2020 | P-Valley | Wyatt Kyle | Recurring Cast: Season 1 |
| 2021-22 | All American | Jacob | Guest: Season 3, Recurring Cast: Season 4 |
| 2022 | The Staircase | Tyrone Lacour | Recurring Cast |
| 2023 | FBI: Most Wanted | Cole Dewey | Episode: "Rangeland" |