JRP Alumni Chase Wesley Dillon currently has a recurring role in First Wives Club, Paramount Pictures’ and BET’s hit television series, playing the role of Ollie.
Barry Jenkins, an award-winning producer/director, has also chosen Chase for a series regular in Amazon’s new television adaptation of author Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad.
Chase, who was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, currently resides in Connecticut. There, he lives with his parents; his older sister, Lesley; his older brother, Thomas; and his younger twin brothers, Cyrus and Darius.
Multi-talented Chase enjoys playing piano, singing, dancing and riding dirt-bikes. He enjoys writing Chinese calligraphy and hieroglyphics.
Chase is an active ambassador for the Kingdom International Economic Development Corporation, a non-for-profit organization established to educate women and youth, making available tools and knowledge for self-empowerment and advancement in the business community. John Robert Powers is proud to have given Chase the skills to become the actor he is today.
