Tad Hilgenbrink (born 9 October, 1981) is an American actor, known for his role as Matt Stifler in American Pie Presents: Band Camp. He was chosen for Matt Stifler due to his resemblance to Seann William Scott, replacing Eli Marienthal who portrayed the character in the official American Pie trilogy. He also appeared in the 2006 film The Curiosity of Chance, a movie in which he stars as a gay high school student who moved to a new school and must learn to fit in. His next film will be Lost Boys 2: The Tribe.

Hilgenbrink was born in Quincy, Illinois and attended Quincy Senior High School, where he was actively involved in music and theater. He performed as part of the resident company for Summer 2003 at Music Theatre of Wichita in Wichita, Kansas, where he performed in the musicals Footloose, Oklahoma!, Good News, Chicago, and The Scarlet Pimpernel. He has a BFA Musical Theatre and Dance minor from Millikin University and IES London. Tad has performed in roles such as The Artful Dodger in Oliver!, Gideon in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and Chuck Cranston in Footloose.

Hilgenbrink polished his creative craft, studying Shakespeare intensively in London and has starred in multiple theatrical pieces including A Midsummer's Night Dream, Chicago, and Oliver. After many successful performances in New York and London, Tad ventured to Los Angeles giving himself only two weeks to make it or go home. After winning his first major roles as well as the Showcase Showdown on The New Price Is Right, Tad decided to stay.

He is openly gay although at this time has no partner.

Filmography

Hilgenbrink (left) in American Pie - Band Camp

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