His most prominent TV roles were as Oscar's boyfriend Gil in the U.S. version of The Office, and the hard-hitting reporter Gordon in The West Wing.

Chick attended Harvard Divinity School and received a Master of Theological Studies with a focus on the Old Testament.

As a freelance columnist, he has written for a number of sites, including Firing Squad,[3] Yahoo Games,[4] GameSpy,[5] GameSpot, Xtreme Gamer,[6] 1Up,[7] Rotten Tomatoes[8] and others.

Chick's most successful television acting engagement was a recurring role as reporter Gordon in nine episodes of The West Wing.

In late September 2014, Chick revealed in a podcast that he had stage four Hypopharyngeal cancer and was about to begin chemotherapy.