Career
He also made an appearance in the fifth episode of the fifth season of the American remake of the television show Queer as Folk. Although the character Rooney plays the guitar, McNamara himself does not actually play lieutenant Chad McNamara has also appeared in the Canadian productions of Mamma Mia! in Toronto and Vancouver.
In March 2009, Chad was cast as "Ryan Evans" in the professional Canadian premiere of High School Musical on Stage! at the Nepture Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
He can also be seen in the recent Canadian Broadcasting Company television reality television show How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? featuring Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.