DATE OF BIRTH: February 11th, 1980

BACKGROUND: B.S. in Telecommunications from St. John's University. Staten Island resident, currently unemployed.

ACTING EXPERIENCE: I spent 3 years in the St. John's drama club, entitled "The Stagers Society." My past roles include: "Juror number 11" in 12 Angry Men, "Gaston" in Picasso at the Lapin Agile, "Moonface Martin" in Anything Goes, and the lead role as "Claude Hooper Bukowski" in Hair.

ACTING INFLUENCES: I really don't take an acting style from anyone in particular, but I'm fond of a great many actors, including, but not limited to: Michael Douglas, Vince Vaughn, Kurt Russel, Jimmy Stewart, Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant, Tim Robbins, Tom Hanks, Peter Sellers, Gregory Peck, and Steve Buscemi.

ON ACTING: I love acting because it allows a person to be people and places that they would otherwise never be able to be. When it's done right, the actor portraying the character gets to feel firsthand what it is like to walk a mile in someone elses shoes. In this way, the actor becomes that much wiser, that much more sensitive to the situations of other people, and in general, a better person. There is hardly a better growing experience than acting, and I'm proud to be able to say that I've done my share of growing.

ON HUD: I have strong feelings about the character of Hud, in that I see a lot of myself in Hud, and also a lot of the person I'd like to be. Hud is a recent college graduate, who is feeling let down by his education, in that he can't yet find a job. In a social setting, Hud appears to be the guy who people find themselves talking to, and opening up to, because of his objectivity, and easy-going manner. In these two aspects of Hud's character, I see much of myself. However, in Hud's conversation with Brandon about women and relationships, he takes the attitude that things as such are supposed to come together naturally, and that worrying about affairs of the heart, or even affairs of a different kind, are not worth worrying over, for long. I personally tend to dwell on things, and let the smallest things bother me. Likewise, I'm far from a ladies man, so I can stand to learn a lot from Hud's character in respect to that aspect of my own life. It's hard not to actually believe the lines as I'm speaking them...so perhaps this is something I'll take away with me, to use even after the film is over.

ON THIS MOVIE: I was rather flattered that Louis asked me to work on a life in the day. Having read the preliminary script work, I fell in love with the movie right away, and I knew that I wanted to be a part of the film. Films like litd have a place in my heart because they are true to life, and capture aspects of the human condition that we can all relate to. In the end, we come away from the movie with a deeper understanding of ourselves, and life's situations in general. Hazaa to the writer/director.

PERSONAL QUOTE:
They say, "Life is too short,"
"The here and the now"
And "You're only given one shot"
But could there be more,
Have I lived before,
Or could this be all that we've got?
If I die tomorrow
I'd be allright
Because I believe
That after we're gone
The spirit carries on
-DreamTheater