On set in Conneticut with a crew of young good actors filming a military stress video. I guess I can say I’m doing my part with helping military families deal with the stress and trauma of there experience after they return from combat.

Here’s a pic, I’m clean shaven and play the part of a concerned spouse of a military woman who is dealing with post tramatic stress disorder (PTSD) after she came back from combat. I’m just relaxing in this nice home in CT in between takes.

On September 30, 2008 I made my soap debut on a not so well known show [sarcasm ] called All My Children.  I had a small part in the bar scene “The Comeback Bar” and you can see me during several shots.  I’m wearing a brown suede leather jacket and brown sunglasses and you can see me chatting with another actress at the bar.

I had a great time on the set and it went really fast.  We shot the scene in under an hour and my day was done in about ~3hrs.  Very different than my experiences on the set of movies and/or shows like Lipstick Jungle that ran for what felt forever…lol

All in all, great time on set and experience and can’t wait to do it again!

Btw here’s a clip from the show from one of the scenes filmed that day, if you see the full show you’ll notice me throughout but here’s one clip…

Had the opportunity to play a HS teacher for a new pilot for TV that was submitted to the Festival this year.  You can read all about the pilot from ABC entertainment coverage 

A good friend of mine in that of Trac Vu directed this pilot and if you’ve seen any of his work, you know he puts out good stuff having won an award at the Festival before.

Take a sneek peak at the trailer for – NYTVF 2008 Trailer: Red Hook High. If you stop it 48 seconds into the clip you’ll see a shot from behind me. Not what I wanted to appear on screen but remember it’s a trailer. This scene we did was complete improv and was pretty funny when we shot it a few times all having different dialogue. Btw the guy in the video with the glasses is a real teacher from Red Hook High.

For those AMC fans out there be on the look out for yours truly   I’ll be on the set in a few weeks, hopefully making my mom proud…lol

Last month I had an opportunity to do some work on the set of the PBS show the Electric Company.  I played the role of a diner patron on the set, a very small part but as always I’m appreciative of the work as I took away some valuable experience while on set and got to meet a very funny and creative cast.  The scene shot was in the diner where the three main characters were trying to clear one of the young girls hiccups.

No I’m not playing right field (position I played on Lehman HS baseball team) at Yankee stadium but I can say that I’m part of the festivities because I’ve made my national commercial debut on Fox on the 2008 MLB Commercial! 

So lets talk about the my national debut, well I played a few roles in the commercial, although as a background actor but then again that’s what we all were in the commercial as there weren’t any speaking parts.

So what can I say, well I’m excited that I had the opportunity to be in this commercial and if you look at it, you really can’t see me too well but I’m sitting on the stoop 3 secs into the commercial.  I’m sitting with a lady on the stoop directly behind the guy dressed as a bike messenger in this opening scene. 

If you continue to watch, you’ll see me (my profile, damn I need to stop eating junk food) 15secs into the commercial again.  I have a white tank top on and you really can’t see it but I supposed to be holding a bike while I’m looking up.

The last scene I was in, you can’t see me at all, I’m standing behind Dereck and A-Rod while they are signing autographs and my role was to be a fan asking for an autograph.  Well looks like that shot got cut and it’s good for me because I’m a Mets fan

By the way, as I was typing this blog entry, I saw the commercial air on Fox ch 5 in NY.  How cool is that!

So I’m making my big screen debut in Los Angeles!!!  Hopefully it’s not the first nor last time LA sees my face in their theaters.

A few years ago I played the part of an inspirational “commercial guy” (you can see the clip in my reel or still in my gallery) in a movie called Fillbilly that was directed by the very talented director called MIG.  He sent me an email and informed me that the movie is about to make its LA debut at the film festival.  So if you are in Los Angeles next week on July 18th you can stop by the theater and check it out.  

If you see me at the theater, don’t forget to say hello and if you ask me for an autograph, you’ll really make my day…lol

I’ve heard from several key sources (Mom & Dad  ) that this commercial has been airing on YES, FOOD Network, HGTV & USA Network in the metro area.  So if you haven’t seen it, you should see it soon!

That’s my line from the commercial.  If you live in the NY metro area, you’ll see this funny commercial as it’s already aired.

I had a great time filming this, I noticed that they edited out my scene where I’m actually saying that line to the camera and they cut out a few more scenes towards the end but overall they left in the sound so it comes across as a voice over on the commercial. Btw I’m the guy wearing the brown baseball type shirt. Oddly enough, I didn’t realize I wore this same shirt on the King of the Bounce web series I did that month.

So here goes:

I know, I know, it’s been ages since I’ve updated this blog.  So first off, Happy New Year!!!

Well the good thing is I have been keeping busy acting.  I’ve recently completed two acting projects.  I had an opportunity to work on a short film where I played an African American father role.  The name of the movie is called “The Heights”.  I know, dependant upon what side of NYC you are from it could sound like it is Washington Heights but actually it was written by a couple of upcoming writers from Brooklyn Heights.  The film was shot completely in Brooklyn.  If I can get a hold of some stills or a clip I will post it on my Gallery or file it under Clips.

Stay tuned!

So when it rains it poors, last month I filmed three commercials and had a great time doing them as they were all kind of comedic.

1. This commercial (or web series) is a spot I was in for Adiddas new sneaker line called bounce.  The concept of this commercial is a bunch of guys competing in a ring to see who is the “King of the Bounce“.  You can see me a few times in this clip below about 45 seconds in is a pretty good profile of me on the left hand side of the screen wearing a brown shirt.  The funny thing about this is that all the competitors, although they are actors, were actually competing for real prize money. – Click this link to the video 
2. The second commercial was produced by Fox sports and it will air during the All Star Game weekend.  For those who don’t know the All Star Game will be played this year at Yankee Stadium.  I had the opportunity to play a harassing fan trying to get Jeter and A-Rod’s autograph (I’ll post photos I took soon).  I also had an opportunity to play a bike messenger standing outside of a building in midtown Manhattan looking up at the New York Magazine building.  I’m sure you’ll see me here as they shot a close up of me and another actress but I won’t know for sure till the segment airs nationally on Fox 
3. The last commercial I shot in April was for a local liquor store in the Bronx called North End Liquor.  We filmed this with 5 other actors.  The premise behind this was that we were expecting to receive a box of liquor but ended up getting a box full of arts & craft.  So my lines were “why didn’t you just let North End delivery it themselves”.  I haven’t seen the full commercial but it should be floating around cablevision in the Bronx pretty soon. 

Now lets see what the Month of May has installed.  I supposed to be helping out a friend on a moving he’s doing for one of the many film festivals he’s targeting.  I will be playing a HS teacher, more on that after it’s produced…