This past weekend, I had the privilege of playing the role of Cashier in the movie Running Down West directed by Josh Dobson, along side the lead actors Daryl Crittenden (Jesse) and Abigail Savage (Danielle).

It was a late night shoot in a C-town Supermarket in Queens but it was a lot of fun and I have to give credit to the crew because it ran smoothly and very professional from the outset. From the director down, the crew were very professional and probably one of the best crews I’ve had an opportunity to work with in my short acting career.

Take a look at the trailer for the movie Running Down West and stay tuned for the flick which should be hitting the Film Festivals shortly…

Take a look at some stills taken from the movie in the photo gallery and here’s a teaser below

It’s close to that time, my movie debut in a Video store near you (Blockbuster, Netflix, WalMart, Hollywood Video & Amazon.com).

Just got a letter from the director and the movie has been renamed to “Dirty Shield” and should be in stores on Sept. 20th 2005. I’m excited and can’t wait to get my hands on the final DVD copy.

If you want a copy, you can pre-order on Amazon.com through Blogadeal.com

More information on the movie from the distributer

Gmail has become very popular and at the moment is only open to those who are invited to use the service. Not sure what Google is waiting for to make it open to the general public but oh well… So as it stands now, there are a bunch of sites that you can probably get an invite from but if you don’t want search for those sites and want to open a Gmail account now then just drop me a comment here and I will send you an invite. I have about 100 left!

So I was on my way to Vegas for work and I know what your thinking, damn Vegas! That’s what I said…So I board the plane and lucky for me I’m sitting in first class, gotta love my job :)… I’m one of the first couple of people to board the plane and I’m putting my carry on luggage in the overhead compartments. When I sat down I noticed an attractive lady putting her stuff away and getting ready for the long 5 hour flight. We exchange glances and I don’t think nothing of it because I couldn’t really see her face and brushed it off as a friendly gesture, which it was.

I then notice that this same lady took off her hat & sunglasses which allowed me to see her face. When I looked I found myself doing a double take because the lady was none other than Teri Hatcher. So I do what anybody would’ve done, I say to her in a very sincere voice “Hey Teri” and she looks at me as if she knew me for years. I guess it was the fact that I didn’t come across like a screaming fan saying “Teri, teri, look over here…” or something to that affect.

She was very nice and said “Hello” followed by “and what is your name?” which I responded with the obvious “Tomas”. As she said “nice to meet you” and shook my hand other passengers began to occupy the plane and interupted the flow of conversation. So I proceeded to do what I had started which was pull out the Ipod and listen to tunes to relax for the flight.

As I was on the flight I started to think that I should give her my Acting Business card and maybe she could pass it on to help out a struggling actor which we all know has been a part of successful actors lives at one point in time. Lets just say it took me the whole flight to muster up the courage for a Shameless self promotion.

So what did I learn from this experience? Well, I learned that it doesn’t hurt to promote yourself and try to network whenever possible. Has it translated to an actual acting job? Not as of yet but who knows.

So Teri, if you by chance find my card in your bag where you placed it after viewing it, I hope you enjoyed your stay in Vegas and drop me a line via my site….

Just finished a fun weekend of shooting this cool short film “Litterbug”. The movie was shot from the POV of a Porter and showed a snapshot of the life, struggles of a Porter trying to keep his building clean of litter.

This film was a comedic piece and one of many that I’ve had the opportunity to showcase my talents. I played the lead character named “Andre” and brought out his sense of humor and professionalism as a porter.

Hope to see it soon and will post some clips as soon as they come in…

On Saturday Jan. 15th I celebrated my 29th Birthday with a group of my close friends. We enjoyed dinner at “Dos Caminos” restaurant in NYC and partied like RockStars at the Viscaya Lounge in our VIP section.

Check out the party pictures in the photo gallery