about this guy

Life in your 40s often plays like a sitcom—except the laugh track doesn’t always cue at the right time. These days, I live in suburban Connecticut with my wife and two kids, sometimes feeling like a character straight out of a Judd Apatow film. Think the humorous chaos of This is 40 meets the heart of Mr. Mom. It’s not the life I imagined, but it’s one I’ve grown to love—messy, funny, and surprisingly fulfilling.

As a kid, I dreamed of Broadway lights and Hollywood sets, and I chased that dream from Los Angeles to New York. My early career had me bouncing from the fringes of Hollywood to the hipster corners of Silverlake. Today, I often find myself performing in children’s theater or teaching in classrooms—audiences that might not write reviews, but will absolutely tell you (loudly) how they feel. Those genuine reactions keep me grounded and remind me why I love this work.

I never became a realtor or personal trainer—though I’ve definitely mowed my lawn, flipped burgers, and wondered if that made me exactly the suburban cliché I swore I’d avoid. The truth? There’s joy in leaning into those roles while still keeping the actor’s spark alive. Maybe the real adventure is finding purpose in both the big roles and the everyday ones.

Photography, travel, and teaching keep me balanced. I love capturing moments behind a lens, discovering the world with my family, and helping students discover their own voices on stage. Nothing beats seeing a kid step into the light for the first time with that mix of nerves and pure excitement.

I’ve been lucky enough to study with some of the best: Robert Carnegie at Playhouse West, Laura Gardner at Howard Fine, Daniel Henning at The Blank, Eddie Kehler at The Actors Studio, improv at UCB, Lesly Kahn’s workshops, and Steppenwolf Theatre West with Shannon Cochran. I was honored to observe sessions at The Actors Studio under the late Martin Landau and Mark Rydell—and now I’m working toward full membership myself.

I’m also a grant recipient of the Arthur Miller Foundation, currently pursuing my master’s degree in Theater Education at City College of New York. At the same time, I’ve taken on teaching theater and film in an underserved and disadvantaged community in Bridgeport, Connecticut. This work has inspired me to begin developing a mentorship project that connects professional actors to theater programs in schools like mine—where the need and impact are greatest.

Actors always get asked: What’s your brand? Here’s mine:

• Ben Stiller meets Paul Rudd: comedic charm meets relatable everyman.
• With a dash of young Andy Garcia: intensity, heart, and depth when the scene calls for it.
  But while comparisons are nice, I’m uniquely me: the fumbling-idiot dad with a heart of gold, the loud guy in the room who can also disappear into the quiet mouse in the corner. That mix of contradictions—funny, heartfelt, intense, and real—is where I live as an actor.

Right now, I’m writing and developing:

• Kiss Me Goodbye: A one-hour drama about a widowed father learning to raise his three kids while haunted (literally or figuratively) by the love of his life. It’s Six Feet Under meets Parenthood meets This Is Us.
• Operation Flagship: An NFL/U.S. Marshals caper from December 1985.
• Coney Island Project: A one-hour period drama set at the turn of the century, digging into the underworld and origins of Coney Island. Think Boardwalk Empire meets Carnivàle, with my own twist of magic and grit.