Today we pay tribute to the 234th Independence Day of our country. What a 234 years it’s been! I felt compelled to write in my blog today… specially since my blog has been abandoned for a few months. I’ve been so busy that I haven’t made time to straighten out my thoughts for my blog. …
DetailsI was in local car dealership commercial recently. I was the “manager” in charge of financing. It was an easy commercial… kinda cheesy… you know, the kind where everyone is overtly happy for no reason and smiling really big. Well, that was this gig! What’s funny is what happens between takes between the actors… we…
DetailsLots of my friends ask me what it’s like to work on a set. And while each set can be different because of the crew, type of project, weather conditions, or the director, the general answer is this: It’s a lot of fun. It’s a lot of “hurry and wait”. It’s productive. And… It’s yummy!…
DetailsSo my wife just texts me and writes “go to Amazon.com and search for ‘For Your Heart Only’”. I thought this was odd, but I immediately type in the address and what do I find… Our picture on a book cover! OMG! Her friend saw it as he was walking by a Barnes & Noble,…
DetailsSo I’ve been in New York for about a month and do I feel overwhelmed with the stuff I gotta do. I want to learn accents, take monologue classes, do more classes on scene prep and cold reading… and of course, take as many workshops that I can with casting directors. Sigh… catch my breath. …
DetailsI have taken another step towards following my goals… my wife and I have come to New York for several months to audition, find agents, take classes and generally try our luck. I’ve been here for a few weeks now, and I’m really liking it. I didn’t think I would enjoy it as much as…
DetailsWhat does belgium chocolate have to do with construction men? Absolutely nothing! But I was chosen to be one of the construction men for a chocolate commercial where we never once saw a chocolate. No taste test or even gawking at someone eating a chocolate. But it was a great shoot. I got to perform…
DetailsHello friends… it’s been several weeks since I’ve made the time to update my website. Things are busy (in a good way) with preparations for New York, acting workshops/classes and with my web design business that supports my acting (read: crack) habit! =) I wanted to share an interview of a friend of mine named…
DetailsNot a bad day’s work!… I was selected to be on a commercial for Miami.com, which is owned by a former employer of mine from a past life, The Miami Herald. For the commercial, there were two scenes. The first was of friends hanging out at a bar. The camera glides past us, zooming in…
DetailsSamantha Brown is host for the Travel Channel’s “Weekend Getaways with Samantha Brown”. She has also hosted other shows on the same network, such as “Great Hotels”, “Passport to Europe” and “Passport to Latin America”. We’ve been watching her show for several years now on Sundays mornings and really enjoy her work. So it was…
DetailsToday I pay homage to Dr. Rupert. He was the man who taught me it was o.k. to be an actor. He didn’t sit me down and have a heart to heart discussion about it, nor was he a famous actor who inspired me to be like him. It was much simpler than that… It…
DetailsIn my previous blog about the Samsung displays in Best Buy, I asked my friends and family to send me a picture of themselves posing with my display if they saw me. I’m excited that I have now received my second picture! Above is Gabbie Bode, daughter of John & Nikki Bode. They are good friends of…
DetailsIn my previous blog about the Samsung displays in Best Buy, I asked my friends and family to send me a picture of themselves posing with my display if they saw me. I’m excited that I got my first picture! Above is my close friend…. actually, I call her my Mexican Aunt, Yole Cruz. She spotted my…
DetailsPlaying the role of bad guy is fun. It’s actually a little more fun than playing the good guy ( * At least for now. I reserve the right to change that opinion!). I’ve been the bad guy in several roles now, but this was the first time I got to fire a sawed-off shotgun…
DetailsSo I walk into a Best Buy on a mission. The mission: to see myself at the Samsung display for their new HD TV sets. A friend had told me he had seen me there… I walk by several TV’s, but they are the wrong brands, so I keep on. Then, I see something promising……
DetailsLike in many professions, an actor always has to be hustling to look for the next opportunity. So we scour the internet, reading all the actor websites in search of auditions, network with other actors, and in general, keep an eye out for anything else that might offer an opportunity for an acting job. So…
DetailsSo today is a big day for me and for my acting career. I took the first steps towards LA! I’m excited… a little scared, anxious and hopeful. I won’t be there long on this trip… my goal is to do some ‘ground work’ for a possible future move. By ‘ground work’ I mean making…
DetailsI am very excited! A good friend of mine (Cristina Figarola) just gave me a tip on an agent from Atlanta that is casting for a show. I immediately sent my headshots and a letter to the agent and she wants to meet me and send me on an audition with a big casting director…
DetailsYou have the right to eat donuts. You have the right to choose your store, like Dunkin’ Donuts, for example. Ok, whatever… that’s cliche but I couldn’t resist… I mean, there was a box of donuts, I am in a policeman’s uniform… the temptation was just too great. So I played a cop for a…
DetailsWho doesn’t love a cheesy game show? Don’t answer that! Well, to make a long story short, we were invited to attend a casting for a game show, so we went reluctantly because we didn’t want to let down the casting director. And the next thing we know, Univision picks us to be on the…
DetailsSo we received our Netflix movie the other day, and my wife opened it up and immediately threw away the enclosed ad. That would have been the end of this blog if it weren’t for Vida, who happens to be Daniela’s mom… whooo is my “daughter” in the above print ad. Well, Vida calls me…
DetailsI don’t know why the Belgium Lottery felt compelled to film their commercial in Miami, but I’m glad they did! I was cast as a waiter, dressed in the formal vest and bow tie… but something interesting happened. While they were framing the shot and the actors were waiting around, I decided to sit down…
DetailsThese are the kind shoots that make commercial acting so fun. This was a 3 day cruise to the Bahamas to film a commercial for Celebration Cruise Ship. The star of the shoot was the beautiful Daisy Fuentes (yes guys, she’s hot in person too). And yes, that was a shameless name drop… sorry. OK,…
DetailsI was excited to receive a call from a big local casting director to play a role on America’s Most Wanted. I was to be the boyfriend of the victim who gets held up and tied up. So I get to set, meet my ‘girlfriend’ for the shoot (Coralie Reiter, gorgeous!) and wait 8 hours…
DetailsSo I was chosen to be the video spokesman for Clear Lead, Inc., a web marketing company. I actually did this gig several months ago, but just found it on the web, so I thought I’d share it. It was filmed in front of a green-screen, so they can remove the background and insert whatever…
DetailsToday we shot a commercial contest for Chipotle Mexican Grill. The best commercial wins $10,000 and is will be televised nationally in their advertising campaign. We had a blast filming this…. it was produced by Spiral Media (wonderful production company!) and there were 3 principals; me, Almudena Alcázar Vargas Peña (that’s one person 🙂 and John McCarthy. They were awesome!!! …
DetailsGot some gold laying around? Old chains or necklaces? Well, send it in for cash! 😉 You’ve seen these commercials all over TV… it’s the latest business rage since the price of gold has skyrocketed. So if you live in Miami, you’ll be seeing my face saying “I called Gold Giant and made $662!”… or…
DetailsAhem. Clear the throat. Read over the text one last time and… recording! I did a voice over today for a lasik eye company. It was a great gig… I was there for a total of 45 minutes… that’s fast! woohoo! The cool thing is how precise the text has to be read… I had…
DetailsSo today, I was hired to be an on-camera translator for the series UFO Hunters. I translated Klingon. OK, not really… just making sure you’re paying attention. I was hired to translate the Cuban UFO experts who had been researching UFO accounts on the islands for the last 20 years. It was a nice gig,…
DetailsHere’s some irony…. I did the Tobacco Free Florida Commercial today, but boy do I love my cigars! I don’t smoke cigarettes, which I believe are disgusting. They are full of fillers and chemicals and a bunch of other stuff you don’t want in your body. A cigar, on the other hand, is pure tobacco……
DetailsToday was a good day. No… today was an amazing day! I booked 2 freaking commercials in one day. That doesn’t happen often in the acting world. I feel so awesome… but I confess… its irks me that I didn’t get the third one…. the KFC commercial. Genuinely, I can say I did not want…
DetailsI finished shooting the Samsung shoot yesterday… what a fun shoot! The shoot was for Samsung’s new flat-screen TV’s (they’re beautiful). I was the dad, Lucia (pictured above and great actress) was my wife, and we had 2 gorgeous little kids… Daniela and Kevin. So the video we shot will be displayed in Best Buys…
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