Frank Tarsia

Frank Tarsia is now working for the prestigious RE/MAX REALTY in Long Beach New York after a long productive Acting and Modeling career for over 20 years. He is a native New Yorker who grew up in the Bronx and Long Beach NY and completed college in New York at Long Island University(C.W Post) where he earned an academic and Football scholarship at the University. After starting as a Wide Receiver and playing 4 years on his team, he was discovered by a New York modeling agent at Wilhelmina from a photograph with his teammates and asked to come in to NYC to meet the agents. He then booked his first national commercial and became a Screen Actor Guild member as he finished his studies. Upon his graduation from college where he was a candidate as an Academic All- American football player, Frank was asked to go to Europe (Paris) where he was represented by the famous Ford Model and Talent Agency and worked for many years in New York City, Paris, Milan Italy, Japan, Brazil, Australia, Amsterdam, Germany ,Sweden, Switzerland, to name a few countries to work. He has appeared in many catalogs such as Bloomingdales, Macy's and many others along with editorial work and appeared in GQ. Frank has also graced many advertisements and billboards for both Liquor and cigarette campaigns in his career in both Europe and the US earning a nice living as a young professional. He purchased his first apt in NYC at the young age of 24 and had the bug to get in the real estate market some day as an agent. After returning to the states, and signing with the William Morris Agency, Frank landed a recurring guest star role as Paolo Conti on ABC "ONE LIFE TO LIVE". Frank studied his acting craft in both NYC and Los Angeles (Hollywood) where he lived on both coasts for many years. After booking numerous National commercials and appeared on several national & International covers such as MENS HEALTH and the national commercial campaign for them, Frank landed his first major Motion picture role with PARAMOUNT PICTURES. He auditioned for Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather3 and landed the part as "Frankie the Bodyguard" with Al Pacino and Andy Garcia. Frank expressed that speaking Italian and growing up in a tough environment in the Bronx, NY helped him in preparing for the role. Working on the set w such great actors like Eli Wallach, Joe Montenga, Dianne Keaton , Andy and Al for over 8 months in Rome Italy, Palermo Italy and back in the studios in NYC were priceless. You learned so much for the art of acting by the best of the best and directed by an Academy Award Director such as Mr. Coppola. No acting class can ever give you that working experience. Frank then auditioned for another Paramount Picture in the classic Comedy starring Eddie Murphy, Halle Berry and Martin Lawrence " Boomerang" and landed that role right after The Godfather3 . I laughed for 10 weeks everyday and had the time of my life hanging out with them on the set. Frank played Strange's Escort with Grace Jones. Along with his acting career, Frank received credit as an Associate Producer with Academy Award Producer Martin Richards for the Tony Award Musical on Broadway "The Life". Franks's favorite past time aside from loving his Real Eatate career is working out every day, Fishing and playing Golf and taking his 2 Golden Doodles Henry and Luca to the beach for a run on the sand It's so spiritual and relaxing to just get away and watch them play in the ocean. I AM A VERY BLESSED MAN!