Rocco Vitalia

Rocco Vitalia is an actor in Hollywood. With an accomplished list of credits to his name, he has managed to stay new and fresh in the business. Rocco has had various roles in film, TV commercials, industrial film and plays, also notable work with Award-Winning writers and directors. Rocco's theater credits range from Pasadena Playhouse to San Diego Theaters and many others. He is working on several films in development and is studying and improving his talents as a writer and director.Originally from back east and a "City Boy" at heart, Rocco is the eldest of two brothers and a true Italian in every sense of the word. As a young performer he was taught by his Mother Margaritt to recite poetry and act out characters. Using his afternoon class as a stage, Rocco became the Class clown and periodically amused his classmates with impersonations of his teachers. Rocco was intrigued with performing in school plays and drama class, so this was a natural way to express himself in an artistic way. Because of his fascination of this Art form, he also became very comfortable learning about the history of cinema and of the entertainment world early on as a drama student in High school. Doing Theatre he found his niche and loved taking center stage and he knew his life was acting and that's why he stayed focused and constantly prepared to achieve his dream. It was not until attending USC Film School that his life changed drastically while pursuing a degree in Architecture that he was chosen to work on a low budget film. Rocco was coached by Jeanne Santer- "Young Stars of Hollywood", Charles Welton his close friend and role model,.. he became a student of Ivan Markota as well as Attending the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute and many other well-known Film Schools.