Tony LaPalio

Tony was born in Chicago, but raised in the nearby western suburb of Hinsdale. From a very young age he knew that he wanted to be an actor. He wrote his first play in 3rd grade and began performing at that time as well. He then went on to Hinsdale Junior High School and was cast in the school musicals both years that he was there. At Hinsdale Central he played basketball, baseball and lacrosse, but decided that the fighting between his coaches and directors wasn't worth the hassle so he decide that he would focus all of his passion on his acting. His senior year he starred as Brick in Tennessee Williams' Cat on A Hot Tin Roof. While in college at the University of Illinois he worked with World famous Kabuki director Shozo Sato on a production of Iago's Plot. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana with a BFA in acting, and currently is working and living in Los Angeles, California. He studies at Playhouse West.