Claudiu Raymond

Claudiu Raimond Grubaciki (aka Claudiu Raymond) was born in Timisoara, Romania where he lived until the age of nine. His parents immigrated to Germany where he followed them 2 years later. At the age of 14 he learned how to play the guitar and taught himself how to play the stand-up bass and harmonica. A talented singer, dancer and artist, he has played and sung in various bands in Germany, mostly Rock'n'Roll and Rockabilly. Fascinated by martial arts since a child, Claudiu started training in Taekwon-Do at the age of ten, Ninjitsu at the age of 14, which he considers his main skill and was also trained in Wingchun and Muay Thai. This makes him a well-rounded martial artist. He got booked for his first modeling gig at the age of 15 as a runway model in Germany and landed his first acting job that same year when he was cast as a T-Bird in the musical "Grease" in Stuttgart, Germany. His first visit to the USA was at the age of 19 as a model. Two years later he moved to Huntington Beach, California, where he lived for a year and a half and studied acting and directing at the Golden West College. After numerous engagements as an actor in theater, musicals, shorts and feature films in Los Angeles and also in Stuttgart, Germany, he wrote, produced, directed and starred in his first short film, "Martial Judgement." This film garnered a reward at the Martial Arts Short Film Festival in Berlin in 2006. Growing up tri-lingual and in diverse cultures, he speaks seven languages fluently, these are: English, German, Romanian, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian. He also has some degree of proficiency in French, Russian and Portuguese. Claudiu Raymond began focusing on producing his own films in 2006. Before founding SnipeShot Productions & Casting that same year, he gained extensive experience as a co-producer at the German production company Los Banditos Films. There he helped produce feature films, commercials and music videos and was also active in many areas of film production behind the camera while also pursuing his acting career. SnipeShot also served as a casting agency specializing in specific types (gangster mugs, glamour models, etc.), exotic vehicles and classic cars for films, commercials, music videos and more. In 2011 Claudiu changed the name of his production company to Rockoco Films and in 2013 relocated its headquarters to Beverly Hills, California. Now he's producing high-concept thrillers, comedy, sci-fi and action films. The multi-faceted artist and entrepreneur, Claudiu Raymond, recently starred in the pilot for the TV series "Dead End - At The End We Die". He has been offered several roles for the near term and is constantly producing independent feature films. In 2019 Claudiu became an executive partner in the production & entertainment company L.I.F.E. Productions, Inc., an award-winning, Los Angeles-based, high-tech boutique entertainment, marketing, and advertising company. We are leaders in producing feature films, made-for-TV movies, drama, comedy, and reality television series, music videos, factual and lifestyle programming, digital marketing, and advertising as well as AIA (Artificial Intelligence Artists) and Digital Preservation.