Sharieff Walters

Sharieff Walters grew up in San Jose Ca, and was offered a scholarship to Utah State to play football but lost it due to academics and decided to focus on an acting career. After two years in junior college, he decided to leave school to pursue acting but needed some life experiences and so he joined the Marine Corps. He continued acting in plays while on active duty until he got orders to Iraq after 9/11. After two tours in Iraq, he was honorably discharged and moved to LA to continue studying acting. Due to war trauma, he was diagnosed with PTSD and was admitted to a program for combat stress for a year at the VA hospital. He was able to graduate from the combat stress program and has been able to sustain a healthy and productive life. Sharieff auditioned for and was accepted into The American Academy of Arts two-year program. After graduating from there, he went on to attend the Lee Strasberg Institute for a year and currently studies at the Howard Fine studio. Sharieff has gone on to appear in multiple short films, commercials, and TV shows, continuing to build his acting resume. As well, he has developed multiple feature film scripts, which are set to be produced over the next 2 years, and has successfully produced, written, directed, and starred in several short films, including the award-winning film Fear of Shadows, Brotherhood and Chasing Denzel, which was featured on CNN.