Andrew Leonforte

Andrew James Leonforte was born on November 11, 1997, in the Bronx, New York. His family consisted of his Father (Peter Leonforte) owner of a construction company, his mother (Teresa Leonforte) a hospital secretary, and his older brother (Marc Leonforte) who he is 10 years apart from. Though he and, his bother were far apart in age, they had a special bond with each other, and continue to be super close to this very day. He grew up in a fairly sized private house that his father had built- in a small Italian neighborhood called Morris Park. In the early years of his life, he would be nannied every day after school, while his mom and dad worked late by his grandmother, (Madeline Cipollone) and grandfather (John Cipollone) who were both born in the small town of Gallo, Italy. When he was about 3 years old he began to sing and, makeup songs for his family, and their friends, as he grew older he became very interested in sports to the point of playing for his elementary school's basketball team, and his town's baseball team, while still singing and being interested in music. He was drawn to music, in a way no one else in his family was. When he was eight, his father decided to get him a singing teacher, to see if this was something worth pursuing. The teacher was impressed by his talent and recommended to his parents that Andrew attend this Broadway performing intensive called...Broadway Artists Alliance. He attended Broadway Artists Alliance, at the age of 8 years old, and by the time he was 12, he was in final callbacks for a Broadway Show. Without any prior experience of performing, in an actual show. Before his 14th birthday, his grandfather had passed away due to cancer and, he was forced to put acting on hold. However, when he attended his high school (Archbishop Stepinac High School) he joined the theatre department and was one of the only freshmen to be cast in a speaking role. From there on he continued to perform in his school shows, as well as when he was junior he decided to perform in community theatre shows, where he would go on to be cast in lead roles, such as Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol, Princeton in Avenue Q, Clarence in It's A Wonderful Life, Leo Frank in Parade, and many more! He then went on to perform in the theatre's professional children's theatre productions of "Seussical" as Horton, and "Honk!" as Bullfrog. After High school, he decided to pursue his dream of being a performer! In his early days of professional performance, he was cast in the theatrical productions "The Polar Express" as the Know It All (2017) "All Hands On Deck" as John Handly(2018), and Newsies as "Crutchie"(2019). In the winter of 2019, he was signed by Stewart Talent Agency and appeared in Fosse/Verdon as Young Joe Gideon and the short film "Checks and Balances" as Johnny. During this time he also released his first single "You and I" which has received great reviews! He is now set to appear in the feature film "The Freshman Experience" (2021) as Patrick.