 Greg
was born and raised in Connecticut. For the most part, Greg has
planned his path in life and has pretty much hit his goal in every
regard. These achievements did not come easy though, nor did he
expect they would. Growing up he always knew that he wanted to be an
actor, however as part of his plan, it wouldn’t be until he was able
to devote his full time towards the craft that he would be able to
attain this goal. As a young boy and teenager he worked very hard
toward his first major goal, which was to own a home. He was able to
save enough money doing everything from delivering newspapers to
cutting neighbors lawns, saving enough money to purchase his first
home at the age of 19. To offset the cost of the mortgage, he rented
out two extra bedrooms. The idea of renting out his home quickly
became a full time investment opportunity, and he went on to
purchase several multi-family properties. Since then, he has had a
very successful career investing in real estate.
At about this same time he was also interested in Law Enforcement.
At the age of 20 he was hired by the Hamden Connecticut police
department where he enjoyed a very successful career. Throughout his
career he held many positions and received numerous awards. He
believes that while dealing with a wide array of people and
particularly nasty situations he developed and honed his skills at
creating a variety of different characters. Greg is most proud of
his position as a detective, where he believes, unknowingly, he
learned a great deal about acting. Greg believes he developed most
of his skills as a detective, while conducting interviews and
interrogations. Greg says that any successful police detective needs
to develop different characters that adapt to the person you are
attempting to obtain information from.
These people range from witnesses and burglars to rapists and
murderers. Greg received intensive training in interview and
interrogation, and also credits his very talented co-workers. He
says although he, nor the other detectives might not have realized
it at the time, he was learning the art of “acting” from watching
and listening to his colleagues while they conducted their
interviews. He says to interview a murderer or a rapist for example,
and achieve a successful outcome for the victim and their family,
you must be able to become someone you are not, which means creating
many personas.
Now that Greg has sold most of his real estate investments and has
retired from the police department, he can
now focus his full attention towards an acting career, his wife and
twin children.
Greg is currently taking classes at HB Studio in NY, he has also
taken classes at Micheal Howard Studio, New England Academy of
Theatre, Actors Gym and Play On Acting Studio. Greg regularly meets
with other talented actors and trains on various scripts or an
actors current project.
Some of Greg’s hobbies include, woodworking, hiking, canoeing and
gardening. He is also active in the community, currently serving on
The Clean and Green Commission for the Town of Hamden, is a member
of the Hamden Historical Society and Sleeping Giant Park
Association.
If you are interested in seeing Greg for an audition feel free to
contact him via email.
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