He was born & raised on the same city block where James Dean lived in NYC.
He attended the New York City High School of Performing Arts ("FAME") and NYU Tisch School of the Arts in NYC.
He is an accomplished fine artist whose abstract mixed media artwork + digital photography have been featured in private galleries in NYC and LA, as well as displayed at the Brooklyn Museum of Modern Art.
He is a recipient of the Silver Key Award for "Excellence in Visual Art" by The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
He is a recipient of Rotary International; Paul Harris Fellowship Award, which was awarded by The Most Reverend Jean Marie Koznik, Bishop, Superior General of Fraternite Notre Dame.
His episode of ABC Family's "Melissa & Joey" (Episode: "Toledo's Next Top Model") was nominated for a Sid Caesar Comedy Award at The 26th Annual Genesis Awards.
He was a Top 5 Finalist in PeTA's 2011 Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door Contest.
In 1995, he made his Broadway debut in "A Christmas Carol" at The Paramount Theatre at Madison Square Garden in NYC.