Jovanni Ortiz
- Actor
Jovanni Ortiz was born on February 4, 1992 in Manhasset, New York. He
was raised in Valley Stream, New York. His mother Joanna is of Puerto
Rican descent, born and raised in Brooklyn. His father Robert hails
from the Dominican Republic where he was born and raised until the age
of 6. Jovanni also lived in the Dominican Republic for several months
with his grandmother and claims this was how he became fluent in
Spanish. Jovanni attended the New York Institute of Technology and
Molloy College studying criminal justice. He began
his acting career at a very young age, pounding the pavement in New
York City in search of acting jobs. He began his career at Mollo
Management and has filmed several commercials for companies such as
Verizon Wireless and Macy's. Jovanni has been an entertainment
contributor for TMZ and also appeared on the sixth season of the
popular reality show "Jerseylicious". He worked as a recurring actor on
the Investigation Discovery Network, having appeared on the fourth
season of the television series "Stalked: Someones Watching" and was even
considered for hosting the show. He has also appeared on several
television series' for networks such as VH1. He has been very involved with both the restaurant and entertainment industries and worked as the pop culture
expert for Long Island Pulse Magazine. He recently returned to television in a reality series titled "In The Circle". Jovanni still resides on Long and is a Licensed Realtor with a luxury real estate firm. Jovanni also spent
years working as a model but devoted most of his time to acting.