George Perez

Born as Jorge Antonio Perez the seventh son of 9 children that immigrated to the US in 1973 due to fathers health complications, his family settled in South Central Los Angeles, Just before his fathers death in 1980, He would be entertained by watching a young George imitate the characteristics of his older siblings, ,soon after his death his mother was faced with the challenges of raising 9 children living in a one bedroom apartment in a rough part of town. At a very young age George discovered a passion for the performing arts with his first stage performance as a Folklore dancer he later found his way to The High School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles where he received classical training in Ballet and Modern Jazz,soon after he was discovered by Kenny Ortega who gave him his first big break Starring in a Music Video with Elton John [ A Word in Spanish] at the age of 15 he reached world wide recognition. He studied at the Vincent Chase Acting Workshop for a number of years before attending the Janet Alhanti Meisner program. His first T.V. action Job was on China Beach. He later guest starred on various television shows through the 90s until his big break on the feature film "Toy Soldiers" Where he played a lead role opposite an all star cast. Since then he's had the privilege of working along side some of the biggest names in the film industry. To be continued... Show less «