John DiRenzo

John DiRenzo is of Italian heritage and the last of five children parented by Lena and Nicholas A DiRenzo Sr. John's father was a butcher and grocery store owner. As a young child and teen John spent the majority of his time working in the family markets. John is a culinary professional with over 30 years in the grocery, produce, fresh meat, restaurant business and is a experienced chef, butcher, bartender and restaurant consultant. He grew up in Norristown, in an upper middle class area in the suburbs of Philadelphia. John was a marching, concert band and stage band percussionist at Norristown Area High School. During his adolescent years, DiRenzo remained in school music studies and began performing with local garage bands. In his early 20's john worked as night club lighting tech and disc jockey performing at several Philadelphia venues. DiRenzo began his professional acting career at age 43 , appearing as a background performer in After Earth (2012) . Since then he has appeared in or worked on hundreds of projects including short films, feature films, television, commercials, print and voice over productions. John has also been building credits as a producer, Assistant Director. Director, Script Supervisor, Casting Associate and other miscellaneous crew positions. DiRenzo has worked on print modeling projects with west coast photographer Brian Kuhlmann and world renown portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz . In early 2016 John began working as a correspondent for Wildfire Radios show Small Bites, a Food, Hospitality and travel program, to date he has reviewed over 50 restaurants and events. In his early 20's John married Suzanne Clark and together they had a son, John DiRenzo Jr was born on June 5th 1994. John and Suzanne divorced after one year of marriage. Show less «