Joseph Vassallo

Joseph Vassallo was born on the exotic island of Malta, just a few miles south of Sicily, Italy. He is the first born of four children.At the tender age of 13, upon visiting his father on the set of "The Midnight Express", where the elder Vassallo was working as an extra, Joseph became interested in acting. This led to him enrolling at the prestigious "Manoel Theatre" in Valletta.Upon his departure from college Joseph worked in a 5 Star Hotel for a brief while then left the country to go live in Switzerland, Paris, London, New York and Los Angeles. Vassallo cruised around the world multiple times on board Cunard's luxurious liner QE2, where he worked as a Chef De Rang.In the 1980's, Vassallo moved to New York City, enrolled at the Herbert Berghof Studio and pursued the theater. In 1987, Vassallo settled in Los Angeles and continued to pursue an acting career. There he trained at the Stella Adler Academy and The Joanne Baron / D.W. Brown Studio. Joseph Landed a spot at The Actors Studio in Hollywood as an observer under the supervision of the legendary Shelly Winters. Between New York and Los Angeles, Vassallo appeared in about eighteen stage plays, including "A Hatful of Rain", "A View From The Bridge", "She Stoops to Conquer" and "Othello".In the early 1990's Vassallo appeared for the first time on American television in a commercial for the cruise line Royal Caribbean. Since then, Vassallo has appeared in over 100 national television commercials, one of which, for "Twix", won the Gold Award at the New York Film Festival and a campaign for "Romano Macaroni Grill" that lasted 6 years.In 1994, Vassallo appeared in the movie "Blankman", opposite Damon Wayans, Jason Alexander and Jon Pulito. This was followed by roles in "The 4th Tenor" opposite the funny Rodney Dangerfield, and "Just Married" opposite Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy. In 2004, Vassallo re-teamed with Damon Wayans for the feature film, "Behind the Smile". In 2009, Joseph co-stared opposite Academy Award Winner Forest Whitaker and comedian Carlos Mancia in the comedy motion picture, "Our Family Wedding".Vassallo's television credits include guest appearances on Award Winning Shows such as "Diagnosis Murder", "The West Wing", "Alias", "Damon" and recurring Guest roles on ABC's hit sitcom, "My Wife & Kids".In 2005 he was hired to work as a writing consultant on the ABC hit television series "My Wife & Kids". From 2007 to 2009 Vassallo worked as Vice President of "WayOut TV" a TV and film production studio in Santa Monica, California where he also Wrote, Produced and Directed several projects. Vassallo is in development with a slate of Feature Films and television projects. Show less «