Biography

Fulvio Cecere was born on March 11, 1960, to Italian parents. Although he was born in Canada, he and his family moved to New Jersey in 1973. He graduated from Montclair State College in 1982, then attended Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles in 1983. After only one year at Southwestern, however, Cecere realized that acting, and not law, was his true calling. He left law school and began taking acting classes at UCLA under the direction of Don Richardson. "From the first moment I was in that class, I was hooked," Cecere says. During this time, Cecere worked as a bouncer and a bartender, as well as participating in student films and working as an extra in different projects. "I was so cocky and never would have thought that it would be so hard. But here I am, still at it". After studying with various teachers in Los Angeles, he moved to New York, where he continued to study his craft with such notable teachers as Bobby Lewis and Ingrid Roberg. "Our classes were in Carnegie Hall. Talk about motivation!!" While in New York, Cecere earned his Screen Actors Guild card for his work on a daytime drama. He also found work in industrial films, as well as more extra work in such films as "Godfather III" and Woody Allen's "Shadows and Fog." The 1991 producers' boycott of New York led him back to Los Angeles, where he worked for a special effects company, as well as landing his first national commercial." A cold lesson in reality. I had heard how well commercial residuals pay but that spot didn't run for long. Welcome to show business again!" In 1992, while on vacation in Vancouver, British Columbia, Cecere sent some pictures to agents. "The response was overwhelming," he said. "I actually had an audition and a callback while on vacation. I didn't get that part, but was encouraged to return promptly." Cecere followed this advice and, in his own words, "The rest is history."