Giuseppe Schillaci

Giuseppe Schillaci was born in Sicily/ Catania where he started acting thanks to Manuela Metri and Fioretta Mari. In Italy he played in many plays , between the more important he played in "La Scapricciata" with Fioretta Mari and directed by Manuela Metri. Also he starred in the TV series Il Commissario Montalbano directed by Alberto Sironi where he played Rosario Lauricella and in the TV series Squadra Antimafia where He played Remo Pennino in two episode. In 2010 Mrs Anna Strasberg selected him at a seminar she hosted in Rome and he was awarded a scholarship to attend the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York and West Hollywood later where he lived for 8 years. In 2013 In Los Angeles He played Tom Collins in RENT the musical directed by Troy Rintala. Giuseppe played MR. Jacob Engstrand in the play "Ghosts" directed by Neno Pervan. Also He starred the main character "Luigi" in the short movie "The Dilemma" directed by Luca Spensieri. Giuseppe also starred in the Web Kia Commercial as "The Man with the pink scarf" directed by Alejandro Trevino, and He played Rafael in the short film Widows directed by Ian Fisher. As a director Giuseppe did 2 short film , one in Italy "Corri " finalis