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Joe Herrera
Actor
in Orlando, Florida, United States
Joe Herrera was born Jose Rafael Herrera on September 27, 1973. Born & raised in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Joe is the oldest of 3 children. Joe started acting at the age of 9 in Elementary school where he first appeared as a bus patron in a Martin Luther King, Jr. play, followed by various roles during Middle and High School. It was then he realized that the acting would be his true calling.
Joe furthered his professional theater training at Brooklyn College where he s... Moretudied with actor/instructor, F. Murray Abraham, Diane Barracuda, Marge Linney, David Garfield and Mark Zeller. Joe studied with Janice Cavalier as a trained tenor and has also studied Dance at the Broadway Dance Center in NYC. He is continually honing his craft in Orlando, FL with actor/instructor Rus Blackwell from the film "Monster" starring Charlize Theron, and stars in Cinemax's Banshee, at the Actor's School.
Joe Herrera is a proud member of the Actors Equity Association, AFTRA, and is also SAG eligible. His credits, just to name a few, include off-Broadway productions with Elizabeth Swados' The Hating Pot", Director Curtiss Cook's The Resting Place", Ralph Lee's Heart of the Earth: A Popol Vuh Story", and "Ferdinand The Bull" a TheatreWorksUSA tour. Independent film roles included "The Girl in the Watermelon" alongside Actress Meredith Scott Lynn and Actor, Lazaro Perez which was directed by Sergio Castilla and had a TV premiere on Starz Network, and Pyscho Sisters. On PBS' Ghostwriter, Joe played "Quincy", the paraplegic/former gang member who inspires his brother to stay off the streets, and played small stint roles on "America's Most Wanted" and "Law & Order."
Joe is actively working as an Actor living in the Orlando, Florida area with his wife, Vanessa and their 6 children.
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Physical details
Special skills
Dance:
Meringue, Puerto Rican, Salsa
Singing:
Choral / Choir, Musical Theatre, R & B / Blues, Rock / Pop
Sports:
Baseball, Bicycling, Fencing, Softball
Musical Instruments:
Drums
Language:
English, Spanish
Accents:
Indian (east), New York City, Spanish, Standard American, Standard British
Additional:
Improvisation, Stage Combat, Voice Characterizations
TV
Featured
Discovery Health Network
Theatre
Principal
Liz Swados/brooklyn Academy Of Music
Shepherd
Rus Blackwell/orlando Repertory Theatre
Alejandro
Cynthia Thole/theatreworks Usa
Hocus
Arabian Nights Dinner Attraction
Film
Industrials
Tony G.
Columbia University
Supporting Role
Billy Black Productions
