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Michael DeLorenzo (born October 31, 1959 in The Bronx, New York) is an American actor. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Career
Of Italian and Puerto Rican descent, DeLorenzo started out as a dancer in Michael Jackson's popular music video Beat It, and in both the motion picture Fame and the Fame television series. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Puerto Ricans in the United States (also referred to as the "Puerto Rican Diaspora," " Nuyorican " "Stateside Puerto Ricans" "mainland Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman " Beat It " is a hit single from Michael Jackson 's album Thriller, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music) Fame is a 1980 Musical film conceived and produced by David De Silva directed by Alan Parker, and written by Christopher Gore Fame is an American Television series that ran from 1982 to 1987 After the conclusion of the series, Michael revealed his singing ability by partnering with an R & B girl group called Teen Dream, under the moniker "Valentino" and released the single, "Get Busy. " He appears in the music video as a paper doll cut out. He is perhaps best known as Detective Eddie Torres, on the FOX series New York Undercover for three seasons (1994-97). New York Undercover is a one-hour police drama that ran on the FOX network from 1994 to 1998. Although DeLorenzo started dancing at the High School for the Performing Arts in New York (the setting for Fame), he always had acting on his mind. Baltimore School for the Arts (BSA is a public high school located in Baltimore Maryland and is a part of its public school system. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous When one of the Fame series leads had personal problems, he was picked from the chorus line to act in several episodes, and continued to do so on and off.
Bigger parts were elusive. Although he was a regular on The Bronx Zoo (NBC, 1987), in features he managed only a small role as a thug who recognizes Whoopi Goldberg as a narc in Fatal Beauty (1987). The Bronx Zoo was a 1987 - 1988 NBC drama series directed by Allan Arkush and Paul Lynch. Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedienne, and television Fatal Beauty is a 1987 comedy - drama Film starring Whoopi Goldberg and Sam Elliott, directed by Tom Although larger feature parts still proved elusive, DeLorenzo joined the cast of the ABC sitcom Head of the Class for two seasons (1989-91) as the wolfish Alex Torres. Head of the Class is an American sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1991 on the ABC television network He and co-star Malik Yoba made TV history in New York Undercover; no other cop series had featured non-white males in leading roles and lasted more than one season. Malik Yoba (born September 17, 1967) is an American Actor and occasional Singer.
DeLorenzo's feature work also picked up in the 90s. He was Private First Class William T. Santiago, the object of the drama, in A Few Good Men (1992) and Rafael Cano in Alive: The Miracle of the Andes (1993). A Few Good Men is a play by Aaron Sorkin, first produced on Broadway by David Brown in 1989 Alive is a 1993 film by the husband and wife team director Frank Marshall and producer Kathleen Kennedy. He was also Butch Mejia, a doomed rival gang leader, in My Family/Mi Familia (1995). My Family ( 1995) is a American Drama film directed by Gregory Nava and written by Nava and Anna Thomas. He also appeared as Rosie Perez's suitor in Somebody to Love (filmed in 1994, released theatrically in 1996). Rosa María "Rosie" Pérez (born September 6, 1964) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actress, Dancer, DeLorenzo's stage work has been sporadic, but he did star in Stand-Up Tragedy at the prestigious Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 1989 and was much praised for his work. He also played the role of a boxer Carlos Santiago in Resurrection Blvd in the Showtime original series from 2000-2002. Resurrection Blvd is an American dramatic series which aired on Showtime for three seasons from 2000 to 2002 While cast in Resurrection Blvd he also directed two episodes.
His most recent television appearance is in the second season of the series CSI: New York, in an episode titled "Cool Hunter". He played the role of talent scout Rico Cerda who was responsible for the main crime of the episode. DeLorenzo appeared in the sixth season of the series CSI:Miami, in an episode titled "Tunnel Vision", playing the role of Carlos. He is currently single and resides in Los Angeles.
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