- Studied accents and dialects with Gary Oldman.
- John Cassavetes taught him how to play backgammon.
- Awarded "Biggest Troublemaker" for his graduating high school class.
- Acting coach to James Gandolfini on his first 35mm film, Tornado Lane.
- Co-produced Torture Garden's first United States Tour.
- Performed throughout New York City and other East Coast cities as the lead singer in the industrial band, Flesh, singing in Latin, Arabic and English.
- Contributing Writer and Managing Editor for LA-based entertainment magazine, Venice, from 1993 to 2004, interviewing artists and writing over seventy articles for the publication. Artists he interviewed include Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, John Waters, Takashi Miike, Massive Attack to name a few.
- Lead New York foreman/muralist for LA-based Lethal Art's Mike McNeilly, installing large scale murals throughout New York City.
- Conceived, co-organized and performed for German television in Times Square 2000, a theatrical extravaganza on Broadway at the Henry Miller Theater, featuring London's Torture Garden as the resident conceptual and DJ artist for the evening. He financed this with his credit cards.
- Studied the method with The Actor's Studio Executive Board member, Susan Peretz, at The Third Street Theater. He paid for his classes by being the theater's janitor. This is where he became friends with Richard Dioguardi, military advisor for Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Deer Hunter (1978).
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