Bio

Johnny Cannizzaro is a journeyman actor and writer. Born in Bensonhurst Brooklyn and raised about twenty miles outside of New York City, Johnny spent his early years acting in local theater and studying the piano. Definitive of his show business trajectory, he enrolled himself in dance classes and singing lessons with aspirations of working in Broadway musicals.

Realizing odds of making it past an ensemble player were severely against him, he shifted focus to straight plays in hopes of exploring more in depth characters, eventually prompting a relocation to Los Angeles.

After nearly nine years of grind and hustle on the west coast, lack of resources and periods of homelessness, an opportunity led him to landing an audition and subsequent supporting role in a Clint Eastwood directed film followed by several bit parts on television.

Another near decade of infrequent work would pass before the loss of his family's home and possessions to fire made aspirations of success feel even more unattainable.

In Johnny's view, however, the unimaginable loss turned out to possibly be the very catalyst to opportunity as within days of the tragedy, a willingness to surrender what he could no longer control brought a near instantaneous carer shift, suggesting the irony of needing to lose something in order to find something.

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Beyond his work in the entertainment industry, Johnny is an advocate for animal rights and often works with rescues to help foster and find homes for wayward dogs.