Mario Opinato

Mario Opinato was born in Catania, Italy, on July 26, 1964. He began his career as a dancer (Martha Graham technique) in a contemporary Dance Theatre Company, in Sicily. After a year spent in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) where he studied Latin American dances such as salsa, merengue and samba, in July 1990 he moved to Los Angeles (California) where he studied at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Actor's Studio in Hollywood. Since then, Mario has played leading and supporting roles in over 15 American theatre productions, including 'The three penny Opera' by Bertolt Brecht, 'Cecè' by Luigi Pirandello, 'Camino Real' and '27 wagons full of cotton' by Tennessee Williams, 'The necklance' and 'The forbidden fruit' by Guy de Maupassant.