Biography

Matt Mercurio is a theatrically trained, award-winning actor. Matt is a national finalist of the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship and recipient of the American College Theatre Festival's Marvin Sims Diversity Award in Acting.

A first-generation American and the son of two military parents. Coming from a hard working immigrant family, meant a strong emphasis was placed on Matt's education and an unrelenting insistence of a more traditional career path.Having spent a portion of his childhood aspiring to be a professional wrestler, and the rest of it dreaming to be an actor, Matt always possessed an inherent theatricality and the playful spirit required to chase his inevitable artistic ambitions. In middle school, his class-clown antics and knack for mischief made sure Matt was a consistent visitor of the school office for disciplinary action. Administrators urged Matt to focus his energy into something more creative and to sign up for drama as an elective. Excelling in acting from the get-go, film and theatre soon became the passions that would consume his pursuits and paint his dreams.

Matt first studied acting at Florida State College's Theatre Performance program on a full-time performance talent scholarship and at the BFA Acting program at the University of Florida's School of Theatre and Dance. He was also on a full scholarship as an Acting Apprentice and company member at the Tony Award winning Williamstown Theatre Festival.

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