Roberto Lombardi

Birthday: 31 December 1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Height: 183 cm

Roberto Lombardi was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) and began his career at an early age, appearing on the Gene London Show (1959) at age 7, then began music lessons (drums) and showed a natural ability for music. He quickly moved on to other instruments (bass) in order to learn to not only play, but write his own songs, later taking voice lessons to handle lead vocals.At age 16, an interest in acting resurfaced. He studied acting in high school and college, then found theater roles both in school and regionally, eventually landing extra / featured roles in several major motion pictures.At this point music became the focus. He wrote, recorded and toured nationally with several bands, most notably April Fool, "The End", "The Facts", The Rage and Road Trip learning to play both keyboards and guitar in the process.In 2004, Lombardi again became focused on acting, signed with several agencies and began modeling while taking additional acting classes. Since then he has appeared in many films, television shows and commercials in a variety of roles in films such as The Happening (2008), Bazookas: The Movie (2009), Masks: Sentient (2013), Stand Off (2012), Perfect: Android Rising (2013) and The Cemetery (2013), as well as the popular fan films Krueger: Another Tale from Elm Street (2013), The Nightmare Ends on Halloween II (2011) (as the iconic Freddy Krueger), Escape from New Jersey (2010) and Mr. J (2010) . He also starred in the ensemble tv series Brotherhood of Silver (2013), Underground Kings (2014) and Phantom Faye (2015).Lombardi has worked behind the camera as well as in front with Actor, Producer and Assistant Director credits for Abduction (2009) and Dead Collections (2012). He is attached with Actor and Producer credit for the upcoming Extinction and directed the short film Masks: Facade (2015). He has also been credited for Casting, Location Scout and Script Supervisor as well as doing Special FX Makeup and contributing music to Film Soundtracks.His production company 'RTL Productions' focuses on the development, publicity and production of new film projects such as Just Like Me (2009) which he produced as well as acted in. The company also releases Lombardi's past and future music projects and licenses music for film soundtracks. Roberto Lombardi also wrote the screenplay for the supernatural crime drama Voosha Day. Lombardi is also a producer for Blinky Productions, Inc., but mainly concentrates on acting.With John Orrichio Films, he worked as a Publicist, Assistant Director and Producer for many projects including the comedy spoof series Ghost Blunders (2010) which he also starred in and the ghost hunting reality series Ghost Chicks (2010).When not on set he splits his time between the Philadelphia area, Los Angeles and New York City. Hide

Producing is satisfying when the film is complete, but a headache for me personally during productio Show more Producing is satisfying when the film is complete, but a headache for me personally during production. Hide

Don't sit around waiting for things to happen for you. Make it happen. Don't sit around waiting for things to happen for you. Make it happen.

[advice to people interested in working in the entertainment business] Be honest with yourself every Show more [advice to people interested in working in the entertainment business] Be honest with yourself every step of the way about your abilities and always improve. If you can look yourself in the eye and in your heart and know you have what it takes then go for it. Don't let anything stop you. Develop a thick skin. You will be told "no" more than "yes" and if you can't handle that, this business may not be for you. People will pretend to be your friend when they aren't, so keep your family and real friends close. Respect the people you work with and for. Hide

I come from a family of musicians, actors and artists so I've always had the "bug" to perform. Actin Show more I come from a family of musicians, actors and artists so I've always had the "bug" to perform. Acting and music are my passion and I was lucky to have really supportive and encouraging parents. I'm pretty much a pit bull when I want to achieve something, so I took some classes and learned what kind of actor I am and what kind I want to develop into. Hide

If you want to be an actor be prepared to hear the word "no", then develop a thick skin or become so Show more If you want to be an actor be prepared to hear the word "no", then develop a thick skin or become something else! Hide

Success doesn't come in the mail. Work hard at what you do if you want to make it. Success doesn't come in the mail. Work hard at what you do if you want to make it.

[on his favorite film genres to work in] Anything that has an interesting storyline and offers an au Show more [on his favorite film genres to work in] Anything that has an interesting storyline and offers an audience a fun ride with good acting. For me that means drama/action or horror, but I enjoy everything! Hide

This is your life not a dress rehearsal. This is your life not a dress rehearsal.

Roberto Lombardi's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (8)

Knock at the Cabin

Perfect: Android Rising

The Cemetery

The Happening (2008)

Shooter

The Last Airbender

Blow Out

Eddie and the Cruisers

Roberto Lombardi'S roles

Dr. Peter Hess