Vince Valentine
A Philadelphia native, Vince made his stage debut when he was 11 years old at his cousin Anthony's First Holy Communion with his now legendary comedy bit "Uncle Dominic at the Racetrack." Fast forward to his 30's, and after taking Paul J. Solari's Stand-Up Comedy Workshop, Vince began performing at comedy clubs along the east coast.
In 2002, Vince joined the cast of "The Soapranos", an interactive parody of the HBO TV series. The show, produced by New York Dinner Theater, starred Vince as Christopher and toured throughout the United States. Vince has also starred in "Joey and Maria's Italian Wedding", 'The Godfathers' Meshuggener Wedding."
During the summer of 2003, Vince was selected from 1,500 actors as one of five finalists for NBC10's "Best summer Gig Ever Traffic Contest." He also made a guest appearance on "NBC 10! Live" as a panel guest soon after.
Vince has appeared in the independent film that he co-wrote and starred in, "Shut Up And Eat." Later that year he appeared in an iPod spec commercial in which he played Sal Monella. On FM Radio, Vince was a finalist in Philadelphia's 93.3 WMMR's "Philly's Last Comic Standing" and in 2004 appeared in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival as a member of the Sketch Comedy Troupe "Skitzoids".In 2006 Vince made his debut with the Brick Playhouse in their production of " Flip The Script". 2007 brought Vince to New York and the Midtown International Theatre Festival starring in " What Fools We Lovers Be."
Vince would like to thank all of his friends and family for their love, encouragement and support, everyone at Theater Mogul for the opportunity to perform in" Defending the Caveman," Lou Galdo and everyone at Galdo's Catering, as well as Bill Primavera, who without his guidance and Yoda-like mentoring, Vince would be headlining his cousin Anthony's Confirmation.
Special thanks to co-star, Tricia Gozzi for her friendship, support and outstanding comic timing.
Special thanks goes to his brother and best friend Christopher, sister-in-law Melissa and niece Victoria.
And most importantly Vince would like to thank his mom, Bernadette, for her unconditional love, and his Dad Ron, who built Vince a fort before he was even born.