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I grew up in the South Bronx during the 70s and 80s. I understand the importance of community and how a neighborhood can be destroyed if the people do not get involved and work together for real solutions. Music and films were my salvation. I began to write songs and play guitar at the age of ten, and 15 years ago I started a band to raise the awareness level of teens and adults regarding the world around them. The band is called Glass of Know. The group had songs playing on rotation on upstate NY radio.

Although music was my first love I always had a fascination with film. I began study with the successful theater and film coach Ruth Kulerman four years ago. After many lessons and plenty of encouragement from Ruth I decided to start testing the waters. Early in 2007 I went out and started auditioning. The response was overwhelming and I landed 17 roles in 5 months. Not a bad problem to have your first time out of the gate. It wasn’t prime time or the big screen, but it gave me enough confidence to continue to work hard and more importantly, I knew I had something special to offer.

I’ve had films in the Asian American Film Festival, New Film Maker Festival, and 2 years ago the film En Route won first place at the Milford Connecticut Film Festival, in which I was the lead. I was nominated for best actor at the Columbia film festival for the short Good Bye. In 2011 I was the lead in the film Down & Across which went to the Cannes film festival. I’m currently working on a TV pilot with the same team. The Coffee List, was my first attempt at writer, director and actor. The film has been screened at The Katra Film Series and more soon.

JOHN HENRY SOTO
Height 5'1",                                          Eyes: Dark Brown
Weight 125 lbs.,                                  Hair: short salt & pepper hair
Email: [email protected]
Cell: 201-878-6556
                                                                                                                                                                                       
FILMS:
            Year                              Role                            Production                              Director           
              2015                                  Homeless man                    Neighbors                            Brandon Boudreaux
              2014                                    Puny man                        Go Down Death                    Aaron Schimberg
              2014                                  Mr. Greves                      Tracy on the Bench            S Productions
                2013                                  Various Roles                Soto in the Kitchen              JHS Productions
              2013                                  Bobby                            Write in Bayonne              John Henry Soto
    2012            Pedro            Love Lies and Seeta    Chandra Pemmaraju
    2012            Joel            Siodmak            Nicholas Ortiz
    2012            Larry            Mole in the Wall        Ben Carey
    2011            Waiter            The Tourist        Kelly Knudson   
              2010            Robert            Down & Across*        No Name Brand Films           
              2010                                    Professor Thomson              The Coffee List ***            John Henry Soto
    2010            Saul the landlord        Greetings From Bushwick    Marro Media
    2009            El            The Good Bye**        Mauricio Montes
    2008            Norman Breckter        En Route        Matt Maisano
   
Acknowledgments                                                                                                                                                         

*    Cannes 2011
**    nominated best actor Columbus Fest
***    2010 Katra Series pick, 2011 Cinema Night Brooklyn pick

Private Coach: British Technique: Dr. Ruth Kulerman

SKILLS / MISC. INFORMATION: Languages: Fluent Spanish. Accent is standard American, but can speak "Ghetto" accent. Sports: Basketball, Baseball, Skate Board, Roller Skate, Bike, Runner, juggler

Music / Dance: A professional musician that plays Electric & Acoustic guitar. Song writer, decent singer, Break dancer

Website: http://www.johnhenrysoto.com

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