Born in Sacramento, CA. and lived throughout the Lake Tahoe basin and Reno, NV areas during his early childhood ultimately ending up living with his dad in Las Vegas after the tragic loss of his mother at age 10. From there Dennis was introduced to the acting world by an actress from whom his father was dating. Per her suggestion, Dennis was enrolled in a local acting conservatory where he says he got the "acting bug" that propelled him to continue studying with several acting coaches and methods as well as performing in theater and other productions throughout his junior high and high school years. At the same time his interest in music was growing giving him a passion for guitar. His passion for guitar led him to play with many rock bands on the local circuit ultimately becoming a lead guitar player with a Christian rock band named "ledfoot." After being together for only 3 months the band released a 5 song demo which lead to them ultimately being signed with a studio label, 90 degree records, which paid for them to go into the studio and record a full album produced by Mike Roe from the underground favorite area band, The 77's. Although still involved in music, Dennis became more involved in his passion of acting once again, being cast in many commercials, industrials, TV and film throughout the region. He studied more in depth acting from San Francisco to Los Angeles at places like the prestigious groundlings school of improv, UCLA and others as well as working with several casting directors running casting sessions for major television, commercial and movie productions and becoming a premier acting coach to many actors from the region. Some of which have gone on to have very successful acting careers. Now, as well as being actively involved in the acting world, Dennis also works behind the camera as a director, writer, producer, sound designer and editor. He loves the challenge of non studio backed movie making and has his hands in several guerrilla indie films where he shares his passion and experience to help his friends, students and other local talent put together quality indie, low budget filming and hopefully lead to successful careers in front of and behind the camera.
