Matt Cinquanta

Matt Cinquanta is a Professional Film & Television Actor who applies his skills and passion to the telling of stories through motion pictures. An authentic and reliable actor, Matt has a ferocious appetite to bring himself and his experiences to his acting. Armed with the experience of a private investigator, business owner, professional football player, high school football coach, motivational speaker, precision driver, pilot, film producer and stunt performer, you're safe with him - on the screen and off. Matt enjoys a diverse range as an actor. His debut performance occurred in 2004 with the role of Drako, in Slater Kane's psychological thriller, 'In The Dark', a supporting role that helped contribute to the film's cult following. Other highlights include the lead role as 'The Joker' in Megalomania Films' controversial short film, 'Hollywood Joker', in which The Joker crashes a meeting of Hollywood power-hitters who are planning the recasting of The Joker role, and of course 'The Joker Returns', which shocked the IMDb community by securing the #1 Ranking in IMDb Popularity for Short Film Thrillers just one week prior to the 2011 Academy Awards, ahead of the Oscar-nominated short film, 'The Confession'. More recently, Matt was a 2015 Telly Award Winner for the highly praised 'Panic Button' music video by singer-songwriter Misty Rosas. Some of his "J-O-B's" of his teens and early twenties, like so many others who pursue a life on stage or on screen, included serving tables, loading trucks, and delivering pizzas, long before wrangling in his entrepreneurial skills and eventually his acting career. Some of Matt's other interests include charity benefit endeavors, extreme physical fitness and conquering ALL fears. He remains involved in schools of acting, language, voice and ballroom dance, and plans to share the screen with the top actors of the future, sticking with his promise: "I'm gonna surprise everyone". Outside of entertainment, Matt is the founder of The Frank H. Cinquanta Cancer Answer Research Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated in honor of his father to bring forth a natural remedy to the household disease known as cancer, and ClearoFear, an organization that will soon inspire people of all ages to face and conquer their fears, and follow their dreams.