David Bianchi

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David Bianchi
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NationalityAmerican-Brazilian
Education Arizona State University (BFA)
Occupation(s) Actor, producer, screenwriter
Website davidbianchi.actor

David Bianchi is an American-Brazilian actor, producer, and screenwriter. [1]

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With over 120 professional film and television credits as an actor, [2] he can be seen in major films and indies like Birds of Prey, Priest , and Filly Brown as well as numerous TV appearances on shows like HBO's Westworld , Unsolved , Animal Kingdom , S.W.A.T. , The Last Ship , Southland , SEAL Team , and Resident Alien . [3] He is the creator, co-writer, and executive producer of the Emmy-nominated [4] streaming series RZR, which debuted in 2024. [5]

Background

Bianchi first appeared on stage in the third grade in Mexico City. [6] He is classically trained with a BFA in theatre and film from Arizona State University. [7] He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. [8]

Bianchi is also a painter and has exhibited his works in gallery shows in Scottsdale, Beverly Hills, and Los Angeles. In 2011, he received a congratulatory letter from the City of Los Angeles and then-Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for his artistic endeavors in North Hollywood.

Career

In 2019, he played in a recurring role on season 4 of Queen Of The South as Manny. [9] In 2021, he played in a major recurring role of Lilo on Tyler Perry's Ruthless . [10]

As a result of his work in front of the camera, Bianchi is an active voting member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences as well as being a member of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) and was nominated for an Imagen Award. He has 18 professional producer credits, 16 screenwriter credits and is the founder of Exertion Films. [11] Bianchi is a member of the Producers Guild of America. He is the producer, writer, and star of All Out Dysfunktion! (Directed by Ryan LeMasters). [12] [13] The film co-stars Rene Rosado, Emmy-winner Vincent De Paul, Gerry Bednob, and Geraldine Viswanathan. Bianchi was the executive producer of the film Her Name Was Jo. [14]

Bianchi is currently in post-production on Catalyst (directed by Christopher Folkens). [15] He stars with action star Patrick Kilpatrick, Michael Roark, and Noel Gugliemi. This is his fifth feature film as a producer. He also appeared in Birds of Prey , a Harley Quinn film, starring Margot Robbie and Ewan McGregor in 2020. [16]

He is a Spoken Word poet with TV appearances on two seasons of the NAACP Award-nominated show Verses and Flow. [17] Bianchi produces spoken word films [18] collaborating with others in the field including Mustafa Shakir, Joivan Wade [19] and Emmy-nominated, Grammy Award-winning actor/poet Malcolm Jamal Warner. [20] [21] Bianchi coined the term spinema or "spinning cinema" through spoken word, which he describes as high concept cinematic experimental films told entirely in spoken word poetry addressing socially-conscious themes. [22]

In 2020, his poetic short film I Can't Breathe was broadcast as part of the Emmy-nominated KTLA series Breaking Bias. [23] [24] The work sold on the NFT platform Ephimera raising over $10,000 for the George Floyd Memorial Foundation, becoming the first spoken word film non-fungible token. [25] His work, Wade in the Water, [26] was named best short film for 2021 by Film Threat Magazine Award This! [27]

In 2023 at San Diego Comic-Con, [28] it was announced that Bianchi is the creator, co-writer, and executive producer of the streaming series RZR . [29] The series debuted in April 2024 on Gala Film. [30] He portrayed the lead character Grimm and the cast also included Richard Cabral, Danny Trejo, and Mena Suvari. [5] The series received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. [31]

Selected filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004PortraitPhotographerShort
2005And I LivedJered
Trickery of TravelersSalesmanShort
Dinner for OneNickShort
The IdealistDonnieShort
2006SoldierSoldier
Pop StarManagerShort
Independence DayKenShort
2007Farewell DarknessDougie
2008Chinaman's Chance: America's Other SlavesPosse Leader
The Incredible Hulk -
2009A Night with AmandaThomasShort
Miss OhioScottShort
2010Our VowsKevinShort
I Want Him DeadKalvinShort
CheatingMarkShort
2011Susan's RemembranceThomasShort
Priest Familiar
Politics of Love -
2012 Filly Brown Delivery Man
Silver Case Familiar
Malachi IXJunior RuhsShort
2013 Enter the Dangerous Mind Officer Daniels
The Dark Side of the EarthParkerShort
Five ThirteenAfrika
1982 Officer Johnson
Well PlayedCoach AlexShort
2014CrossroadsDavid
Break the BarsPoetShort
HushCopShort
2015MoxieTerraanceShort
Marathon DayPoetShort
The Prison WebSlickShort
2016All Out Dysfunktion!Tyrell
Destined Arturo
A Christmas in VermontBartTV movie
The Bounce Back Hotlanta Host
2017Blood, Sweat & YearsOfficer MartinezShort
You Can't Hear MeThe PrisonerShort
McDickEverett Kahn
2018 A Boy. A Girl. A Dream. David
2019EvergreenDylan
Your Family or Your LifeDetective Jansen
Foster Boy Officer Smith
2020 Birds of Prey Sionis Henchman #1
Let's GrowJohn BlackShort
Wade in the WaterDavidShort
2021Calm BeforeIsaac
LazarusGabriel
AdelanteDavidShort
2022CatalystCastor RamirezWriter

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Style CourtGuest PlaintiffEpisode: "Episode #2.28"
2006 General Hospital Airline AttendantEpisode: "Episode #1.11047"
2007 American Heiress GuardEpisode: "Trials by Fire" & "The Truth Hurts"
2012 America's Most Wanted John FigueroaEpisode: "John Figueroa"
M.A.S.H.JacobEpisode: "Sell a Bit More"
2013 Southland GlenEpisode: "Off Duty"
Sex Pose ManWinstonMain cast
A-Holes AnonymousJamesEpisode: "Helping You Help Yourself"
2016 Pretty Little Liars BartenderEpisode: "Hit and Run, Run, Run"
Days of Our Lives Worker #1Episode: "Episode #1.12765"
The Last Ship DadEpisode: "Don't Look Back"
2017 Pretty Little Liars BartenderEpisode: "In the Eye Abides the Heart"
2018 Unsolved Sean MelindoEpisode: "Tupac Amaru Shakur"
Westworld PMC #3Episode: "Les Écorchés"
Animal Kingdom TailEpisode: "Wolves"
Shooter Security Guard ShemkyEpisode: "Orientation Day"
2019 MacGyver OscarEpisode: "Friends + Enemies + Border"
Queen Of The South MannyRecurring cast: season 4
Insatiable PacoRecurring cast: season 2
2020 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. JavierEpisode: "After, Before"
2020-21 Ruthless LiloRecurring cast
2021 S.W.A.T. CollinsEpisode: "Sins of the Fathers"
SEAL Team Alpha OIC PeteRecurring cast: season 4
True Story RayEpisode: "Chapter 5: Hard Feelings"
2022 Resident Alien GoliathRecurring cast: season 2
NCIS Kyle JenningsEpisode: "Starting Over"
NCIS: Hawaiʻi Kyle JenningsEpisode: "T'N'T"
Criminal Minds Deputy Kevin HensonEpisode: "Just Getting Started"
2023 The Rookie WyattRecurring cast: season 5
2024 RZR GrimmMain cast (Creator; Co-writer; Producer)

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 The Darkness Civilian/Lucas Hellinger (voice)
2024 Cyberpunk 2077 Various (voice)

References

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  2. "‘Pretty intense’ indie thriller films in Gastonia" Gaston Gazette. Retrieved 2018-06-31.
  3. "Eat, Pray, Love's David Bianchi" Hollywood Weekly. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  4. "Emmy Nominations 2024" Variety. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  5. 1 2 "David Bianchi talks about his new streaming series "RZR"" CBS News. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  6. "DAVID BIANCHI: STRUGGLE, TRIUMPH AND THE ART OF DYSFUNKTION" Get Far. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  7. "Life through the eyes of David Bianchi" Felix. Retrieved 2018-06-31.
  8. "David Bianchi: The Quintessential Artist" TVC Magazine. Retrieved 2018-06-31.
  9. "‘Queen Of The South’: David Bianchi & Alejandro Barrios To Recur On season 4 Of USA Series" Deadline. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  10. "Tyler Perry's "Ruthless" Fans Obsessed with David Bianchi's Deadly Character "Lilo" Airing on BET Networks" KTVN. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  11. "The Power of Ambition: David Bianchi" Soul and Salsa. Retrieved 2018-06-31.
  12. "Players" Variety. Retrieved 2018-06-31.
  13. "The Courage To Make It Happen" Film Courage. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  14. "Wide Acquires Joe Duca’s Road Movie ‘Her Name Was Jo’" Variety. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  15. "Exclusive Trailer Debut of Indie Thriller Catalyst" Film Threat. Retrieved 2018-06-31.
  16. "‘Queen Of The South’: David Bianchi & Alejandro Barrios To Recur On season 4 Of USA Series" Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  17. "Omari Hardwick Returns To Host Season 3 Of TV One’s ‘Verses and Flow’ (9/11 Premiere)" Indie Wire. Retrieved 2018-06-31.
  18. "Ground-Breaking Spoken Word Film 'LET'S GROW' Shows How We Can Heal Our Racial Tension and Division the Best Way Possible…Collaboratively" Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  19. "See Joivan Wade And David Bianchi In the Powerful Film WADE IN THE WATER" Broadway World. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  20. "Malcolm-Jamal Warner Uses Poetry In New Video Calling For Unity In America" Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  21. "Buff Interviews: The Movie Buff talks to actor David Bianchi" The Movie Buff. Retrieved 2018-06-31.
  22. "David Bianchi" TV Over Mind. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  23. "KTLA’s Breaking Bias: Through Poetry" KTLA. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  24. "‘I Can’t Breathe’: Spoken-Word Short Film Gives A Man Of Color’s Pained View Of America’s New Civil Rights Movement" Deadline. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  25. "Icon: An NFT On Clubhouse Helps Bring Justice For George Floyd" Forbes. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  26. "Joivan Wade releases his latest spoken word feature" The Voice Online UK. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  27. "Awards" IMDb. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
  28. "RZR Unveils Sci-Fi Drama Series Mixing Biohacking and AI at Comic-Con" MovieWeb. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  29. "RZR Drops Teaser For New Dystopian Sci-Fi Series From Gala Film At SDCC" ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  30. "Showrunner David Bianchi's Path: From Passion To Profession" Miami Living. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  31. "‘RZR’ Star Mena Suvari on Why She’s Always Wanted to Play Someone Like Her Character Det. Thompson" The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-09-18.