User:John Holliday

John Martin Holliday Jr, was born in Trenton NJ to John and Lorraine Holliday. John is one of 5 children. After high school, John enlisted into the United States Air Force where he was trained to be an Aircraft Technician and assigned at McGuire AFB to work on the C141 aircraft. After being active duty military for 4 years John accepted a job working for the Federal Government on Military Helicopters including the AH1 Cobra Attack Helicopter. John found his job rewarding but wanted a change and decided to pursue a career in Law Enforcement. He began working for the Dept of Corrections in NJ where he was assigned to work an ADSEG Unit which is a unit that houses the worse of the worse. With there always something happening it kept John interested for nearly 8 years. It was in 1994 when John began to studying Acting in New York City. Training under the Best Acting coaches available John was able to land various roles in film and television that allowed him to become a member of the Screen Actors Guild and Aftra. John has been in numerous movies including Carlitos Way, The Professional, Batman Series, Fight Club to name just a few. And had a starring role on New York Undercover. In 1996 John was casted in a new TV Series on a major network and moved to Los Angeles. After shooting 8 episodes, the TV Series was never picked up and John moved onto other TV opportunities including Days of Our Lives which he played a paramedic in over 12 episodes. While in CA John attended a benefit for Actors and Others for Animals, being a Dog Lover himself it motivated him to pick up an old hobby and put it to good use. He began Training dogs again but this time for the Shelters and Rescues to assit them in placing pets with a good home. John did not stop there he became the National Representative for the largest Dog Training Co in the world. Its there where he was able to reach out on a National level and bring awareness to animal abuse and the number of dogs in rescues and shelters that need homes. John continued Acting working on various independent films and Training dogs. It was in 1998 when John decided to open his own Dog Training Co called Gold Paw. His company was hugely successful but John once again felt there was something missing. In 2002 John began dating his good friend of 20 yrs, Cyndi Rossi who grew up with John in NJ. Cyndi moved out to CA and John her were married in Mar 2005, had the first child in Feb 2006 and their 2nd in Jan 2007. John continued Acting and Training Dogs but as before he yearned for more. Knowing that he could still operate his company and do something else he decided to join the Los Angeles Police Dept in 2005. Having to go throught the whole Academy was challenging but rewarding to John. As he has said in the past, now I can help people and pets. Today, John is still on LAPD, training dogs and even has a TV Project in the works.