User:Vince (Vinny) Lozano

--Vince (Vinny) Lozano

==Biography: Vince Lozano (born July 29th,1974)== Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio, USA Currently: Hollywood, California, USA

Early Life:
Vince Lozano was born and raised in middle America, right in the heart of Cleveland, Ohio. Where he excelled in sports from baseball, basketball, football and boxing. There was no sport that he thought he could not play. A mantra of- "Why Not?"- prevailed for he would not be labeled as the underdog, life was to be savored and challenges were to be met head on. Lozano grew up proving people wrong. When they would say he was too short or too small, he knew he was more and he showed consistently that he was. He carried that passion into street dancing which led him to becoming an actor. At the age of 18 he did his first play at the Cleveland Public Theater with one line and performing a crazy dance, he found a new passion and a new love, which was acting. He has now appeared in numerous movies, television shows and commercials.

Television and Film:
His film credits include, EDtv (1999), Father of the Bride 2 (1995), Dark Wolf (2003), Born and Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). Lozano made his motion picture debut in Encino Man (1992). On television Lozano has appeared on such popular series as Dragnet, Becker, Naked Truth, E.R., Wanted, 10-8 and Wings. He co-produced and co-directed Alvarez & Cruz (2003), an independent feature film in which he also stars.

Current Projects:
Vince Lozano's latest project, Halfway to Hell (2013), [written by James Brannon (director/producer Richard Friedman along with Lozano as producer/actor] have created a taboo works of sorts. A halfway house in middle class suburbia... which was well received at the 'Dances with Films' film festival and was accepted at the NYC Independent Film Festival slated for October 2013. Now in post-production Swelter (2014) written and directed by Keith Parmer. Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Grant Bowler, Josh Henderson and Vince Lozano. Swelter tells a story of greed, retribution, with the licks of the brutal dramatic heist reminiscent of Reservoir Dogs. Lozano has written several screenplays and is currently at work on one of his pieces, arranging financing in order to begin production.

Clothing Line:
In (2011) Lozano launched Shark Wear Online www.sharkwearonline.com. An avid poker player amongst Hollywood's finest players world wide- to capture the demand for poker, 'Shark-Sleep with the Fishes" wear, Lozano created a whole line of clothing wear. Styles and various graphics are available in both mens and womens sizing. "American Airlines" to be certain is the play of the night wearing Shark Wear.

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Charities:
''' In his spare time he works with several charities, always giving back to his community. Some of his recent involvements have included: Penny Lane, Pirates for Children, MDA and a fundraiser for the Hotshots who sacrificed the ultimate and will always be remembered. ==== Vince Lozano is passionate about his work and believes in getting the most out of life he always believes anything is possible. In truth- "I would say I'm a risk taker. Who tries to attack fearlessly. Like a boxer in a ring. I believe, "WHY NOT?" Why not risk and take a chance instead of wondering if you can or if you can't."- Vince Lozano

Biography By: Brick21 & Song River owner of CowGirlZen Photography

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