Temporary Disabled. :) please Go back Laz Alonso - Biography - IMDb www.fgks.org » Address: [go: up one dir, main page] Include Form Remove Scripts Accept Cookies Show Images Show Referer Rotate13 Base64 Strip Meta Strip Title Session Cookies IMDb More All Titles TV Episodes Names Companies Keywords Characters Quotes Bios Plots Movies, TV & Showtimes MOVIES In Theaters Showtimes & Tickets Latest Trailers Coming Soon Release Calendar CHARTS & TRENDS Popular Movies & TV Box Office Oscar Winners Top 250 Movies Most Popular by Genre TV & VIDEO TV Picks On Tonight Top 250 TV Watch Now on Amazon DVD & Blu-Ray SPECIAL FEATURES Academy Museum IMDb Picks Best of 2014 X-Ray for Movies & TV What to Watch Celebs, Events & Photos CELEBS Born Today Celebrity News Most Popular Celebs PHOTOS Latest Stills Latest Posters Photos We Love EVENTS Awards Central Sundance SXSW Film Festival Tribeca Cannes Comic-Con Road to the Emmys Venice Film Festival Toronto Film Festival More Popular Events News & Community LATEST HEADLINES ‘Bourne’: Vincent Cassel to Play Villain Opposite Matt Damon in Sequel (Exclusive) 12 hours ago 'Heartbreaker' director Pascal Chaumeil dies aged 54 21 hours ago Ratings: MTV's Miley Cyrus-Hosted VMAs Drop 40 Percent vs. 2014 15 hours ago NEWS Top News Movie News TV News Celebrity News Indie News COMMUNITY Message Boards Contributor Zone Quiz Game Polls Watchlist YOUR WATCHLIST GET INFORMED Industry information at your fingertips GET CONNECTED Over 200,000 Hollywood insiders GET DISCOVERED Enhance your IMDb Page Go to IMDbPro » | Help Login Register Login Edit Laz Alonso Biography Showing all 35 items Jump to: Overview (2) | Mini Bio (1) | Trivia (8) | Personal Quotes (24) Overview (2) Date of Birth 25 March 1974, Washington, District of Columbia, USA Height 5' 11½" (1.82 m) Mini Bio (1) Born and raised in Washington DC, Laz always knew he wanted to be an actor. He remembers at a very early age entertaining his family by imitating relatives and family friends. He graduated from the prestigious Howard University School of Business, earning a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in marketing. After college, he worked on Wall Street at an investment banking firm. He and several partners eventually started their own marketing business, promoting mainstream products to the trend-setting urban market. Owning and operating his own successful business freed up Laz's time to finally explore his passion for acting. Laz began taking classes in the evening to hone his craft and it didn't take him long to begin landing roles in commercials and videos.From D.C. to New York, Laz feels his upbringing not only taught him how to deal with the school of hard knocks, but also prepared him for his biggest goal, his acting career. He credits the move to NYC as his move into manhood and the city holds many great memories for him. Laz also credits his acting ability to these life experiences, as he is able to bring a little of what he knows or has dealt with into his characters. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous Trivia (8) Won an Emmy Award for his participation in Budweiser's "Wassup" commercials. Appeared in Toni Braxton's video "Hit the Freeway". Made a cameo appearance in Aaliyah's video & tribute "Miss You". Appeared in the 2003 Alayé calendar. Is bilingual in English & Spanish. One of Variety magazine's Top Ten Actors to watch (2009). Participated in ABC's Diversity Showcase. Is Cuban-American. Personal Quotes (24) As Africans Americans we often think about the tragic stories associated with our lineage, but there are a lot of triumphs. Traveling helps you learn about other aspects of our history, like the story of Christ the Redeemer. It's empowering and inspiring. You know, I think a lot of times what happens when we as actors know we're playing a bad guy is we get into bad guy mode. You know what, man? In real life, bad people do good things too and good people do bad things. So you don't necessarily have to be the stereotypical bad guy to still do bad things. Being able to travel and see the world really makes me appreciate the blessings in my life. There are so many people that will never get a chance to see some of the things that I've seen during my travels. I'll never take that for granted. I think the biggest lesson that I take from 'Avatar' on any set that I go to is just work ethic. Working with Jim Cameron, you're used to working very, very long days and you're very meticulous about details. He's very, very picky about little details, little character-isms and things. When you are really in love, you become vulnerable, and insecurities come out of nowhere. I'm a martial artist. I've boxed all my life. I work out. I studied Hwarangdo, which is a Korean style. I believe in my heart that 'Avatar' is going to be the revolutionary sci-fi movie for this generation, in this era. Eventually one day I want to direct, but as of right now my next cap that I'm looking for is the producer cap. There was a day where I was sitting at my desk, working 90-hour work weeks, in a suit, looking at a computer, with all these pitch books on my desk, and I just thought, 'This can't be my life.' You may have seen me in movies like 'Fast & Furious' and 'Avatar.' But I wouldn't have been able to do any of that without hard work and determination. You can accomplish anything if you just stay out of trouble and do the right things. I love that period, between the '20s and the '60s. I love doing period pieces, and those eras are my favorite period in time, music wise, and the elegance and the way of being. I want to play roles that I'm proud of, that I feel a certain integrity about, and I want to continue to be truthful in the work that I do. My entire life, I've always known that I wanted to be a performer, but I didn't know exactly how, where or when. I never learned or studied the craft, formally. I grew up doing martial arts and playing piano. But, something inside of me always said that I was going to do this, as far back as I can remember. I like speed, so I like taking the jet skis out and hitting the water, or hitting the lake. In the winter, unfortunately, I used to ski a lot but I haven't been able to ski in the past few years because thank God I've been working, so that's a good reason not to. It's funny because when I got 'Jarhead' and 'Avatar' and all those movies, 'Leprechaun' still to this day airs on BET. I was thinking, 'Will they just let it go? I finally have a body of work that can speak much better to what I can do than just Leprechaun.' I'm flattered that women think that I'm sexy. There is a little bit of me infused in every character I play. I've been very blessed to work in some films that I'm very proud of. Growing up in D.C. there are so many different types of educational and professional levels. They call D.C. 'Chocolate City' but just because we're all chocolate doesn't mean we're all the same. In D.C., everyone co-exists harmoniously but the lines are still drawn. And people don't really step over those lines. 'Fast & Furious' is a well-oiled machine. Those guys really know what they're doing. The guys that work behind the scenes are just as important as the ones in front of the cameras. They are car enthusiasts. They live and breathe this world. 'Miracle at St. Anna.' I was challenged by Spike Lee. When he offered me the film, he looked me square in the eye and said, 'You start this film off and you end this film. I don't want a dry eye in the theatre. Can you pull that off?' He was dead serious. I love HGTV. I love working on my house and have really been bit by the 'luxury remodeling' bug. 'Million Dollar Rooms,' 'Million Dollar Listing'... any show that can give me design inspiration, I soak it in and try my hand at it. Home Depot is my second home! I'm a big fan of 'Star Wars.' Some of the most iconic characters of 'Star Wars,' we didn't see their faces but to this day you can say Jabba the Hutt or Darth Vader and people know what you mean around the world. My buddies all still make fun of me about the whole 'Leprechaun' thing, and I'm proud of that movie. I'm just as proud of that work as I am of anything else that I've done. I feel like where I was in my career at the time, I committed to the character. See also Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites | Contact Info Getting Started | Contributor Zone » Contribute to This Page Edit page Laz Alonso Personal Details Biography Other Works Publicity Listings Official Sites Contact Info (IMDbPro) Filmography by Year by Job by Ratings by Votes by Genre by Keyword Did You Know? 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Born and raised in Washington DC, Laz always knew he wanted to be an actor. He remembers at a very early age entertaining his family by imitating relatives and family friends. He graduated from the prestigious Howard University School of Business, earning a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in marketing. After college, he worked on Wall Street at an investment banking firm. He and several partners eventually started their own marketing business, promoting mainstream products to the trend-setting urban market. Owning and operating his own successful business freed up Laz's time to finally explore his passion for acting. Laz began taking classes in the evening to hone his craft and it didn't take him long to begin landing roles in commercials and videos.From D.C. to New York, Laz feels his upbringing not only taught him how to deal with the school of hard knocks, but also prepared him for his biggest goal, his acting career. He credits the move to NYC as his move into manhood and the city holds many great memories for him. Laz also credits his acting ability to these life experiences, as he is able to bring a little of what he knows or has dealt with into his characters.
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