Roberto Lombardi

Biography

Roberto Lombardi was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) and began his career at an early age, appearing on the "Gene London Show" (1959) at age 7, then began music lessons (drums) and showed a natural ability for music. Quickly moving on to other instruments (bass) in order to learn how to not only play, but write his own songs, later taking voice lessons to handle lead vocals. At age 16, an interest in acting resurfaced. He studied acting in high school and college, then found roles in theater both in school and in regional theater, eventually landing extra / featured roles in several major motion pictures. At this point music became the focus. He wrote, recorded and toured nationally with several bands, most notably April Fool, "The End", "The Facts", The Rage and Road Trip learning to play both keyboards and guitar in the process. In 2004, Lombardi again became focused on acting, signed with several agencies and began modeling while taking additional acting classes. Since then he has appeared in many films, television shows and commercials in a variety of roles in films such as The Happening (2008), Bazookas: The Movie (2009), It Wasn't for Love (2008), Kill or Be Killed (2010) and Stand Off (2012), as well as the popular fan films Krueger (A Tale from Elm Street) (2011), The Nightmare Ends on Halloween II (2011), Escape from New Jersey (2010) and Mr. J (2010) . He is also starring in the ensemble tv series "The End Game Chronicles" (2012). Lombardi has also moved behind the camera as well as in front with Actor, Producer and Assistant Director credits for Abduction (2009), Dead Collections (2012) and Johnny Blue (2014) as well as Actor and Producer credit for Extinction (2014). He has also been credited for Casting, Location Scout and Script Supervisor as well as doing Special FX Makeup and contributing music to Film Soundtracks. His production company 'RTL Productions' focuses on the development, publicity and production of new film projects such as Just Like Me (2009) and vOosHa dAy (2014), both of which he is producing and casting as well as acting in. The company also releases past and future music projects and licenses music for film soundtracks and is partnered with John Orrichio Films. In that capacity, he works as a Publicist, Assistant Director and Producer for many projects including the comedy spoof series "Ghost Blunders" (2010) which he also stars in and the ghost hunting reality series "Ghost Chicks" (2010). When not on set he splits his time between the Philadelphia area and New York City. IMDb Mini Biography By: Official Website His sinister laugh Trivia First cousin of Celebrity Stylist / Television Personality David Evangelista. Friends with Sound editor / Engineer Gino Conway. Was in a hard rock band called April Fool that featured two dancers, actress Shannon Stiles and her sister Samantha Smith. Was part of the Past & Present Productions ensemble actors that also featured actress Nicole Brandon. Cousin of actor David De Felice. Attended high school in Radnor, Pennsylvania with Kate Flannery of "The Office" (2005). Best friend of Actor Jesus M. Villanueva. Cousin of Actress Gina Lombardi. As a musician, he has recorded over 10 full length albums and still writes music for soundtracks. He plays drums, percussion, guitar and keyboards, but is primarily a bassist / vocalist. Is left handed, but plays the bass right handed like Keanu Reeves. Is the CEO of RTL Productions [us]. Friends with Director/Producer Greg Sheridan of Sunset Point Entertainment. Roberto and Greg met while attending Temple University in Philadelphia and played in a rock band together. They have been friends since. Is of Italian and Spanish heritage. His father is Fernando Lombardi and his mother is model/actress Dolores M. Lombardi. Went to school with and was raised in the same South Philadelphia neighborhood as David Evangelista and Lisa Peluso. Cousin of Hair Stylist / Television Personality Kevin Gatto. Part of the Blinky Productions popular ensemble actors that found fan film fame playing iconic action, superhero and horror characters that include Chris R. Notarile' (The Joker), Roberto Lombardi (Freddy Krueger), Hector De La Rosa (Snake Plissken), Shawn Parr (The Punisher) and Nick Grock (Daredevil). Wrote and recorded over ten albums of music as a member of the bands April Fool, The Rage, 'The End', 'The Facts', 'Stone Cold', Red Sky and Road Trip.