GROWING UP:

Growing up in New York City and later when his family relocated to Toronto Canada he spent his time in high school as the all-star athlete set on a fast track to a sure pro career he played semi-pro baseball which he gained a scholarship and one year before he could go to the next phase plans came to a crushing end in 1993 after first getting hit in the face by a fastball that broke his cheekbone causing damage to his vision and then the same year a major career ending injury playing football forced him to walk away from both and give up his dreams of becoming a baseball player.

NIGHTLIFE:

After leaving high school in 1994 with his sports days behind him and being out on his own he decided to revive his dance career but in a different direction so in 1997 full time stepped in to the nightclub industry after a woman by the name of Pilar Cote saw scouted him out in a dance battle and offered him a gig at the club to work as a Go-Go Cage dancer at one of hottest clubs in Toronto Canada RPM Nightclub.

That was his start point in the industry working his way up to club promoter running to security manager then eventually operations manager/co-owner and was a pioneer in the 90’s in the nightlife scene running some of the most successful clubs in Toronto Canada and Daytona Beach Florida USA.

For over a decade from 1993-2008 he started up and ran some of the most popular and successful nightclub hot spots in Toronto Canada Guvernment Nightclub, NRG,Fusion Lounge,Powerbar, Industry Nightclub Pearl Lounge,Light Nightclub,Embassy,The Ballroom,Helium Nightclub, to relocating to Daytona Beach Florida in 2004-2006 to come run one of the biggest clubs in Florida Fuel Complex in Daytona Beach where he was until the club closed in 2006. He returned to Canada to handle the operations at Light Nightclub & then closed out his nightlife career at Embassy Nightclub in 2010 when both clubs were forced to close its doors after being forced out by the city for condo development.

He split his time living between Toronto & Florida & stayed actively involved in the club scene till 2013 before fully leaving the nightclub industry to concentrate full time on film & television & other projects but still from time to time offers consulting services and startup management for new bar & nightclub owners and as well bar rescue for various nightclubs across the country and as well you can catch him from time to time being booked to host various nightclub & charity events as an MC.

Joining Actra in 1996 and then leaving to join SAG/Actra in 1998 he has been working as an Actor/Producer/Writer D-Teflon has built up over a dozen credits that include television ,commercials & film.

He has appeared on networks such as CTV,FX,CBS,BET,ABC,FOX,MTV and the Spike Network.

He booked his first gig a a commercial for a role he landed with no prior acting appearance where he co-starred with The world’s Fastest Man Donovan Bailey which was a promo commercial during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.He followed up booking various commercials for Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Degree Antiperspirant Arid Dry.

In 1998 he officially signed with the I.N Group and started taking acting classes by acting coach David Shark Fralick from the HWFAA and he later and shortly after receiving his SAG Card was coaxed into by Amy in going to an audition reading for a role as a lawyer for an upcoming television sci-fi series.

Some how to his surprise he won over the producers landing and booking his first prime time tv series lead role as the witty & charming ladies man portraying the character of Bad Boy Prosecutor Chris Darden alongside Carrie Ann Moss who starred as Lucinda Scott in the popular Sci-Fi drama prime time TV Show “F/X: The Series.

FX The Series was loosely based on the two F/X feature films stars Cameron Daddo as Rollie Tyler & Christina Cox as Angie Ramirez ,”D-Teflon as Chris Darden,Carrie Ann Moss as Lucinda Scott,Kevin Dobson as Leo McCarthy, Jacqueline Torres as Mira Sanchez Richard Waugh as Marvin VanDuran.

Together, they would use special effects and canny police work to bring down criminals who might otherwise have escaped justice.

D-Teflon made his first big screen appearance in minor roles in Collateral as Kip The Bodyguard, and in Assault on Precinct 13. Since then he has appeared in a dozen Blockbuster Hollywood films and independent and shorts.

He has worked in supporting and lead roles alongside highly regarded actors,including Tom Cruise, Jaime Foxx,Lawrence Fishburne, Robin Williams and Maria Bello Kiefer Sutherland just to name a few.

Since then still growing everyday as an actor he plans to keep developing his craft has appeared on the prime time tv small screen and the big screen over 30 times in supporting guest and lead roles in shows such as Rookie Blue,King,Dan for Mayor,The Border,1800-The Missing,Sue Thomas FBI.

He won for best new Actor  starring as Jason in BloodBath Jason Vs Micheal in the 2012 Terror Film Festival which also won best Horror at the Sarasota Film Festival.

Upcoming Projects: to watch out for you can catch D-Teflon featured on the small & big screen in 2018-2019 in First Kill, Dorner The Christopher Dorner Story,Jason’s Revenge,WACO,Blue Bloods,Designated Survivor.

D-Teflon started off in the late 90’s working as a P.A on an Internship learning the ropes of Development and Creative Affairs at Mirage Films working under mentor Academy Award Winning Producer/Director Sydney Pollack.

During his tenure, he was responsible for international sales & distribution as well as working as an assistant associate producer for Pollack & produced more than a dozen films for the company.

D-Teflon is a key top Film & Television executive and Managing Partner at Alliance Entertainment/Vision Films Studios Group with its head office based in Los Angeles California.

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He is also one of the most recognized celebrity bodyguards who  has worked with some of the biggest stars in the film & music industry from Justin Timberlake, Ja Rule, Morgan Freeman, Kiefer Sutherland, 50 Cent , John Travolta just to name a few.

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The company specializes in providing VIP services for some of Hollywood’s A-List Celebrities & Executives as well major studio film & television production in USA & Canada & Overseas,

Since 2001 he has a worked pt apart EFO Films production staff working exclusive for his mentor & EFO Films Founder legendary Hollywood Producer Randall Emmett.

He has provided along with members of his staff for many of Randall & various celebrity A-List talent on various film productions and movie sets and various film festivals handling everything from private security, to vehicle transports on various productions to personal assistants.

Combining his financial sensibility with an eye for filmmaking, started his own independent film company merging the Alliance Brand opening Vision Films TV Studios in 2010 along with Producing Partner Mallory Scott who was the former President of Fly Vision Films Entertainment

D-Teflon as a film producer has produced now over 40 film/tv projects such as the Award Winning Sci-Fi Horror film Jason’s Revenge & Bloodbath Jason Vs Micheal, King of California, Blow Dry & First Kill and is set to produce the upcoming Dorner Movie that starts production in 2019.

D-Teflon is responsible for all daily operations that include marketing, finance distribution promotion & business affairs with an overall objective to green light contracts & produce market & release film & tv projects.

He is principally responsible for packaging combining actors, writers & directors & overseeing projects & contract negotiations & has joint responsibility for signing new talent.

He is in charge of all concept development on new projects & everyday operations at the company. Find out more on the Alliance Entertainment at www.allianceentertainment.org

He worked for the company for 4years under contract then with now having built many relationships in the entertainment industry along with his former business partner and wife together they launched creating the brand AEMT under the Alliance Umbrella a professional model management consulting PR Firm who stayed on at the company until 2010 to pursue other ventures.

D-Teflon now starting a model division was the manager and launched the career as his first client for International Film Actress/Swimsuit FHM Supermodel Amrit Dhaliwal. from 2004-2010

Seeing if he still had the eye he moved back to Miami and it was there he discovered 6yrs & launched the career for now-famous internet sensation & social media influencer Model Aylen Alvarez till 2012 before he decided to part ways to work with other models and talent.

He still continues today to guide and mentor and manage exclusive professional models & talent who are hand picked by him such as Models Brandy Starr, Venessa Nieto, Rochelle Gotti, Jacey Marie, Kim Lu & others from the film & television.