Biography

Dedio is a veteran of more than fifty national commercials, films, stage and television work. As a youngster, Dedio cut his teeth in acting by appearing in After School Specials and on the NBC Soap Opera "Another World". In 1989, Dedio headed to California to portray the title role in the NBC Series "The Karate Kid". That same year he landed the voice of "Wheeler" on Ted Turner's popular ecology- animated based series "Captain Planet and the Planeteers". The very popular and critically acclaimed show was nominated three times for an Emmy award in its eight-season run and can now be seen in syndication in over eighty countries. On the show, Dedio worked opposite a stellar cast of celebrities, ranging from Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Cruise to Elizabeth Taylor and Ed Asner. On television, besides having held a recurring role on NBC's daytime serial "Sunset Beach", Dedio has guest starred on the popular dramas "Law and Order" and "Chicago Hope" to name a few. Having appeared in over twenty films including, "LA Rules", "Somewhere in the City", "Where the Day Takes You", "The Last Great Ride", "Queenie in Love", "A Good Night to Die" and "Trick", it was during the filming of Sundance nominated Best Picture "Strays" starring opposite Vin Diesel, that Dedio got a real taste for producing and making independent films.

His first produced film, "Bomb the System" was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Picture in 2005. His second, which Dedio starred in, wrote and produced, kicked off the prestigious AFI FILM FESTIVAL in Hollywood. It too received numerous awards and starred four Academy Award winners/nominees and it was called "Downtown: A Street Tale." It was released in theatres in 2006. He next starred opposite Academy Award winner Melissa Leo in Academy Award nominated director Darryl Roodt's, controversial film "Lullaby". Dedio then produced the Award-winning documentary "The Providence Effect" which was released in theatres after it screened at the Library of Congress in Washington DC in front of the United States Senate and Congress. Dedio then produced three feature films back-to-back in the city of New York. All three films were released nationally and all three racked up a plethora of prestigious awards.

The first..."Musical Chairs" was directed by Academy Award nominated director Susan Seidelman, and it garnered Dedio a nomination for Best Feature- limited release, at the honorable GLADD Awards 2013.

Dedio's second film, "Tio Papi", also written by and starring Dedio in the title role, had Dedio opposite Award winning actors Kelly McGillis and Frankie Faison. The film was nominated for a prestigious Imagen Award for Best Picture and Dedio was nominated as Best Actor. The film wqs eventually licensed to HBO where it ran successfully for 18 months.

The third film produced by Dedio, was a teen psychological thriller called "36 Saints" and it launched the careers of numerous young stars in film and television today.

Dedio is now working on a series as well as three other independent features to be produced in the coming year.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous