Biography

Valentino is an actor, pianist, b-boy, who enjoys singing and DJing. In Dec 2021 he starred as the hero child in the Destination Gold Coast TVC with directors Stephen Lance and Mairi Cameron. In June 2022 he got cast as lead character, speaking both Italian and English, in "Nino" short film with director Kiki Mezzina. The short film won best Griffith University film. In Sept 2022 he was cast as Young Charlie in Limbo (TV Mini Series) for ABC TV with directors Trent O'Donnell and David Stubs, Heiress Films and Bunya Productions and had a call back for Boy Swallows Universe for the role of Christopher. In Oct 2022 he started filming "Breakin' Silence" a short film he has written with his mum. He plays the role of Ben, lead speaking role together with actress Charlotte Stent.

Valentino was born on the Gold Coast, Australia in 2010. He started breaking at the age of 6 after seeing a busker performing in Surfers Paradise, within a few months his level of skills was very high for his age and he could beat kids who have been training for years. Not long after, he got invited to be part of Team Cream, he is the youngest in his crew. At the age of 9 he discovered a passion for piano, he learns songs very fast. In Jan 2021 he joined the Spotlight Theatre and in Aug 2021 decided to join Synergy Management. Since then, he attended numerous acting workshops/regular classes with the Actors Club and The Warehouse Workshop, while he was taking weekly classes with the Spotlight Theatre for about a year. He now focuses in screen acting. He attended accent classes, UK accent with Gabrielle Rogers and US accent with Peter Kent, Gabrielle Rogers and Sandra Bell. He says acting is fun and he loves to be on set. In 2021 he also started singing and found another passion: Djing. He is actually pretty good at it and has been posted in big social accounts for his skills. Valentino learns very fast (we can not say this about maths hahhahha) with anything he enjoys doing of course. He always gives it 100% and always keen to learn something new. He is obsessed with basketball and super cars, knows so much about them. His dream is to be a car drifter one day, that's in his next thing to do. His parents are not so keen on that idea.
- IMDb mini biography by: Nicoletta Sagripanti