Biography

Steve Sapienza is stuntman and actor, based in NYC. Born in Long Branch, NJ and raised in Hazlet, NJ. After leaving NJ, he attended college in New York City at Berkeley College, majoring in Marketing/Advertising, and now resides in Long Island (NY).

With well grounded technical skills and emotional sense, Steve is known to deliver quality work with outstanding results. He approaches each job with dedication, endurance, and infectious passion. Steve has trained extensively in many styles of martial arts, as well as combat/firearms training, stunt driving, high falling/diving, and much more, proving to make him a well rounded and incredibly adaptable performer.

The Screen Actors Guild recognized him with the award for "Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble" in for his work on Daredevil (TV 2018).

Steve contributes both locally and internationally to ALL areas of art, entertainment, and life; commercial advertising campaigns, Television, Stage, Film, Radio, catalogs and editorial spreads.
- IMDb mini biography by: Steve Sapienza

Often plays likeable regular guys

Sarcastic sharp edged wit

Sarcastic humorous deliveries while remaining completely stonefaced

Distinctive drawling voice

Was a Model with Wilhelmina of PA (Will Ball) and Barbizon School of Modeling (Mary Demont).

Studied martial arts at Amato's Karate Go-Jo Ryu Academy for over 16 years, including Thai Kick Boxing, Muay Thai Training, Jeet Kun Do, Go-Jo Ryu (4th Degree Black Belt), Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo and Akido (3rd Degree Black Belt), Boxing, Basic Archery, and other Advanced Fighting.

Studied Acting with Ms. Melanie Taylor (Scene Study, Musical Theatre), Jeff Rega (Theatre), Julie Kenyon (Scene Study, Musical Theatre).

Studied dance styles including Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Acrobatics, Tap, Musical Theatre with NYOD (Not Your Ordinary Dancers) and the Perna Dance Center, and also NYC Broadway Dance Center.