Biography

Cory Zacharia

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Cory Zacharia was born and raised in Lancaster, California. Growing up with a tough childhood Cory has always dreamed that acting or modeling would be his escape from the harsh realities of the desert. Cory was discovered by director Mike Ott in a Home Depot parking lot in Santa Clarita, California. Cory has been in a number of feature films, including: Littlerock (2010), Pearblossom Hwy (2012), and most recently the documentary, California Dreams (2017). He has also written and directed a handful of short films including The Guy From Neptune (2014) and The Guy in a Wheelchair (2015). In 2018 he plans to complete The Guy in the Cave (2018) which was originally the final installment of his "The Guy" trilogy. However there is now more installments to The Guy films which will eventually be "The Guy" dectology, next up is the dramatic bio-pic called, The Guy Who Went Corporate (2019), which is a true story based on Cory's good friend Mike Gioulakis. Cory still resides in Lancaster, California where he's constantly looking for part-time work and continues pursuing his acting career.
- IMDb mini biography by: Joe Hernandez

He was discovered in the documentary Kid Icarus (2008) while hanging out in front of a Home Depot in Canyon Country, California.
He has collaborated with director Mike Ott on five films.
Got the word Dang tattooed on his forearm in a scene from Actor Martinez (2016) that was later cut from the film.
Once sent in an unsolicited fully nude audition to director Joel Potrykus to try to get a part in the film Bad Sleeper.
Has a tattoo of his favorite sex symbol, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), on his right forearm.

I didn't really think they'd fire me from the movie theater for drinking on the job.
I'm telling you man, that's what it was like for Pink Floyd and them, being in that damn orphanage, all they do is dope those kids up. I'm telling you, "The Wall" was one intense album.
I've lived out here 16 years and I'm just itchin' to get out of this place
When I was 17 I went into Ford's Models, and they said I was too [old] for the kids or teens, and they thought I was too quirky looking to be a man model
Dang. It just makes you think.

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