Biography

Larry Dacosta was born in in the Portuguese Azores Islands and at the age of 4 years old, He came with his family to the US. Growing up in Taunton Mass Portuguese was a first language spoken at home but going to school taught him how to speak and write English. At the age of 16, Larry dropped out of school and started working in factory jobs and other odd jobs and a few years later decided to go back and get his GED. Many years later, inspired by his niece Tania, who being an accomplished actress in theater, decided to give acting a try and started working as a back round extra in such films as The Fighter, Grown Ups and as a featured extra in the movie The Mulberry Tree, and playing a Citizenship student in the Kevin James comedy Here Comes the Boom, with has led to some speaking roles in some Indy films such as Legless, DJ Stan the Man and Scrooge in the Hood.
- IMDb mini biography by: Manny Dacosta