Paul Santoli

Paul Santoli was born in Massapequa, Long Island, in an Italian household. Growing up watching Seinfeld at a young age, he soon fell in love with sitcoms and comedy. He began his career doing standing up comedy on Long Island in High School but soon found a deeper passion for acting. Looking up to actors like Marlon Brando, Robin Williams, Adam Sandler, and Shia LaBeouf, he decided to take his talents to the next level and attend Stella Adler's School of Acting in NYC. Along with Stella Adler, he attended and graduated Mercy College with a degree in Marketing, graduating Cum Laude. After writing, directing, and acting in over 40 of his own sketch comedies (Doughnuts Productions - Seasons 1 & 2), he began to write larger projects.

In 2019 - Paul Santoli moved to Los Angeles. Since then he has earned 39 Awards/ Nominations from his work in all fields. In 2021 he began to build his Production Company - A 516 productions His 1st movie "Because of Mika" which he wrote, directed and starred in is Streaming on Amazon Prime. His 2nd Movie "We Want the Virus" which he also wrote, directed and starred in is on deck.