Walter is an award winning actor/filmmaker. The first Latin-Canadian to be cast in a Lead in a series in Canada. Rising Toronto star Walter Alza, has many new films and television projects in the works with 44ilms and individually. In Paramount Pictures' new 6 time Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan-directed feature film, 60 million dollar, 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'' about rapper 50 Cent, Alza Co stars as Raoul Del Gato. He plays a jealous, hot-headed Russian room-service waiter name Slavic, in Ken Finkleman's new series At The Hotel slated for MARCH 7 on CBC. Alza's Lead role in the 90 episodes show 'Metropia' is Andreas Maradona. Alza is also to star in the Feature Films: In Between and in Medium raw and in Antonio Galloro's 35mm Trailer: Beautiful as Dr. Michel Baudour, a father whom has to reconstruct his daughter's disfigured face, he is also co producing. May 2006 he will star on the pilot: Rude Awakening as The Scientist Doctor Mangalei, this project he is also producing. Currently he and 44films are in Pre production with PIF, a screenplay also written by Alza. He plays Sonny, a con artist. Having starred, co-starred, guest-starred, and played principal roles in over 40 films, MOWs and high acclaimed TV series such as "Due South," "Doc,, "FX," and "RoboCop," among others. Walter also co-starred in such acclaimed feature films as "Direct Action," directed by Sidney Furie, and "The Uncles." He received rave reviews for playing two lead roles in the feature film "Three and a Half"; his chameleon looks and ability to pick up accents gave him the opportunity to play both a Serb named Igor and an Italian workman. Alza will direct, produce, and star in the upcoming feature "Dead All My Life," written by award-winning writer Julio Ponce Palmiere and photographed by award-winning Director of Photography Levko Mossosky. Alza is also attached to the American production of "The Saint and the Devil," where he will portray the life of the French Saint John Vianney, written by Alex LaPerchia. Alza is also set to play the lead role of a crazy man who thinks God has sent him to kill in a Canadian production titled "Medium Raw." Alza was trained in the Meisner technique and by Sergey Donbroski from Moscow Art Theater on the Chekov Method, biomechanics, and the PG System. He also studied theater at George Brown College Theatre, and attended master class many great teachers. Among Alza's many awards and nominations is the 2005 ReelWorld Trailblazer Award. The ReelWorld Trailblazer is presented to up-and-coming voices contributing to the cultural diversity making Canada such a vibrant country; an individual in the film and video industry finding new ways to approach the craft; a professional making great strides. Alza is also the recipient of the Award of Merit, Multi Mansions Association (2004).
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