Alec Franco(II)

Alec Franco was born in Northridge California, was raised in Simi Valley and Camarillo were he graduated high school. He has lived in Colombia and France. After returning from France he moved to Santa Barbara CA. were he started acting in 1982 at SBCC. He finished his studies at the Los Angeles Theatre Academy. He apprenticed at the Los Angeles Theatre Center where he worked and learned on stage from a great pool of talent like Deirdre O'Connell (Stars in the Morning Sky) and Phillip Baker Hall (The Inspector General). He was able to participate in some memorable productions, the most interesting being a Glasnost production with Russian playwright Alexander Galin and his play Stars in the Morning Sky, The Inspector General directed by Stein Winge, director of the National Theatre of Norway, and The Seagull directed by Charles Marowitz.

During a break from acting, Mr. Franco became and award winning western saddle maker and participated in a National Endowment of the Arts project for saddlery that took him to Hawaii.

His favorite spectator sport is Polo. Now with Chukker TV, watching polo has gotten a lot easier but he still likes to go out to the playing fields and watch game off the tailgate of his pick-up. He enjoys cycling and has participated in a 500 mile bike ride to raise money for the Arthritis Foundation. Cooking, watching classic movies and going to the gun club are among his interests.

While acting is his primary focus, making his own independent films is what he is actively working on now. He is looking forward to finishing his own scripts, and working on a movie with Ron Howard or Martin Scorsese, whoever casts him first.