Marco would sing and dance at traditional
Cuban parties thrown by his mother called “Tambores.”
He was spotted at one of the parties by a Hollywood
producer and cast in the bilingual PBS show titled
Villa Alegre. Marco continued taking vocal and dance
lessons as well as studying theater while simultaneously
appearing in various plays and musicals in Los Angeles
and off-Broadway plays and musicals in New York City
during the summer months. In high school, Marco became
close friends with O’Shea Jackson (aka Ice Cube)
and they began performing in lunchtime music shows
together. Marco was later signed to a recording deal
as a rap artist with the group the Kartune Krew and
performed at various locations throughout California
and Nevada. Marco continued with this style of artistry
and added dancing to his repertoire by forming an
L.A. based dance group called The Godfatherz and winning
a major L.A. Dance competition, which led to performances
on Sesame Street, and for various fairs, charities
and celebrities events. He would later form the singing
group Cornerstone, which performed for Ed McMahon’s
Next Big Star, making it all the way to the semi-finals
and selling several CD’s in the U.S., Japan
and Europe, through an independent recording deal.
Shortly after honorably serving
a two-year commitment in a U.S. Army, Military Intelligence
unit in Weisbaden, West Germany, Marco joined the
Roadside Theater in Heidelberg, West Germany and performed
as the lead in various plays and musicals. He spent
an additional two months traveling throughout Europe
and eventually enrolled in an intensive acting course
at the Rose Bruford College of Performing Arts, just
outside of London’s West End. Upon returning
to California, Marco landed lead roles various plays,
including August Wilson’s Jitney and Shakespeare’s
Othello. He attended UCLA and Cal State University
at Northridge as an undergraduate student and received
his Masters in Public Administration at USC.
Marco has landed many small and
substantial film roles and has appeared on several
hit TV shows including CSI:Miami, Medium, The West
Wing, House M.D., The Nine and The Bold and the Beautiful.
His inspirations include actors such as Sidney Poitier,
Spencer Tracy, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Bill
Cosby and Denzel Washington. He states, “When
I was growing up, these were the people that I always
admired and that made me realize what I really wanted
to be in life!” |
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