Bryan Genesse

Bryan Genesse, a Canadian performer and martial artist, is best known for action parts on the television series Street Justice and for early films from the Nu Image company. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and grew up in Welland; after a high school play sparked his interest, he studied drama at George Brown College in Toronto but left after a year. His feature debut came as the lead in Screwballs II, and he soon played antagonistic types in Blake Edwards' Skin Deep (1989) and California Casanova. On The Bold and the Beautiful he played Rocco Carner, a character written for him. He starred in Street Justice and worked as its fight choreographer, and later appeared in Nu Image titles such as Night Siege: Project Shadowchaser II and Human Timebomb. He wrote and co-produced The Alternate, made his directing debut with Bad Guys, took a minor role in Edison (2005), and returned to The Bold and the Beautiful in 2009.