Patrick Lazzara

Patrick Lazzara is an actor, screenwriter and director based in Los Angeles. Born in Buffalo, New York, he was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, and studied at the Joseph Bernard Acting Studio while taking film and theater courses at the Community College of Southern Nevada and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he discovered an aptitude for screenwriting. He co-wrote the short Study Hall in 2002, and the New York Film and Video Festival hosted its premiere. He settled in Los Angeles and went on to study with Joe Salazar, Craig Wallace and Second City, then built a resume of short films and student projects before landing his first feature part, in The Carbon Copy. He wrote and directed the 2009 short The Astray, which collected three awards. His stage credits include plays at The Underground Theater in Los Angeles, among them Durang, Durang and Friends and Fables, and he has also worked as a writer and producer.