When a person comes to a crossroads in their life and it looks like a dead end then you have to reinvent yourself, or as the great Yogi said ” when you come to a fork in the road take it”, well that’s what Ralph Bracco did back in 2008 .While working for the same company for 30 years they started to downsize and Ralph found himself with an unexpected and ill-timed early retirement. So he figured he would give acting a shot, a passion of his that was buried deep inside him. With no formal training except for some roles in some elementary school skits tucked under his belt he answered an ad for an independent film that needed an extra to play a cop, a character that would be one of his favorites to portray. He found himself back in his old neighborhood in Queens on set with two veteran actors Sally Kirkland and James Murtaugh, a little star struck he caught the bug and hasn’t got rid of it since. Without taking any acting lessons he feels that he has been schooled by growing up watching some of the best actors of our time in both TV and Film and draws from that along with watching and listening on all projects he works on, whether being an extra or featured artist he is always observing and listening all the time on set. He brings that raw NY type of acting to all the projects he works on. Growing up in Queens during the 60’s and 70’s he feels he can relate to some of his characters and brings that across in some of his work. Ralph has had numerous roles in Movies ,TV and Commercials along with Music videos and some of the Independent and Foreign Films he has worked on have shown at the Cannes and Tribeca film Festival’s along with working on numerous Web Series, and still working on some student films to fine tune his craft “you never know when you could be working with the next great director and this business is all about connections and networking” His roles range from playing police officers or detectives to doctors, lawyers, blue collar types as construction worker or cabby to probably his favorite, a wise guy He also truly enjoys being part of period piece productions “It not only gives you a chance to act the character but also relive a point in time “. Some shows he has been part of are Boardwalk Empire, Law & Order SVU, The Deuce and numerous Discovery ID and History Channel productions Perfect Murder, Scorned, My Dirty Little Secrets, Men Who Built America , Mobster Confession , Inside the American Mob and I Married a Mobster also a number of Japanese Productions. Some movies have been Desperate Endeavors, Wolves of Wall Street, Shadow Recruit, Revenge of the Green Dragons ,The Normal”s , and Night of the Pumpkin and Frankie the Green Card Lottery. Also some commercials and print work which include ,Media Com Cable , Blue Point Brewery Publishers Clearing House and the promo for season 2 of Mob Wives along with a number of regional spots. He also is involved with playing many characters in a Dinner Theater Murder Mystery production of Murdered by the Mob which is one of NY longest running theater shows. Ralph enjoys bringing different looks to his roles along with a variety of accents he also has a love of music and plays the guitar and drums. In the future he would enjoy rounding out his roles to include comedy and drama along with taking some acting classes. Ralph is very excited and looking forward to really getting bigger and prominent roles with each passing project and more confidence in his performances. If anything he feels he has got an edge,after all he is a true New Yorker….