Biography
Raven Armando Astone was born in Perth, Western Australia of Brazilian and Italian ancestry. He grew up between Australia and Italy and is Fluent in English, Italian, and Slavic. Being an entertainer came naturally at an early age as Raven's antics as the class clown brought cheers and laughter from his classmates however it got him into hot water and trouble with teachers. The cheers he received in the classroom encouraged him and sparked his interest in becoming an actor and entertainer.
A natural athlete make Raven a well versed action actor who can perform his own stunts in films and TV shows. His athletic career started as a soccer player, playing on various teams including Perth Italia. In high school Raven became number one in Tennis singles, and obtained his black belt in Karate from the Black Panther dojo. He is also a 4th degree black belt in Southern Korean art of Olympic Style Tae Kwon Do, also winning many tournaments including the Australian Tae Kwon Do Championships. Traveling to Thailand, he trained for 6 months, 5 days/week in the Art of Eight Limbs- Muay Thai at the Sinbi Muay Thai Training Camp. Within four months of his training, he was invited to compete at the Bangla Boxing Stadium in Patong, Phuket where remained undefeated with four fights and four wins. An adrenaline junkie, Raven took his skills into a different arena of extreme sports, competing and coming in first place at the Western Australian state title 125cc motocross championship.
A true renaissance man, his artistic endeavors include being a drummer in a rock and roll band, his exotic good looks and physic named him male model of the year and Mr. Figure Fitness in Perth, Australia which lead to an audition that successfully landed him the center stage in the global phenomenon show "Thunder From Down Under" where he traveled the world performing on stages to thousands of people. As the show made Las Vegas it's permanent home, Raven starred in the show and graced calendars, DVD's, billboards and has his photo on the $5 casino chip at Excalibur Casino. More importantly, this brought him closer to his dream of moving to America to become an actor. Once he fulfilled his contract, Raven moved to Hollywood, CA to pursue his dream of becoming an action star. Raven studied acting at Corps, The Acting, famous for training talents such as Eminem, Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Tobey Maguire and Margaret Cho Raven was very honored to be chosen to do the Global Campaign shoot for John Wick 3 as Keanu Reeves Body Double. Raven's been tapped to play the lead in several new feature films and TV shows scripted for him. Raven has been cast in 4 Bollywood action Syfy films back to back traveling to India 2022 to 2023.
Not only is his star rising as an actor, Raven earned a BA in Film at the Studio School in Los Angeles, CA where he's now also working as a producer and a founder of Teliwood , a new network streaming company developing original content.
