Biography
George Romero was born in the fisherman's village named "Petaquillas". This was a suburb of Acapulco-Mexico. His mother, Alicia, was a homemaker, and his father, Hector Romero, was a Civil Engineer. George grew up in Vancouver British Columbia. Around the age of 19, George was writing and performing his own routines, which were greatly influenced by the Mexican American Actor Anthony Quinn. He was touched by the performance in his (1964) movie "Zorba the Greek "
His adventurous spirit was compared to a 'Free Flying Eagle of the North West'. George graduated as a Bush Pilot (Land and Sea Endorsements), later he acquired his Commercial Pilot License in Pit Meadows, B.C. However, his heart was set in acting; this was his motivation to join the Vancouver Youth Theater where he performed for two years. He also studied Business Administration at UBC. Before realizing. The corporate world was not really his bag. He promptly announced to the world, he would be an actor, and hasn't stopped moving forward with his passion for acting career since 2001.
George has appeared in various TV shows such as Weeds, Privilege, Everybody Hates Chris, Vegas and the Ben Stiller's pilot "Station". He has also appeared in several national commercials for products like --Lexus, Taco Bell, Cooke, Home Depot, Verizon "La Pinata", and 7Up with Brad Barrette.
George's resides in Los Angeles (Arcadia) where he works as an actor/writer. His most recent Motion Picture appearance was the film 'Warrior' which, is an upcoming action drama about mixed martial arts set to be released in sometime in 2011 by Lionsgate. He worked alongside with Tom Hardy... Gavin O'Connor directed the 60 million dollar feature film. In 2008, his performance as a Colombian Drug Lord in "Street Kings" directed by David Ayer, propelled George Romero the the next level of new generations of acclaimed directors from the DGA.
In his free time, George's enjoys working with his laptop promoting his published books, and updating his websites. He also enjoys writing philosophical books. His most recent Publishing books are "The Human Ontology," "The Vessel of Fire" "The Rescue" for sale worldwide at Amazons Books.
George has appeared on Hispanic television as Mr. Cogito in 'Passiones' for Univision out of Miami, and in various Latino commercials.
