Biography
Steve Dez is a Puerto Rican born Actor/Comedian/Musician/Writer. Dez was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. He is the Son of a Taxi driver and grew up with 3 older sisters. Since a kid, Steve knew he had a unique talent that most kids didn't have, making people laugh. Steve at the age of 3 started creating his own plays in his sisters room with Barbie dolls. After a few years in public school, Steve's mom worked even harder to get her kids into private school for a higher quality of education. When the family first traveled to Disney, Steve was their translator since he has been very outspoken at a young age. His transition to private school sparked a passion for sports and learning new things. Dez began taking classes of theatre in 5th grade. He fell in love with all the things he could do. He started writing his own plays, directing and acting. He continued to take theater classes and play sports through elementary and middle school. When Steve was in the 8th grade he started imitating games from "Whose Line is it Anyway?" with his fellow classmates. His theater teacher asked him if he wanted to audition for an acting team in high school, which Steve accepted. Dez auditioned, but didn't get the part. That same year, Steve realized that he wasn't going to be an NBA star or a famous soccer player because of his body and genetics. So, he continued to pursue his comedic and acting qualities. He was casted in a play that same year to play an old man. Steve had a very young looking face but he had all the personality that the old man required. So, he was put through 2 1/2 hours of make up every day for the play. The acting coach from the school's acting team saw a couple of rehearsals and realized he wanted Steve for his team. He gave Steve an offer to join the acting team, the one he got rejected, and after a week of thinking the "Dez Man" replied yes. He became one of the fastest rising stars of the team. Steve wrote his first piece "Don Quixote vs. Mario Bros." which got him to a 5th place globally only on his first year. He became captain of the team for the next 3 years. Whenever Steve was off school he spent his time visiting his family mostly in New York and Florida. He used this time to expand his horizons and try something he always wanted to do for a long time, Stand Up Comedy. Dez became one of the hottest new comics from South Florida. He performed shows at the Improv Comedy Clubs of Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. He later got offered to join the group of comedians "New Faces of Comedy" and they went on tour to Las Vegas, California, Hawaii, Georgia, other cities and states. After writing monologues, plays, and many successful pieces Dez did, he began doing YouTube videos. His style was defined as "silly comedy, and outrageous" He got offered to star in commercials for Nokia, Coca-Cola, Sprite, Sanyo and other companies. On his senior year, Steve Co-wrote a play called histories, which he got nominated as Best Actor and won Best Play in a Festival of Puerto Rico. He also gave his class speech, did stand up, performed a sketch and coordinated his H.S graduation. Steve decided he was going to college and he went to the Gator Swamp, University of Florida. There he studied Theater and Business. He auditioned for his first college play which he got rejected, but the audition helped him get another role on a variety show for Santa Fe College where he wrote and performed Stand Up. He also got casted in a multi-media experimental theater play called; "The G.R.E.E.D. Project" Directed by Gregg Jones. After working a multiple of odd jobs, Steve continued to become an online marketing expert by promoting himself all over the Interwebz. Dez auditioned to the American School and Dramatic Academy in L.A which he got a scholarship in Acting for Television and Film. He also got a part in an independent film called "For Ca$h Patient$ Only" which he played the role of "Skippy". Steve Dez keeps writing sketches, pilots, monologues, poetry and songs. Dez is still making very successful YouTube videos and recently Steve has been working on a Rap mix tape and expanding his personality in all types of media.
He's part of The Groundlings, Second City and UCB. He has made many plays, sketches, improv shows and stand up comedy performances. You can see him perform live at Second City Hollywood and UCB. He's a comedian, writer, film editor and filmmaker. He resides in Los Angeles.
