Roberto Ortiz was born and raised in and around W. Harlem NYC. On 125st in Broadway Manhattan. He went to the public schools like PS 125 Ralph Bunch, Adam Clayton Powell Jr.43, Brandies HS on 84th He caught the bug of acting &singing when He was in 5th grade with school plays multicultural and American plays. Then He was discovered by the Harlem Boys Choir one day in Music class when they came to PS 125 Looking for talent and He was picked to be trained by the Harlem Boys Choir. There He learned how to use His platinum voice He has to this day. Then one day He got discovered by a film crew in 94 when the show NY UNDERCOVER (Fox 5)was being filmed. I was in front of My building watching them film and a production crew ask if I wanted to be an extra and I said heck yeah! So I was one about 5 episodes of New Yorker Undercover back the and that's where I caught the acting bug. And Have been acting for over 30 years now. Over the decades I have done 2 commercials,2 tv series, 4 independent movies and 2 Feature films. And some theater.... Brief bio more to come.