"Walter Alza is delicious as the testosterone-driven, boorish Walter Slavic" - john doyle, globe & mail

"Canada's very own bad boy" - ctv eTALK Daily

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Walter Alza - Short Biography

Walter Alza (Get Rich Or Die Trying, Flashpoint, Pay In Full)., Award Winning-artist/Actor/Director/Writer/Producer/Acting Coach.

Walter Alza is Canada's preeminent acting coach, working closely with a hand-selected group of both established and up-and-coming performers through his highly-esteemed Walter Alza Acting Studio. An industry veteran and crafted character actor in his own right, Alza's award-winning career spans over 20 years and has taken him across the globe. Walter has taught hundreds of actors for years in class and-in private sessions at Walter Alza Acting Studio and at Equity Showcase. He teaches all over Ontario and overseas giving conferences and workshops and is Frequently invited to be a guest speaker and moderator at Actra Conference and Numerous Film Festivals in North America. Walter is part of the Actra diversity committee.

Walter Alza is one of Canada’s up and coming triple threats. A veteran actor who is perhaps one of Canada’s most versatile actor, he is known for his work alongside Terence Howard and 50 cent in “Get Rich or Die Trying,” his lead role in the series Metropia, and most recently in the award winning film “Gangster Exchange.” and Fhashpoint. In recent years, Walter has turned his hand to producing with great success. Walter’s feature film debut in “Pay in Full,” a film he also wrote, directed, and starred in, garnered him acclaim at the Reel World Festival and Toronto Indie Film Festival, was successfully sold to Rogers where it currently airs on Pay Per View and VOD. Walter’s short film’s, “Clive Houston, We Have a Problem” and “Open Your Eye Katarina” have also garnered international acclaim AND AWARDS at THE festivals.

 

FILM AND TELEVISION SELECTED CREDITS
ROOKIE BLUE            (SERIES)                                   
FLASHPOINT            (SERIES)                                      
MAYDAY 11                                                                     
CONDUCT UNBECOMING  (FEATURE FILM 2011)       
DREAM HOUSE            (FEATURE FILM 2010)                       
OPEN YOUR EYES KATARINA
PAY IN FULL     (FEATURE FILM 2010)                   
8 ACTORS (FEATURE FILM 2010)                              
GANGSTER EXCHANGE (FEATURE FILM)            
(Winner of 6 best feature film awards)
 “ZOS”    ZONE OF Separation  
RUDE AWAKENINGS                                      
AT THE  HOTEL  (SERIES)                             
GET RICH OR DIE TRYING'  (FEATURE FILM)   
METROPIA (80 episodes)                                            
DIRECT ACTION (FEATURE)                                   
THREE AND A HALF (FEATURE)                      
THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER FUMING CHU 
VERDICT IN BLOOD                                               
THEIR LAST CHANCE             (MOW)                                   
DOC                         (SERIES)                                   
THE UNCLES  (FEATURE FILM)                                   
LADRONES                                                            
SEALED WITH A KISS            (MOW)                                   
PSI FACTOR                                                            
DUE SOUTH                                                           
THE JOE TORRE STORY                                 
FAMILY OF COPS             (MOW)                                   
TOO CLOSE TO HOME             (MOW)                                   
F/X: THE SERIES                                          
TALK TO ME                                                            
THE STUPIDS            (FEATURE FILM)                       
DUE SOUTH                                                          
THE FINAL GOAL (PILOT)                                   
RENT A KID             (MOW)                                               
FALLING FOR YOU                                              
ROBOCOP                                                          
ONCE A COP            (MOW)                                               
HOSTAGE FOR A DAY (MOW)                                 
THE HIDDEN ROOM                                               
KUNG FU                                                            
NIGHT HUNT                                                           
THE SWORDSMAN (FEATURE)                                   
COUNTERSTRIKE                                               
SECRET SERVICE                                                
TOP COPS (several episodes)                                 
                                               
AWARDS
Best Film nevada film festival 2010
Reel World Trailblazer Award WINNER
PAY IN FULL Official selection Reel World film fest sponsored by actra
Award of Merit from the Multi Mansions Association.
City of Toronto Award for the great achievements as an actor, artist and philanthropist.

Best Feature CANADA FILM FESTIVAL “Gangster Exchange”
Best Feature - Moving Image Festivals Toronto for “Gangster Exchange”
Audience Award Winner - Beverly Hills Film Fest for “Gangster Exchange”
Best Feature – Royal Flush Film Festival for “Gangster Exchange”
Best Foreign Film – Action On Film Fest  for“Gangster Exchange”
Best Feature –  Mississauga Film Fest for “Gangster Exchange”

Other Achievements

*Pay In Full has acquired Distribution and is showing on is Rogers VOD & Pay Per View and 7 other networks Across Canada
*Pay In Full Screening At Toronto Independent Film Festival 2010
*Open Your Eyes Katarina Official Selection - Ireland International Film Festival 2010

Writer/Director/Producer
Selected Credits

 

PAY IN FULL       (93 min Feature Film)                                Director/Producer/Writer                  
Acquired Distribution 7 networks Across Canada

Clive Houston, We Have a Problem  2010  (15 min short)      Director/Producer 
* Winner Best Film Nevada Film Festival 2010 Clive Houston, We Have a Problem

OPEN YOUR EYES KATARINA (22 min short)                Director/Producer/Writer                  
*Open Your Eyes Katarina Official Selection - Ireland International Film Festival 2010

The Adventure of Master Fuming Chu    (pilot/comedy)        Director/Producer/Writer
Currently seeking series development.

Deal All My Life     In post                                                            Director/Producer/Writer

Screenplays to shop and series concepts available upon request

Achievements

* Winner Best Film Nevada Film Festival 2010 Clive Houston, We Have a Problem

* National Film Board/ONF MOMENTUM PROGRAM Finalist

*Pay In Full has acquired Distribution and is showing on Rogers VOD & Pay Per View and 7 other networks Across Canada

*Pay in full has screened in several film festivals to sold out audiences

- PIF is also doing the festival Circuit

*Open Your Eyes Katarina Official Selection - Ireland International Film Festival 2010

Walter Alza a crafted actor continues his journey 
Walter Alza (Get Rich Or Die Trying, Flashpoint) is one of those rare passionate all bout the work performers that can bevery intense in dramatic roles such as in “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” or crack you up in comedies like “At The Hotel”.  Walter was introduced to the world of entertainment at the early age of three and half by his sister who was also an actor in Argentina.   After moving to Canada in the late 80s to further his career and to be re united with his father, his journey continues.
Twenty years later Walter is now known for his craft and memorable characters and knack at picking up accents portraying characters from diverse nationalities in dozens of films, television series and movies of the weeks, accumulating hundreds of hours of screen time to his name.  His work gathered him rave reviews and has appeared on literally every entertainment show, newspapers and magazines in the USA, Canada and international media.

Walter is the winner of the Best Foreign Film in Nevada Film Festival 2010 "Clive Houston, We Have a Problem" an edgy comedy. His first film Redemption, Tears and Trains, garnered him critical acclaim from the media. Since then Alza has created his own production company which enables him to write, produce and direct films that matter to him allowing his vision to be seen and heard at the global level.- As well Walter shares the winning of ten other awards.- Because of his tireless efforts to portray diversity in his work, he won the Reel World Film Festivalís Trailblazer Award in 2005 and the City of Toronto Award in 2006. His other films Open Your Eyes Katarina Premiering in The Official Selection of Ireland International Film Festival 2010.

His 2010 Feature film Pay In Full is negotiation for distribution and was the closing film of The Toronto Independent Film Festival and id now ready to screen in several films around the world. Walter has been in the business for over 20 years, and has appeared in pretty much every show in Canada & USA and, he has more than 200 hours of screen time. A devoted crafted Artist open his own Acting Studio 7 years ago to share his tools and vision, today the studio is one the more in depth acting studio in Toronto.

Walter Alza is known for his Leading and Character work, his knack for picking up accents-and his ability to effortlessly portray both drama and comedy within his work. According to CTV E-Talk Daily, "Walter is Canadaís very own bad boy." This stems from his portrayal of a vicious Colombian gangster Raoul in the drama "Get Rich or Die Trying" with 50 Cent and Academy Award nominee director Jim Sheridan, while Star TV At The Hotel with director- Ken Finkleman, co-starring Don Mackellar (Blind) and Carlo Rota (24). John Doyle from The Globe & Mail said,"Walter Alza is delicious as the testosterone - driven, boorish waiter "Slavic" in At The Hotel. Meanwhile, Alza can still be seen nightly on OMNI TV playing the suave ladies man, Andreas Maradona, in the award winning Toronto TV show Metropia. And most recently you can catch-Walter as the Funny/Edgy Serbian Sasha in the multiple awards winning feature film Gangsters Exchange playing in theatres in the US and on Rogers pay per view and Bell Express Vu. called Alza aìscene stealer for the same role. Another part that got the media and the publicís attention was his supporting role as the eccentric Russian waiter named Slavic in the CBC Series.

• 2010 Winner- "Clive Houston, We Have a Problem" wins Best Foreign Film in Nevada Film
• Pay In Full written, directed and produced by Alza,- earns distribution rights in Canada
• Open Your Eyes Katarina is the official selection of Ireland International Film Festival 2010
• Feature film Gangster Exchange Co Starring Walter Alza wins 6 best feature film awards in USA & Canada

Awards
• 2010 Winner- "Clive Houston, We Have a Problem" wins Best Foreign Film in Nevada Film
• Best Feature - Moving Image Festivals Toronto for Gangster Exchange
• Audience Award Winner - Beverly Hills Film Fest for Gangster Exchange
• Best Feature Royal Flush Film Festival for Gangster Exchange
• Best Foreign Film Action On Film Fest-for Gangster Exchange
• Best Feature Mississauga Film Fest for Gangster Exchange
• Reel World Trailblazer Award
• Award of Merit from the Multi Mansions Association City of Toronto Award

Liz Braun form The Toronto Sun: "Walter Alza gives an IMPRESSIVE performance in three in a half as the hot blooded Yugoslavian Igor and the quiet Italian workman.
John Doyle, Globe and Mail:   Walter Alza is delicious as the testosterone - driven, boorish waiter Slavic." - Alza plays a jealous, hot-headed Russian room-service waiter name Slavic, in Ken Finkleman's series 'At The Hotel' on CBC
Mississauga News: Walter Alza nails the part as a homicidal killer in 'Get Rich or Die Trying' " -
 Produced by Paramount’s Pictures Co starring with 50 cent, Terrance Howard and directed by six-time Oscar Nominee Jim Sheridan ( In The Name of The Father).
Star of the successful TV Series Metropia rated 4 stars by The Globe and Mail (the only show in the fall lineup with 4 STARS, excluding CSI in 2005) Walter plays the role of the modern don Juan, Andreas Maradona.  
Walter can aslo be seen as the Funny/Edgy Serbian Sasha in the six time award winning feature film Gangsters Exchange.
Walter Alza On Directing
Later on out of the need for creating new characters and helping his fellow actors, Walter begun to create his own work under Alza 44films Ltd, and is now flourishing as a director, writer and producer.  His goal is to continue to tell stories that matter and entertain and are heard at a global level.  Walters directing, writing and producing efforts are acquiring distribution and airing nationwide on television.   Winning awards and screening to sold audiences internationally
    Walter is the winner of the Best Foreign Film in Nevada Film Festival  2010 "Clive Houston, We Have a Problem".  His first film Redemption, Tears and Trains, garnered him critical acclaim from the media.  (Film & press available up on request). As well Walter shares the winning of several awards including the City of Toronto Award. In 2005 Walter received The Reel World Film Festival Trailblazer Award, given to a pioneer in a particular area who is pointing things in a new direction; an innovator.  For ReelWorld, a trailblazer is an up-and-coming voice contributing to Canada's multiethnic framework and entertainment industry, making strides through innovation.