Organized and is involved in Classical Readings, which takes Shakespearean scenes and soliloquies and performs them live while inviting audience members to join them and perform as well.
Has directed numerous stage productions and has established himself as an acting coach in the Los Angeles area.
His father was a German Jewish immigrant who moved to the United States in the late 1930s. His mother is of Filipino descent.
Co-founder of Big Elvin & the Professors' Blues Theater, an acting company that provides a grab bag of music, comedy, street theater and performance art.