Currents Magazine Talks To Joe Sernio -
August/September Issue 2008
Jersey City native, Joe currently resides in Belmar and has lived in Howell and Jackson. He started attending acting school in 2002 while working for Marc Echo (the hip hop clothing line inspired by "50 Cent") in New York. He attended the Ted Bardy Studio for Dramatic Arts and then went on to study under various private coaches including Bob McAndrew, who has coached actors like Christopher Walken, Sela Ward, Richard Dreyfuss, and Tom Selleck to name a few.
Joe's inspiration is his Father, who passed away in 2002. "He never saw anything I did as far as acting goes, but he highly believed in following your dreams no matter what it takes" says Sernio. "Now I have my Mom's full support and she pushes me to do more and more with acting and not give up."
Joe credits his mentors and friends Kevin Interdonato; the late Carroll Raver (father of actress Kimberly Raver and husband of Diane Raver of The Garden State Film Festival); Vinny Vella (of Sopranos fame). "If Vinny's wife isn't feeding me, he is teaching me."
Here is an excerpt taken from an article written by Evelyn Bonilla and published in The Riverview Observer this summer:
Sernio and Knight are magnetic in this suspense thriller (The Roadhouse) that displays the frayed nerves of a failing relationship. Sernio, a very talented actor (who will soon be seen on Court TV's Haunting Evidence in Fall 2008). He has also appeared on several popular television shows like, CBS' Love Monkey, ABC's Hope and Faith and his latest project, commencing work on the CBS' daytime soap, As the World Turns. He has also acted in several short dramatic independent films such as Repetition of Change (Lightning Films) and is well known at the Jersey Shore as Bentley Diamond Importers, "The Bentley Guy", where he has played, in print and on TV, the guy about to "pop the question" for the prestigious diamond retailer. These are just some of the projects that Sernio is involved in. This dynamic actor is known among many as an "actor who knows how to bring true emotion on to the screen." And that's one thing he does effortlessly.
To view movie trailers and learn more about Joe Sernio, visit www.joeSernio.com.