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Andrew Joseph Perez is an actor, singer, fight choreographer, and true Jack-of-all-trades based in Los Angeles.
He’s best known as Miss Salsa Roja in the feature film You Should Meet My Son 2, for originating the role of Phil in the world-premiere musical The Behavior of Broadus by the Burglars of Hamm and produced in association with Center Theatre Group, and as the elbows of Otezla during your commercial breaks these days. Perez is the definition of a lifelong learner. He trained as a legitimate pro wrestler while preparing to play Mace in The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, and has picked up skills along the way including whip-cracking, whip-making, didgeridoo, trampoline performance, and more. He’s trained with Lesly Kahn, Daniel Henning, Sam Christensen, The Second City Hollywood, the Society of American Fight Directors, Los Angeles Fight Academy, Rick Seaman, and is a decorated graduate, Summa Cum Laude with Honors, from Seattle University’s Drama program with a minor in Creative Writing, which he’s used professionally as a playwright (Playground LA & Mono Arts Council), sketch comedy writer and performer (Mornings and Mondays) and adult fiction ghost-writer and author (really). Two of his original children's musicals were produced under his direction in Mammoth Lakes and June Lake and began what was to be his children's theatre company Guidebook Children's Musicals before Covid put a pause on that. |
His greatest points of pride, however, come from his advocacy work with the disabled community and with the Movember Foundation.
Perez’s younger brother was born with significant intellectual and physical disabilities, and growing up in that environment forged Perez to become the advocate he still is. He was recognized by Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamonte, once named the Sacramento Kings’ “Player of the Game,” and still spends a month each year raising awareness for the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign.
With Movember, Perez has raised nearly $30,000 over the last ten years or so since his father (who has now fully recovered) was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. If you saw any Movember advertisements in 2016, you saw Perez and his father featured on billboards, magazine ads, and online.
Perez is a director and producer having submitted films in the 2017 24-Hour Film Race and the 2017 and 2021 48 Hour Film Project, Los Angeles. You can find his sketch comedy channel on YouTube (Mornings and Mondays). You can get in touch on Twitter (@andrewjperez), Facebook (@andrewjperez), or on Instagram where he posts an unending stream of whip videos and pictures (@andrewjosephperez).
Perez’s younger brother was born with significant intellectual and physical disabilities, and growing up in that environment forged Perez to become the advocate he still is. He was recognized by Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamonte, once named the Sacramento Kings’ “Player of the Game,” and still spends a month each year raising awareness for the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign.
With Movember, Perez has raised nearly $30,000 over the last ten years or so since his father (who has now fully recovered) was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. If you saw any Movember advertisements in 2016, you saw Perez and his father featured on billboards, magazine ads, and online.
Perez is a director and producer having submitted films in the 2017 24-Hour Film Race and the 2017 and 2021 48 Hour Film Project, Los Angeles. You can find his sketch comedy channel on YouTube (Mornings and Mondays). You can get in touch on Twitter (@andrewjperez), Facebook (@andrewjperez), or on Instagram where he posts an unending stream of whip videos and pictures (@andrewjosephperez).
