Allelon Ruggiero
Born (1971-03-05) March 5, 1971 (age 52)
OccupationActor
SpouseLea Walker (m. 21 August 2004)
Websitewww.allelonruggiero.com

Allelon Ruggiero (born March 5, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Stephen Meeks in Dead Poets Society.[1]

Early life

Ruggiero was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, and later the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.[2][3]

Acting

After making his debut in Peter Weir's film, Ruggiero had minor roles in movies like 12 Monkeys[4] and The Mirror Has Two Faces.[5][6] He appeared as the guest lead in "Intolerance", the 42nd episode of Law & Order (season 2)[7] and had a lead role in the comedy horror movie, The Greenskeeper.[8][9] In 2004, Ruggiero began a break of nine years from acting,[1] until he began acting again in 2013 for an episode on The Bullsh*t Detective.[10]

Directing

In 1995, Ruggiero wrote, directed, and acted in a short film entitled "Lost", which screened at the Museum of American Art[which?] and took a third-place prize in its category at the 1997 Denver Film Festival.[2][3] During his acting hiatus, Ruggiero ventured into directing and producing, making content for Bain & Company.[11] Ruggiero and his wife, TV producer Lea Walker [d],[12] opened Aeriform Arts, an aerial and circus arts training facility in Hollywood in 2011. In 2019, Ruggiero directed Cirque du Giselle, an aerial version of the classic ballet, during the Hollywood Fringe Festival.[13][14][15]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Dead Poets Society Stephen Meeks
1990 Green Card[2][3]
1991 New Jack City[2][3]
1991 Mannequin Two: On the Move Employee #1[16]
1995 12 Monkeys Inpatient Uncredited[4]
1995 Eyes Beyond Seeing[17]
1995 Two Bits[2][3]
1996 Thinner Delivery Boy[18]
1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces Lit Student Uncredited[5][6]
1997 Naked in the Cold Sun[19]
1998 Fallen Executioner[20]
1999 Joseph's Gift[21] Grant Keller[22]
2002 The Greenskeeper Allen Anderson[8][9]
2003 Shakespeare's Merchant Balthazar[23]
2004 The First Person The Photographer[24] Short
2015 Melting Pot Todd Short[25]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1992 Law & Order (season 2) Carl Borland Episode 42: "Intolerance"[7]
2010 The Steps Jonas 6 episodes, on Blip.tv[26]
2013 The Bullsh*t Detective Leonard Roberts 1 episode[10]
2013 Trent & Tilly Nikolai 3 episodes[25]
2018 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Commercial Director 1 episode[1][25]

References

  1. ^ a b c Russian, Ale (June 3, 2019). "Carpe Diem! Dead Poets Society Turns 30: See Where the Cast Is Now". Peoplemag. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Allelon Ruggiero". Limão Mecânico (in Portuguese). August 1, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Allelon Ruggiero". anime-list.net (in Persian and English). Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Twelve Monkeys - Full Cast & Crew". TVGuide.com. July 20, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)". ShotOnWhat? Movies & Television. November 20, 2019. Expand "Cast". Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Imedia Plus Group SA. "The Mirror Has Two Faces - Cele două fețe ale dragostei (1996) - Film". CineMagia.ro. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  7. ^ a b Courrier, Kevin; Green, Susan (1998). Law & Order: The Unofficial Companion -- Updated and Expanded. Los Angeles, CA, US: Renaissance Books. p. 186. ISBN 1-58063-022-7. OCLC 1150232086 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ a b "The Video Graveyard: The Greenskeeper". www.thevideograveyard.com. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  9. ^ a b "The Greenskeeper - Full Cast & Crew". TVGuide.com. May 1, 2002. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  10. ^ a b "The Bullsh*t Detective - Season 1". Video Detective. February 20, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  11. ^ "Dorothy And Alice". PLAYBILLder. June 15, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  12. ^ "Meet Lea Walker of Aeriform Arts in Hollywood - LA City Guide". Voyage LA Magazine. January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  13. ^ "Hollywood Fringe - cirque du giselle". www.hollywoodfringe.org.
  14. ^ Wong, Martin (July 5, 2019). "THEATRE REVIEW: Aeriform Arts' 'Cirque du Giselle' Soars at Hollywood Fringe". The LA Beat. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  15. ^ "Cirque du Giselle". Better Lemons. April 8, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  16. ^ Willis, John (1994). Screen World 1993. Vol. 44. Applause Books. p. 158. ISBN 1-55783-175-0. OCLC 655240018.
  17. ^ "Eyes Beyond Seeing - Full Cast & Crew". TVGuide.com. July 20, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  18. ^ Willis, John; Monush, Barry (1998). John Willis Screen World 1997. Vol. 48. New York: Applause. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-55783-321-1. OCLC 154673102.
  19. ^ "Naked in the Cold Sun (1997)". Filmweb (in Polish). Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  20. ^ Willis, John (2000). Screen World. Vol. 50. p. 9. ISBN 1-55783-411-3. OCLC 43417973.
  21. ^ "Joseph's Gift - Full Cast & Crew". TVGuide.com. July 20, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  22. ^ Imedia Plus Group SA. "Joseph's Gift - Joseph's Gift (1998) - Film". CineMagia.ro. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  23. ^ "Shakespeare's Merchant · British Universities Film & Video Council". British Universities Film & Video Council. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  24. ^ Imedia Plus Group SA (August 11, 2022). "The First Person (2004)". Cinemagia. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  25. ^ a b c Tye, Steven (May 18, 2020). "What Happened To The Cast Of Dead Poets Society?". Looper. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  26. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2014). Internet drama and mystery television series, 1996-2014. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 338. ISBN 978-1-4766-1930-9. OCLC 896872797 – via Internet Archive.

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