Beginner To Advanced Level Acting Classes That Pay Off. 60 Years of Combined Experience. We Got you.
Welcome to Alza Acting Studio Toronto (Alza means to raise) – raise above with us. We offer unparalleled on-camera Acting Classes for film and television since 2005, utilizing a method created by multiple-time award winner Walter Alza Actor, Director, Writer, and Producer (Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Flashpoint, Metropia). Alza’s team will take you on a fantastic journey.
Who are our Acting Classes for: Beginner To Advanced Levels. Also, Online Acting Lessons – Private Coaching For Actors, International Students, Business Professionals, Dancers, To Build Confidence and more! – Become an Actor – Connect your mind, body, and soul and be inspired! -Promoting Diversity since 2005
“I Highly Recommend Walter’s Classes. You Won’t Be Disappointed.” Stephanie Porter, Porter Group Agency
What our students have to say
Some of Alza’s Students Success
Alza Acting Classes For Film & Television
All our classes are regarded as the top of the cream when it comes to Craft. A Studio with 0 Attitude, at Alza (Rise) it’s all about the work, passion and having fun. All classes are shot with the highest technology in Canada.
Our private coaching and career planning one on one is ideal for the experienced, emerging and aspiring actor, for those crossing over from Theatre to Film, individuals who want to expand from other mediums such as dance, singing and business professionals. The acting classes for adults and the acting classes for teens will help you become a crafted and working actor. You will learn by doing and you will be armed with the necessary skills and tools to shine in the Film, Television and Theatre industry.
Alza Acting Studio Has Helped Shape The Careers Of Actors Working In Toronto And Around The World, In Shows For Netflix, Apple, Hulu, Shows Like Brilliant Minds, Reacher, Big Cigar On Apple Tv Netflix Self Made With Olivia Spencer, Reacher On Amazon, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, FamousThe Spencer Sisters, Transplant, Hudson & Rex, What The Stink, The Love Issue, Super Cyclone, Another Life, Super Hero, Murdoch Mysteries, Orphan Black, Degrassi, Ransom, The Americans, Cardinal, StarFalls On Nickelodeon, Second Jen, Androids, American Assassin IT, The Machine, Blindspot, Bitten,Cracked, Flashpoint, Rookie Blue, Frankensteins Monsters Monster, Frankenstein,Lost Girl, Get Rich Or Die Trying, Blackbird (Winner At Tiff), What We Have (Winner At TIFF Inside Out), Hannibal, HBO’s Transporter, The Strain And Nikita To Name A Few… As Well As Hundreds Of Major Commercials And Plays Like Big Fish, Peter Pan.
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INTRO TO ACTING On Camera & Alza's Technique (Sat 11am) $299 + HST New Session Jan 10th
- Build Self Confidence
- Always be Ready
- Character Development
- Text & Script Analysis (scene and monologues)
- Break down scenes and monologues from theatre, film and television script
- Be present and to work objectives and actions
- Make strong choices in interpreting lines
- Understand tempo rhythm , its meaning, purpose and application
- Train the body for scenes
- Understand line of movement in long, medium and close up shots.
- Students are also given the opportunity to review their progress on a large screen.
- Give Memorable Performances
- Effective SCENE WORK
- Learn to Accept good feedback and grow
- Be prepared to take risks.
- Learn Bio mechanics for the Close up
- Become more positive with your work
- Learn to have more Faith
Private Coaching Online Or In person
One on one meetings allow an in depth approach to connecting with your scenes and partner, in addition to allowing you to make better choices when it comes to execution. Text analysis, audition techniques, and cold reads will also be explored and Craft work. Audition coaching and preparation.
Craft Class 2 days - 6 hours total with Walter Alza $750 + hst
Craft Class – Level One – Register
This class is a turning point. In the Craft Class, you stop working to impress.
You stop forcing results.
You begin to trust your process.
This is where actors learn freedom — not tricks, not performance habits, not shortcuts.
Freedom through understanding the work at a deep, structural level.
Level One is devoted entirely to craft.
You will explore biomechanics and sense memory exercises rooted in the work of masters such as Michael Chekhovand Stanislavsky, expanded and evolved through Alza’s methodology.
Mr. Alza gives you an empty canvas — and the tools to paint on it for decades to come.
This class is not about showing results.
It’s about building a foundation strong enough to hold them.
You will learn:
How truthful behavior is built, not performed
How to access impulse without forcing emotion
Why control blocks freedom — and how to release it
How to develop tools you can rely on under pressure
This is not an on-camera class.
This is pure craft.
Actors who skip this step often hit a ceiling later.
Actors who do this work early separate themselves for life.
Who This Class Is For
Anyone who wants to explore acting as a craft, not a hobby
Actors seeking deeper, stronger, more grounded work
Those ready to be challenged and pushed honestly
Anyone who wants tools that will free them — and set them apart
This class does not promise comfort.
It promises clarity.
If you are serious about acting for the long term, this is work you cannot afford to miss.
Important:
After payment is completed, a brief meeting — online or in person — will be required before the class begins.
Next Level Acting Class (Sat 3pm or Sun 230pm) $319 + HST
Advanced Screen Acting Training (Wed 6pm) $339 +hst
- Intense instruction on how to wow an audition
- How directors communicate and how to get hired
- Ability to respond quickly to direction and adapt
- What a director looks for in a casting audition for a call back
- How a director reads a script
- Push your confidence level to the max and make bold, confident choices
- How to fully prepare and develop a character for any scene or audition
- Break down boundaries and obstacles holding you back
- Learn movement and reaction techniques to enhance your work
- Learn to give memorable performances
- Learn to accept feedback and grow
- Be prepared to take risks
- Expert level bio mechanic techniques for all types of shots
- Connect intensely with scenes and with an acting partner
- Explore how to make the boldest choices and execute them
- Text & script analysis (scene and monologues)
- Students are also given the opportunity to review their work on a large screen.
- Shine while on set
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SOME TESTIMONIALS
Award Winner Alicia Dea Star of 100s of Episodes of Degrassi
Award Winner Actor Alex Ozerov
Emmi Award Nominated Actor/Director/Producer Jadiel Dowlin
Some of Alza’s Students Success — Become an Actor
Best Acting Studios In Toronto In TOBlog —Best Acting Workshops Featured By Backstage
“After Knowing Him For A While I Highly Recommend Walter’s Classes. You Won’t Be Disappointed.” Stephanie Porter, Porter Group Agency
Alza Acting Studio Has Helped Shape The Careers Of Actors Working In Toronto And Around The World, In Shows For Netflix, Apple, Hulu, Shows Like Brilliant Minds, Reacher, Big Cigar On Apple Tv Netflix Self Made With Olivia Spencer, Reacher On Amazon, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, FamousThe Spencer Sisters, Transplant, Hudson & Rex, What The Stink, The Love Issue, Super Cyclone, Another Life, Super Hero, Murdoch Mysteries, Orphan Black, Degrassi, Ransom, The Americans, Cardinal, StarFalls On Nickelodeon, Second Jen, Androids, American Assassin IT, The Machine, Blindspot, Bitten,Cracked, Flashpoint, Rookie Blue, Frankensteins Monsters Monster, Frankenstein,Lost Girl, Get Rich Or Die Trying, Blackbird (Winner At Tiff), What We Have (Winner At TIFF Inside Out), Hannibal, HBO’s Transporter, The Strain And Nikita To Name A Few… As Well As Hundreds Of Major Commercials And Plays Like Big Fish, Peter Pan.
200+ Five Star Google Reviews
Alza Acting Studios Toronto has been the destination for on camera acting classes, showing excellence at Yonge & Bloor for over 20 years Founded by Multiple Time Award Winner, Actor- Director/ Producer Walter alza (Co Star of Get Rich Or Die Trying’). We believe that what one person can accomplish, another thousand could accomplish as well. It is our mission to develop each actors truth, body, voice and Soul. We Mentor Actors of all ages and all levels of experience along Their Individual Creative Journey.
Our Director, Walter Alza
You will Train with ouraward winning team under the ditrection of Multiple-Time Award-Winning Actor, Director & Acting Coach Walter Alza (Get Rich or Die Tryin’), Alza has over 30 years of experience and has appeared in more than 120 episodes of television and film. Mr. Alza and his team will guide you on what works—and what doesn’t—on TV and in film.
“Walter Alza has been an inspiration to many of my clients. He gives them confidence, perspective and a new approach to auditioning which ultimately helps them win the role.” – Shari Quallenberg Agent/OWNER AMI Artist Management Inc.
“Several of clients studied with Walter and have nothing but great things to say about his techniques. After knowing him for a while, I highly recommend Walter’s classes. You won’t be disappointed”– Stephanie Porter, Porter Group Agency
“When Walter acts, you see the intensity of a beast in him.”
– Academy Award Nominee Director Jim Sheridan Get Rich or Die Trying (Dream House In America, In the name of The father)
About Alza Acting Studios
Our Mission: Mentoring Actors of All Levels
– Walter Alza –
Walter Alza (Get Rich or Die Trying, Flashpoint, Metropia) was educated in two different countries, originally from Argentina (The nation of the wine, Tango and great Meat) came to Canada in his teens. Walter’s work spans for more than 30 years of with hundreds of hours of screen time in the big and small screen, His ability to artfully portray characters from diverse nationalities in over 40 films, television series’ and movies of the week has garnered him rave reviews in the U.S., Canada and in around the world.
Some legends that Walter Alza has worked with include John Candy, Edward Woodward, Oscar Winner director Robert Wise (West Side Story), Robert Loggia (scarface) Paul Sorvino (Good fellows, Mambo Italiano), Leslie Nielsen (The Naked gun), Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Robert Stack and Charles Bronson, other actors, and directors include Academy Award nominee Terrance Howard 50 Cent and Academy Award nominee director Jim Sheridan, Ricky Gervais, Omar Miller, George Wendt (Cheers) Eric Bana (Munich, Black Hawk Down, Hulk, Hanna, and Star Trek).Omar Miller ( 8 Mile, Should we Dance) Katherine Ohara (home alone), Kelly Macdonald Boardwalk Empire America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy) Jeff Arch (Writer: Sleepless in Seattle) John Landis (Dir of Blues Brothers, Thriller Michael Jackson), Director Ken Finkleman, DANNY WELLS. Adwally Ogunleye (Lost)David Carradine, (Kill Bill) Don McKellar, Maury Chaykin, Martha Henry Paul Gross (Due South, Men with Brooms) CARLO ROTA (24) Callum Keith Renni (Memento)Kim Huffman (Mama Mia, Traders, Looking for Leonard) Rick Schroder (NYPD) John Vernon Yasmine Bleeth 90201, Catherine Robertson (902101, Scary Movie 3) Annabeth Gish (90201, Double Jeopardy), John Stamos (Full House, Fuller House), and Nick Campbell.
Alza Acting Studio was founded over a decade ago at Yonge and Bloor by Trailblazer and multiple time award-winning actor/filmmaker Walter Alza. Walter Alza’s work spans for more than 30 years of solid work, with hundreds of hours of screen time and the big and small screen, and titles such as Get Rich or Die Tryin with 50 Cent and Academy Award nominee director, Jim Sheridan and Terrance Howard (Empire, Iron Man). You have seen Walter in Flashpoint; in the six time award winning film, At The Hotel, Metropia (over 80 Episodes). As a filmmaker Walter’s feature film debut was sold to 8 different networks across Canada including TMN, Rogers where it aired in Pay Per View and VOD and 7 other networks. Walter directed and produced the winner of the Best Foreign Film in Nevada Film Festival 2010 “Clive Houston, We Have a Problem” – an edgy comedy.
Look out for Walter Alza on Netflix’s Special Correspondent with Ricky Gervais (The Office), Eric Bana (Munich, Black Hawk Down, Hulk, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Hanna, and Star Trek). Kevin Pollak (The usual Suspects), (Kelly Macdonald Boardwalk Empire), America Ferrera (Ugly Betty, Superstore). Walter Alza is also currently developing various films and web series.
Walter is regarded as one of Canada’s most complete and crafted acting teacher. Walter Alza Acting Studio has been crafting Actors for over 20 years now.
Walter has an extraordinary ability of bringing out the best performance from any actor. Walter has taught and or moderate at the Actra Conference (the actors union), at various film festivals (and universities), at Equity Showcase and leads the agents showcase at casting workbook a few times a year.
“Most people quit because they get discouraged. True warrior’s don’t get discouraged.” I love this quote! Thank you Walter.
Case Study Of Our Student Alex Ozerov
Alex Ozerov Meyer (The Americans, Blackbird) is a Canadian woring actor, has also worked in Mexico, Europe and USA. Alex has won the biggest award in Canada. Alex had zero experince when he started classes with Walter Alza.