Meet Walter Alza
Walter Alza is a Trailblazer, Award Winning Actor/Director/Writer/ Producer and one of the most accomplished acting coaches in North America.
Walter is an industry veteran; a crafted character actor with a career spanning over 30 years and hundreds of hours of screen time across both big and small screens.
You’ve seen Walter in “Flashpoint”, the six-time award winning show “At The Hotel” and “ the did 90 episodes of the tv show Metropia”.
Walter can been seen on Netflix “Special Correspondent” with Ricky Gervais (The Office), Eric Bana (Munich, Black Hawk Down, Hulk, Hanna, Star Trek), Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire), and America Ferrera (Ugly Betty).
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.
Walter has taught actors for 20 years years in class and-in private sessions at Alza Acting Studio and at Equity Showcase. He teaches all over Ontario and overseas giving conferences and workshops and has been invited as a guest speaker and moderator at the Toronto- Actra Conference and various Film Festivals and is part of the Actra diversity committee. WALTER ALZA lead the agents showcase at casting workbook a few times a year for many years.
“Walter Alza is the changing face of television” The Mississauga News.
Ctv E-Talk Daily ..Alza is a scene stealer. (on Get Rich or Die Trying)ET Entertainment Tonight Canada called Walter “… a scene stealer” for his portrayal of a vicious Colombian gangster Raoul in the drama “Get Rich or Die Trying” with 50 Cent and Academy Award nominee director Jim Sheridan
John Doyle from The Globe & Mail said, “Walter Alza is delicious as the testosterone – driven, boorish waiter “Slavic” in At The Hotel
he Globe and Mail Walter plays the role of the modern don Juan, Andreas Maradona “Walter Alza nails the part as a homicidal killer in ‘Get Rich or Die Trying’ ” Produced by Paramount Pictures starring 50 cent, Terrance Howard and directed by six-time Oscar Nominee Jim Sheridan (In The Name of The Father).
ET Canada “Metropia rates 4 stars” (the only other 2005 show given 4 stars was CSI). Mississauga News “Walter is Canada’s very own bad boy.” (on Get Rich or Die Trying) The Globe and Mail Walter plays the role of the modern don Juan, Andreas Maradona. “Walter Alza is delicious as the testosterone – driven, boorish waiter Slavic.” John Doyle, Globe and Mail Ken Finkleman’s CBC series ‘At The Hotel’. Co-starring Don Mackellar and Carlo Rota (24). Walter has appears in hundreds of publication and TV shows in the USA and Canada.
An industry veteran and crafted character actor in his own right, Alza's award-winning career spans hundreds of hours of experience in front and behind the camera, working across the globe. Walter has been developing unforgettable characters while perfecting his craft for over 25 years. He has knack at portraying characters from diverse nationalities in over 40 films, television series and movies of the week. His work has garnered him rave reviews in the USA, Canada and international media.
Walter Alza Became the first Latin/Argentinean/Canadian to start in a series in Canada in Metropia, this show changed the way casting is done in Canada. In this show Walter learned an Invaluable lesson, how to shoot 23 pages a day
Dean Bajramovic
Award Winning Director/Writer/Producer
After finishing a Biology degree from University of Toronto (Canada) in 1997 Dean moved to Osaka, Japan. Dean spent 2 years in Japan teaching English and French to high school students during the day and Japanese businessmen at night. Japanese culture continues to be a major influence in his films.After leaving Japan, Dean moved to London (England) where he worked for 2 years as a research analyst for the Europe branch a Telecommunications consultancy. In 2002 Dean returned to school to obtain an MA degree in filmmaking from London Film School.urrently playing on TMN.
During those 2 years Dean worked on approximately 30 short films, music videos and TV commercials; both at the school and commercially in London. His final student film, Guns to Gogo, won a Gold Medal at the Park City Music Film Festival and Best Action Short of the Year at the Action on Film Festival. Dean recently completed his first feature film: Gangster Exchange, which has won 6 Best Film awards at festivals in North America. It is currently playing on TMN.
Tim Kacurov
Award Winning Director/Writer/Producer
Tim studied in London, England and the Academy of Theatre Arts in Toronto. Tim’s acting career includes many live performances with such Theatre companies as the International Drama Ensemble, Canadian Stage, Lovers and Madmen and Horizontal 8.Tim notable performances include Voltemand in Hamlet at the Canadian Stage directed by Ned Vukovic from the Royal Shakespeare Company and Cicero in Julius Caesar at the Ford Centre for the Performing Arts. Tim has performed in the Booff Clown Show since 2007. Tim also directs TTA’s annual theatre productions, the last of which was The Exception and the Rule by Bertolt Brecht in May 2008. Tim is a Chairman of the Board of Solar Stage Children’s Theatre and an active member of the Bishop White Committee at the Royal Ontario Museum where he gives International Public lectures and writes articles on Japanese Art. Tim is honoured to play side by side with such renowned artist as Nikolai Terentiev in the Booff Clown Show, Tim Has been part of Alza for more than ten years.
Jude Farjami
Actor/Instructor
Jude began pursuing acting when he discovered the Alza Acting Studio. Having studied extensively under the direct tutelage of Walter Alza for over 5 years, he has honed his craft, working in numerous commercials for major brands across Canada, as well as starring in a number of Canadian features.
Mike Plyley
Actor/Instructor
Mike Plyley is a Toronto-based actor and instructor at Alza Acting Studio. He is a student in Walter Alza’s Advanced On-Camera Scene Study course and has been involved with the studio for over five years and in the film and television world for over a decade.He has experience on-set and in the production office in production, writing, script editing and business affairs. He is also a representative at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, where he manages Press and Industry Screenings and World Premiere Public Screenings. He has instructed at Alza Acting Studio since 2018.
Other Selected Studio Guests & or Workshop Instructors conducting with Walter Alza
- Brian Levy Casting Director (blackbird)
- Casting Director Millie Tom (Hulk)
- Casting Director Marsha Chesley (the Weight)
- Casting Director Ron Leach
- Casting Director Julian K
- Casting Director Majorie Lecker
- Casting Director Jenny Lewis
- Emmy Award Winning Director Ron Murphy
- Director Ron Murphy
- Guest Director Award Winning Director-GAIL HARVEY-(The Weight).
- Paula Smith — Producer/Writer Metropia
- Casting Director & Author Marsha Chesley ( “Little Mosque on the Prairie”this is wonderland)
- Agent Stephanie Porter from The Porter Group
- Tonya Lee Williams – – Actor/Producer/ Reel World Film Festival Founder
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