Leaders In Acting  Training For Film & Television That Pay Off

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.

Walter has Co Starred in titles such as “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” with 50 Cent and Academy Award nominee director Jim Sheridan with Terrance Howard (Empire, Iron Man). 

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 an extraordinary ability of bringing out the best performance from any actor. Walter Alza’s actors are currently working in leading, guest starring and principal roles in most of the major films and series been shot in Toronto and around the world. Our actors have gone on to win awards and light up the silver screens at some of the top largest festivals in the world, including Cannes, TIFF, Venice and hundreds of festivals around the world.  

Walter has taught actors for 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 leads the agents showcase at casting workbook a few times a year.

. “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

The 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).

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 30 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

Below You Can See Legends, Actors And Directors Our Studio Founder Walter Alza Has Worked With. And some friends.