About Giacomo
About the Actor
I didn’t grow up believing I’d be an actor. For most of my life, I assumed I’d end up in medicine — I was actually weeks away from moving to Italy for medical school when everything shifted. Biology and psychology were my worlds for years, and I loved them, but the part that always stuck with me wasn’t the academics. It was people who made us do what we do, and what we hide, what we carry, what we break under, what we heal from.
That curiosity shaped almost everything I did. I worked jobs that required me to communicate, lead, stay calm under pressure, and adapt to different personalities — as a Chef Instructor, Building Manager, and Veterinary Technician. Every job showed me some version of humanity I wouldn’t have seen otherwise. The stressed parent. The scared student. The anxious pet owner. The tired contractor. The small talk. The honesty. The unexpected emotional moments. I didn’t know it at the time, but all of that was preparing me for acting.
I spent part of my college years in Wyoming and part in New Jersey — two places that couldn’t be more different. Out west, I learned independence, resilience, and what silence actually feels like. Back home, I learned about connection, pace, responsibility, and how fast life can move. Both places changed me in their own way, and both show up in how I approach characters — a mix of quiet observation and emotional instinct.
Eventually, I realized I didn’t just want to understand people — I wanted to live inside their stories. That’s what pushed me toward acting. I trained at the Atlantic Acting School, where I learned how to turn instinct into technique: how to listen, how to stay truthful, and how to carry emotional depth without forcing it. It’s the first place where I felt like everything I’d lived made sense.
Now, whether I’m on camera or on stage, I try to bring the same thing every time: something grounded, something honest, and something lived-in. Acting feels like the most human work I’ve ever done, and it’s the one place where all the pieces of my life — the science, the psychology, the experiences, the mistakes, the people — actually come together.