Who I Am



Im Alexis Cruz I'm an actor by discipline and craft, an entertainer by profession, a teacher by calling, an auteur by design, and an armchair anthropologist by way of trying to make sense of it all.  My friends call me wise, naive, brave, impressionable, funny, flakey (actually its fickle, tyvm), loyal, stubborn, and sometimes right but often obsessive. My reps think Im crazy, my family knows it, and my fans aren't.  <3

Lately I've been developing intellectual properties with other creators, and besides sponging off their wellsprings of effortless genius, I have an intense passion for encouraging artists to find their voices.  At times, I've helped give movement to sound, and for that privilege I am grateful. At the end of the day, I'm a storyteller and my art is communal. 

I'm still a bit new to wielding the awesome might of social networking, but Im learning quickly! I've also got a lot going on; movies, books, four pets, messages to send, bills to pay, and things to say.

Some of you know me, or of, me, and many of you probably won't but this page will serve as my Grand Central Station. Ok, my trolley stop, but with your help we can build landmarks!  I've been acting for a long time, having started at 9 years old and I've been blessed with an incredible career including several lifetimes worth of love from my supporters.  Sometimes at just the right place, and just in the nick of time.  I've directed numerous theatre shows, companies, workshops, projects, and other shananigans for probably longer (if you count that thing with the homemade 'choose your own adventure' 2D pamphlet game we hustled in 3rd grade).  Bragging Rights are littered around here so it's for the best that you just go with it and trust the tale. 

You'll find links here to my IMDBYouTube, and Facebook profiles. Im also on Twitter @alexiscruz929. All the official stuff. I am not on MySpace anymore; it's still up but it's a lost cause. I'm thinking websites are commercial things, and while alexiscruz.com will eventually be up again, I prefer my web presence to be an interactive one thus Social Networking looks like the right fit (some faceless corporation will manage my brand *cough* 929Entertainment *cough*). Im a real live HUMAN BEING! 

In the meantime, you'll find slightly different ideas and experiences through each of the linked portals and I'm trying to keep the web loop flowing from this central hub so it's probably worth taking a least a cursory peek around.  :)

I don't update or tweet every day, but other days Im a machine on this thing. Im building. Im not generally a pro social networker, but I've got a lot of really exciting projects coming up (yes, some of them are actually in the can) and we've got a big push in store for our creator-owned book, "The Unprofessionals", a graphic novel of sociopathic bromance and total violence.   The next few months are going to get a bit nutty around here as I share...just about everything related to it.  Some parental discretion is advised. You may love it or hate it, but its ours and we're proud of the little bastard. 

I've also become somewhat addicted lately to brutal, endurance mud races, having completed two Tough Mudders so far.  I plan on doing many more and it's meant to challenge myself and those around me towards personal revolution, reinvention, and rebirth. Though I am immortal, I do feel pain. Learning to triumph over adversity with a steadfast team of hungry warriors however, is worth every perilous moment.  A lot of that is a kind of metaphor for my work and life that's playing out in a physical parallel with personal milestones and creative eruptions.