Stas Snyder
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Stas Snyder was born in Volgograd, Russia. He started acting at a young age, finding his way in various local theatres in his town and later enrolling at a prestigious Volgograd Theatre at an age of 12. When he was 15 years old, his mother and him decided to move to the United States. He spent his teenage years later growing up in Philadelphia suburbs, attending and performing in different theatre productions at his local high school and studying at a well-known Walnut Street Theatre. He made his first stage debut in a high school musical production "42nd Street" in a supporting role of Andy Lee, the choreographer.
While attaining his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Business at Widener University, he was a standout athlete, playing rugby, football and track and field. He continued to pursue his athletic career post college, competing in hammer throwing event in track and field and Olympic weightlifting. He returned to acting when "Creed II" was filming in Philadelphia, portraying VIP Fight Attendee. Working on a set sparked his passion and love for acting again and he enrolled in Walnut Street Theatre again and later he began studying at Baron Brown Studio in Santa Monica, California and later he decided to make a permanent move to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career. His work includes independent short films, commercials, music videos and theatre productions. Stas's passion for finding truth and beauty in each character he portrays continues to drive and inspire him to create and tell interesting stories and deliver best performance to the audience.