Yanko Valentin(I)

Yanko Perez/Yanko Valentin/ Yanko Valentin-Perez is an American actor born and raised in New York City in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. Always a fan and admirer of the performing arts, he was drawn to the theatrics of the world of professional wrestling watching World Wrestling Federeation and Michael Jackson music videos on Music Television (MTV). After a few years of "Adulting" as a teenager and evolving into a young man after years in the United States Army he decided to fulfill his childhood dreams of "entertaining" an audience. In 2006 he embarked on an actors journey and has been enduring the trials and tribulations of an unguided path ever since enjoying the process.Studied acting and theater at The Acting Studio, HB Studios, Penny Templeton Studios, The Lee Strasberg Institute and obtained a BFA from Herbert H Lehman College in Multimedia performing arts with a concentration in theater and a double minor in dance and Film and Television studies. Infantry, A professional Wrestler and Electric Bass player.