A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Born:
October 14, 1994
Up-and-coming actor in Dallas, Texas. A well talented soccer player with 18 years of experience and a black belt in karate. Focuses mainly on acting and modeling full time. He created an online business at the age of 14 and has been known as an entrepreneur ever since. Also obsessed with BMW's and enjoys customizing his own cars. Overall he has a charismatic personality who likes to make people smile and laugh. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Dina Actor, model, and entrepreneur, Dante Di Ciolli, turned to acting and modeling as a full time career. Born in Arlington, Texas, Dante has been playing with a soccer ball before being able to walk and at the age of three, his mother enrolled him onto his first soccer team. While playing every type of sport like basketball, baseball, and karate, Dante was raised on and around the set of Walker Texas Ranger that his grandfather, Chuck Norris, was starring in giving him the capability of learning how the film industry works starting at such a young age. To this day, he claims that this is the reason why he wanted to pursue acting as a career. In 2009, at the age of 14, Dante accomplished his black belt in Karate by passing his martial arts test that was graded and judged by his instructor, Master Cha, and his grandfather, Chuck Norris. After 2 full hours of non-stop forms and board breaking, Dante was awarded with the promotion of his first degree black belt. During this time, he always had a full schedule with going to school, karate practice, and then after that, head to two soccer practices for different teams on a daily basis. A busy schedule was what he always had and loved. At the age of 15, he became known as the "Young Entrepreneur" by creating his own company. Dante was the CEO/Founder of BuyaMod LLC that focused mainly on providing Xbox 360 "extra features" for the games Call of Duty World at War, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, and Grand Theft Auto IV. From developing important business skills like fulfillment, customer service, creating/coding website, and graphic designing, Dante managed to purchase his first vehicle the day he got his license at 16, a BMW. He then brought his family members into the business; now making it a family business. In 2013, Dante became a Texas 5A State Champion in soccer for his high school, Coppell High in Texas, coached by Chad Rakestraw. Not only was that his only accomplishment that year but also for his club soccer team, Solar Chelsea 95 boys, coached by Nick Stavrou, he was awarded the Regional Golden Glove Award that took his team to Nationals to compete in the highest level for the U18 soccer teams. From traveling for soccer all over the country repeatedly, Dante was undefeated on every team he played with getting him a starting goalkeeper position as a freshman in college in Denver, Colorado. In 2014, Dante moved back to Texas to pursue a degree in Business Marketing at Texas A&M. After spending a year at Texas A&M, in College Station, he sat down with his family and decided that it was time that he pursued modeling and acting as a full time career, currently living in Dallas, Texas. Dante maintains his passion for acting and modeling bringing in his athletic capabilities for his acting roles.
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