Rick Cordeiro

Rick Cordeiro (born August 14, 1968) is a Canadian actor and producer from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Career

Cordeiro has made a career of playing antagonists, villains and interesting offbeats.

In 2009, Rick was cast to play Marat Balagula, a Russian Jewish immigrant, former mob boss, and associate of the Lucchese crime family on the documentary TV series, Underworld Histories, Season #3, episode #2 titled, "Brooklyn." Underworld Histories is a one-hour documentary series that explores the interaction between a city's social history and its organized crime. Each program features a single city. The series aired on the History channel and National Geographic International.

In 2010, Rick was cast in the role of the Detective in the film Zombie Beach, produced by Canadian based Asopa Films Incorporation, Twinkle Productions and Asopa Films International. The film went on to win a number of awards at various film festivals around the world including,'Award of Excellence – Feature Competition' at the Canada International Film Festival in Vancouver, Canada, 'Golden Palm Award – Feature Competition' at the Mexico International Film Festival, and the 'Silver Ace Award – Feature' at the Las Vegas Film Festival.

Also in 2010, Rick was cast in the role of 1920's New York City radio broadcaster in the feature film Burning Daylight starring Robert Knepper and produced by Sanzhar Sultanov of Reverson Entertainment. Sultanov based the screenplay on three Jack London stories, while the film was set in 1920s New York. The film premiered in Sonoma, California (Jack London's hometown) and in New York City's Webster Hall. It also received a wide theatrical release in Kazakhstan and was highly acclaimed by many critics.

Rick was also cast to play a sentry named Ben Craven in the Thriller feature, The Collapsed produced by Justin McConnell of Unstable Grounds, Inc. A film about a family of four fighting to survive in the wake of the end of the world. Taking to the forest, they soon discover the other survivors are the least of their worries. The film had a successful run in the festival circuit winning a number of awards along the way including, 2011 winner at Crypticon Film Festival in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2011 winner Metropolitan Film Festival in New York City and 2011 winner Boston Science Fiction Film Festival.

Rick was then featured as a 1960's Chicago gangster, (Sam Giancana's goon), in the Emmy Award winning TV series, The Kennedy's, directed by Jon Cassar, on episode four of eight. Episode four titled "Bobby's War." Synopsis for episode four; the Russians build a wall separating East and West Berlin while Bobby prepares to go after Sam Giancana.

In 2012 Rick starred as Police Chief Cordell in the action/comedy Bio Cop, a film about a mutated cop who cannot die and his struggles to stop the latest designer [...]. Produced by Steven Kostanski of ASTRON-6. It was screened at various film festivals including Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal and in 2013 went on to win Best Short Film at the Boston Underground Film Festival.

Also in 2012, he was cast to play an ex-cop named Robert in the action/ fantasy short The Flying Man, produced by Marcus Alqueres. The film is about a super powered vigilante who defies the law using extreme violence to fight crime. In 2013 it was selected at Sunscreen Film Festival in Florida, a festival supported by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. It was also nominated best film in 2013 at the Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival in Barcelona, Spain.

Filmography

Trivia

Rick was the winning contestant on the very first episode of Canadian game show You Bet Your [...] that aired on The Comedy Network. It followed a Blackjack and casino motif, with contestants answering questions on popular culture to earn points.

External links

• Official web site