Laz Alonso - Biography

				Laz Alonso Biography   Name : Laz Alonso Profession : Actor
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Laz Alonso Detailed Biography

His neighborhood was predominantly African American. He attended the renound historically black university in D.C., Howard University, and eventually came to host for BET. But, Alonso's goal from the beginning was to be an actor. Thinking to himself he couldn't just waste his business degree and wanting to fulfill his mother's wishes, he accepted a job on Wall Street working for Merill Lynch. But that was not where he wanted to be. Later, he quit to pursue acting. In 2000, Alonso appeared in the HBO film Disappearing Acts (2000), based on the Terry MacMillan novel, with Wesley Snipes and Sanaa Lathan, affording him the opportunity to work under director Gina Prince-Bythewood. He has also starred in 30 Years to Life (2001) and Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood. The sculpted brother can also be seen in Land of Opportunity, a Puerto Rican love story set in Washington Heights. Category: Cuban-American actors Views Article Discussion Edit this page History Personal tools Sign in / create account if (window.isMSIE55) fixalpha(); Navigation Main Page Community Portal Current events Recent changes Random article Help Contact Wikipedia Donations Search Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent linkCite this article This page was last modified 16:43, 24 January 2006. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (see Copyrights for details). Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers if (window.runOnloadHook) runOnloadHook();