Perri Yaniv

Born and raised in Harlem and Washington Heights, Mr. Yaniv has worked consistently in the New York theater and film scene for almost a decade in a variety of independent projects. His multi-faceted looks have allowed him to convincingly portray a seemingly limitless array of demographic backgrounds and personality types. Never shying away from a challenge, he has portrayed an early 20th century German pianist ("A Man's World"), learned Italian to portray Mussolini in "Power of the Trinity"; learned Yiddish to portray a young Hasidic tahara (in the forthcoming "Purity"), lost weight to portray a young heroin addict trying to come clean ("Chinese Rocks"), and explored physical catatonics to portray the developmentally challenged younger brother to Christian Chase's lead character in the Celluloid Rain Productions feature, "Delivery Hour". Yaniv's passion for acting was sparked in high school, where he was enrolled with a number of international students and teachers, and performed in p