Background
Louie Torrellas was born in Long Island, New York to a Puerto Rican father and a Cuban mother. Torrellas grew up in Jamaica, Queens and began performing in school plays at the age of five.
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Torellas attended the Professional Performing Arts School in 7th grade.
Career
Notable films and video games featuring Louie include Jumper, Sponk, Blood and Bone, the popular Rockstar Games Bully, and The Warriors. He has two younger sisters. Torrellas"s father worked at WABC-television He went on to perform in community theater soon after at “Queens Theatre In The Park” (Flushing Meadow).
He moved with his father to Manhattan to try larger performing roles.
Torrellas began performing stand-up at the age of 10 at Carolines on Broadway. He continued to perform stand-up at night while going to school during the day.
He trained at the American Comedy Institute, the New York comedy school. He began touring as a teenager, including performances in the Caribbean, California, and across the tri-state area.
While continuing to perform, Torellas also created a comedy production company called Laugh Fiend Productions.
He has produced various stand-up shows at Street John's University, Stand-Up New New York
After doing a series of short films, Torrellas began working professionally at age twelve with an appearance in an American Telephone & Telegraph Company commercial, and has since been in a wide variety of national and international television commercials. During his early years of acting, he appeared primarily in comedic roles. He was a regular on the Nickelodeon/Noggin show Sponk.
Torrellas then began the transition to dramatic acting by taking classes, and has appeared in episodes of Law & Order and Third Watch, as well as the mini-series Miracle"s Boys.
Torellas has also appeared in video games such as Grand Theft Auto, The Warriors, and Bully. His film work include Jumper, Blood and Bone, and lieutenant Runs in the Family.
Torrellas has hosted a variety of events, television shows, and internet broadcasts. His first hosting job was on Teen Time Live when he was selected as the primary host of the project
Torellas hosted and created the Emmy-winning show Yankees on Deck.
He also hosted the Yankees" seventh inning stretch program during the 2009 season.
Achievements
Membership
He was a member of the “We Got Next Tour!”, and appeared on a variety of television shows as a stand-up, including Late Night with Conan O"Brien.
