When a person comes to a crossroads in their life and it looks like a dead end then you have to reinvent yourself, or as the great Yogi said " when you come to a fork in the road take it", well that's what Ralph Bracco did back in 2008 .While working for the same company for 30 years they started to downsize and Ralph found himself with an unexpected and ill-timed early retirement. So he figured he would give acting a shot, a passion of his that was buried deep inside him. With no formal training except for some roles in some elementary school skits tucked under his belt he answered an ad for an independent film that needed an extra to play a cop, a character that would be one of his favorites to portray. He found himself back in his old neighborhood in Queens on set with two veteran actors Sally Kirkland and James Murtaugh, a little

starstruck he caught the bug and hasn't got rid of it since.                                             

              Without taking any acting lessons he feels that he has been schooled by growing up watching some of the best actors of our time in both TV and Film and draws from that along with watching and listening on all projects he works on, whether being an extra or featured artist he is always observing and listening all the time on set. He brings that raw NY type of acting to all the projects he works on. Growing up in Queens during the 60's and 70's he feels he can relate to some of his characters and brings that across in some of his work.                                                                            Ralph has had numerous roles in Movies ,TV and Commercials along with Music videos and some  Independent and Foreign Films .Some of his work has been shown at the Cannes and Tribeca film Festival's along with working on numerous Web Series, and still working on some student films to fine tune his craft "you never know when you could be working with the next great director and this business is all about connections and networking" .His roles range from playing police officers or detectives to doctors, lawyers, blue collar types as construction worker or cabby to probably his favorite, a wise guy .He also truly enjoys being part of period piece productions, "It not only gives you a chance to act the character but also relive a point in time ".

                Some shows he has been part of are Boardwalk Empire, Law & Order SVU, Vinyl, The Deuce and numerous Discovery ID and History Channel productions such as Perfect Murder, Men Who Built America , Mobster Confession , Inside the American Mob .Recently he has worked in South America with an Emmy nominated Director for  the History Channel mini series , Kingpins ,John Gotti ,portraying underboss Neil Dellacroce. Other movies are Desperate Endeavors, Wolves of Wall Street, Shadow Recruit, Revenge of the Green Dragons , and Short films like Night of the Pumpkin and Frankie the Green Card Lottery. His commercials and print work include , National and regional spots, Media Com Cable , Blue Point Brewery and Publishers Clearing House .                                                                                                            

                  He also is involved with playing many characters in a Dinner Theater Murder Mystery production of Murdered by the Mob which is NY longest running theater show. Ralph enjoys bringing different looks to his roles along with a variety of accents. He also has a love of music and plays the guitar and drums. In the future he would enjoy rounding out his roles to include comedy and drama along with taking some acting classes and a more theatre roles.                                                                                                                  *************************

Ralph is very excited and looking forward to really getting bigger and prominent roles with each passing project and more confidence in his performances. If anything he feels he has got an edge, after all he is a True New Yorker....