goyarobles

Goya made his feature film debut as a lead in "Death of a Gangster" in 2012.  He recently starred as a lead in Plus Entertainment's feature film "A Gangster's Word", which premiered on the CINE LATINO network in October 2013.  His past films include "Smile Now, Cry Later", which won four awards at the Cinerockom Internation Film Festival '13 in Los Angeles, CA, "Hustle & Heartache", "and “Utopia Lies at the Horizon”, which won the Bronze Award at the 2011 Box Ur Shorts Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA.  His past television credits include a guest star role as Franklin Morales on the CBS show "The Mentalist", and a co-star role on IFC's "The Whitest Kids You Know."  His past off-Broadway theater credits include a staged reading of Mark Borkowski's new play Valentino's Wing at the LAByrinth Theater, directed by Ellen Burstyn and starred Michael Shannon & Annabella Sciorra; Raul in Extremities & Richard in Crystal Clear, both at the Dance New Amsterdam Theater for the Actors Studio Drama School Repertory 2009; and originated the role of Hector in How I Survive at Manhattan Repertory Theater. Additionally, Goya released a Hip Hop soul album called Spit My Soul on November 23, 2010 at the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe.  Home to many great luminaries of the acting world, Goya has been granted lifetime membership to the Actors Studio in May 2010.  His education includes a Master of Fine Arts in acting from The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Bridgeport.