Bill Sorice
A Brief Biography

Born William J. Sorice AKA Bill Sorice in Queens, New York. After graduating from High School, Bill moved across the river to Manhattan and worked full-time during the day as a Teamster truck driver in order to afford the pursuit of his Bachelor of Fine Arts in the evenings. During his college years he discovered a hidden talent and true passion for acting & writing and immediately began working on theatrical college productions

In 1997 Bill headed west to spend some time in Los Angeles and enrolled in an acting class at UCLA, and soon after was in a production of TWO GENTLEMAN OF VERONA. Realizing it’s hard to get around LA using public transportation he purchased a neglected 1967 Plymouth Fury III convertible which needed some TLC. After a while Bill missed New York, so he took the top down and drove across country back home. He still uses his car for weekend excursions and as a PICTURE CAR

Bill is a self-proclaimed character actor and over the years has acted in several plays, independent short and feature length films. Often cast or considered for roles as the stereotypical ‘Italian-American New Yorker’, either clean-cut or rough around the edges, but prefers and plays well against ‘type’. He considers himself lucky to have worked with David Naughton, Brian O’Halloran, and Gerry Bednob in Stevan Mena’s BRUTAL MASSACRE: A COMEDY

Still photographs of Bill were featured in Ridley Scott’s AMERICAN GANGSTER as a 1970’s crooked New York City cop and mug shot inserts for the TV series LAW & ORDER. Other print work includes an ad for KNOT IRISH WHISKEY photography by Jeff Johnson, VERIZON WIRELESS NETWORK photography by Stephen Wilkes and Stock photos for GETTY IMAGES photography by Antonio M. Rosario

Trained by the Ambassador of Lindy Hop Frankie Manning (Hellzapoppin’, Swingen anfaller) and Choreographer Paul Grecki (Swing City), prepared Bill to show his moves off and dance socially, on stage and be hired for indie films. Bill and dance partner Fatima, now his wife went on to teach small groups and private swing dance lessons

In September 2005, Bill’s stage play OUT OF THE BOX (comedy) premiered at New York’s Producers Club Grande theatre to a well received audience. He continues to write both stage plays and feature length screenplays which are available for option. Currently he’s rewriting his stage play VENEER (dramedy) into a feature length screenplay

Bill enjoys traveling for both work and pleasure, is professional, hardworking, talented and proud to be a native New Yorker. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, resides in Manhattan, and owns goldfish