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Need a talent Agent? No problem. Walter Alza conducs at our studio sessions that will show you how to get an agent. A few times a year Walter directs the Agent showcase for casting workbook with a great percentage of actors landing agents. Bam!
Walter Alza;Stanislavski worked on his craft until his last days. He was well over 70 years old. He was a great actor, director and acting coach. Devoted to the craft.
"I booked a role on a TV show. I owe so much to the studio and the people who make it possible to keep pushing ourselves. Thank you thank you thank you to the instructors and all my peers and most importantly the magician himself Mr. Walter Alza for always believing in and pushing me forward and upward. Much love!" - Trevor JT Ketcheson
"Walter worked with me one on one in preparation for an audition seeking representation. Walter pushed me to my potential and beyond. He told me to take risks and shock my audience. I am now represented by Noble Caplan Abrams and landed a principal role on the Listeners. Andrea Grant e confident with both! Thank you!"
Special Correspondents
"Look for Walter Alza on Netflix Original movie, the highly anticipated film by Ricky Gervais"
Did you know Alza Acting Studio was featured in MTV?
"Walter Alza has given my clients a new perspective, a new approach to auditioning with a focus on being the best they can be, and on winning. Success naturally follows" - Nancy Brown, Agent - AMI Agency
"Act with a winner" - Liz Braun -The TORONTO SUN
Congrats Lea on her new agent & landing more work! "I Just found out I booked a role . I just wanted to say thank you to Walter Alza and the whole #Alzafam for pushing me week after week and keeping me on my toes. I got the role through improv and a cold read, which a year ago were not my strong suit, but thanks to the studio I've gotten more confident with both! Thank you!"
"Alza is the changing face of television. He represents an emerging trend in Canadian programming." - The Mississauga News
"Acting is a craft and Alza has perfected." - Bina Pandya, Rogers TV – ONE on ONE
The truth concerning the passions, verisimilitude in the feelings experienced in the given circumstances, that is what our intelligence demands of a dramatist. ”
—Pushkin's aphorism, 1830
To be a successful actor you really have to have a passion for the craft and the patience to wait for the big break. Although being an actor is extremely rewarding, finding work can be a challenge. The profession requires great commitment and fortitude.
Great actors study their entire lives.
"Walter Alza is delicious as the testosterone-driven, boorish Walter Slavic"- john doyle, globe & mail
Walter Alza is a Trailblazer, Award Winning Actor/Director/Writer/Producer and one of the most accomplished acting coaches in North America.
Walter is an industry veteran; a crafted character actor with a career spanning over 30 years and hundreds of hours of screen time across both big and small screens.
Walter has Co Starred in titles such as “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” with 50 Cent and Academy Award nominee director Jim Sheridan with Terrance Howard (Empire, Iron Man).
You’ve seen Walter in “Flashpoint”, the six-time award winning show “At The Hotel” and “ the did 90 episodes of the tv show Metropia”.
Walter can been seen on Netflix “Special Correspondent” with Ricky Gervais (The Office), Eric Bana (Munich, Black Hawk Down, Hulk, Hanna, Star Trek), Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire), and America Ferrera (Ugly Betty).
As a filmmaker Walter's feature film debut was sold to 8 different networks across Canada including TMN, Rogers where it aired in Pay Per View and VOD and 7 other networks. Walter directed and produced the winner of the Best Foreign Film in Nevada Film Festival 2010 "Clive Houston, We Have a Problem" - an edgy comedy.
Walter has an extraordinary ability of bringing out the best performance from any actor. Walter Alza's actors are currently working in leading, guest starring and principal roles in most of the major films and series been shot in Toronto and around the world. Our actors have gone on to win awards and light up the silver screens at some of the top largest festivals in the world, including Cannes, TIFF, Venice and hundreds of festivals around the world.
Walter has taught actors for years in class and-in private sessions at Alza Acting Studio and at Equity Showcase. He teaches all over Ontario and overseas giving conferences and workshops and has been invited as a guest speaker and moderator at the Toronto- Actra Conference and various Film Festivals and is part of the Actra diversity committee. WALTER ALZA leads the agents showcase at casting workbook a few times a year.
. "Walter Alza is the changing face of television" The Mississauga News.
Ctv E-Talk Daily ..Alza is a scene stealer. (on Get Rich or Die Trying)ET Entertainment Tonight Canada called Walter "... a scene stealer" for his portrayal of a vicious Colombian gangster Raoul in the drama "Get Rich or Die Trying" with 50 Cent and Academy Award nominee director Jim Sheridan
John Doyle from The Globe & Mail said, "Walter Alza is delicious as the testosterone - driven, boorish waiter "Slavic" in At The Hotel
The Globe and Mail Walter plays the role of the modern don Juan, Andreas Maradona
"Walter Alza nails the part as a homicidal killer in 'Get Rich or Die Trying' " Produced by Paramount Pictures starring 50 cent, Terrance Howard and directed by six-time Oscar Nominee Jim Sheridan (In The Name of The Father).
ET Canada "Metropia rates 4 stars" (the only other 2005 show given 4 stars was CSI).
Mississauga News "Walter is Canada's very own bad boy." (on Get Rich or Die Trying)
The Globe and Mail Walter plays the role of the modern don Juan, Andreas Maradona.
"Walter Alza is delicious as the testosterone - driven, boorish waiter Slavic." John Doyle, Globe and Mail Ken Finkleman's CBC series 'At The Hotel'. Co-starring Don Mackellar and Carlo Rota (24).
Walter has appears in hundreds of publication and TV shows in the USA and Canada.
Walter Alza is Known for his Leading and Character work, his knack for picking up accents-and his ability to effortlessly portray both drama and comedy within his work. According to CTV E-Talk Daily, "Walter is Canada's very own bad boy." This stems from his portrayal of a vicious Colombian gangster Raoul in the drama "Get Rich or Die Trying" with 50 Cent and Academy Award nominee director Jim Sheridan with Viola Davids and Terrance Howard (Empire, Iron Man). Walter plays a jealous, hot-headed Russian room-service waiter name Slavic, in Ken Finkleman's new series, 7 time Gemini Nominated Series; “At The Hotel”. John Doyle, from the “Globe and Mail” quotes: Walter Alza is delicious as the testosterone - driven, boorish waiter Slavic, co-starring Don Mackellar (Blind) and Carlo Rota (24). Walter Alza was seen for 10 years on OMNI TV playing the suave ladies man, Andreas Maradona, in the award winning Toronto TV show Metropia. You seen him Guest starring as Paul the mob boss in “Flashpoint”. And he can crack you up in comedies like "Special Correspondents with Ricky Gervais (The Office), Eric Bana (Munich, Black Hawk Down, Hulk, Hanna, Star Trek), Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire), and America Ferrera (Ugly Betty) And the the six-time award winning show “At The Hotel”.
An industry veteran and crafted character actor in his own right, Alza's award-winning career spans hundreds of hours of experience in front and behind the camera, working across the globe. Walter has been developing unforgettable characters while perfecting his craft for over 25 years. He has knack at portraying characters from diverse nationalities in over 40 films, television series and movies of the week. His work has garnered him rave reviews in the USA, Canada and international media.
Walter Alza Became the first Latin/Argentinean/Canadian to start in a series in Canada in Metropia, this show changed the way casting is done in Canada. In this show Walter learned an Invaluable lesson, how to shoot 23 pages a day
Dean Bajramovic Award Winning Director/Writer/Producer
After finishing a Biology degree from University of Toronto (Canada) in 1997 Dean moved to Osaka, Japan. Dean spent 2 years in Japan teaching English and French to high school students during the day and Japanese businessmen at night. Japanese culture continues to be a major influence in his films.
After leaving Japan, Dean moved to London (England) where he worked for 2 years as a research analyst for the Europe branch a Telecommunications consultancy. In 2002 Dean returned to school to obtain an MA degree in filmmaking from London Film School.
During those 2 years Dean worked on approximately 30 short films, music videos and TV commercials; both at the school and commercially in London. His final student film, Guns to Gogo, won a Gold Medal at the Park City Music Film Festival and Best Action
Short of the Year at the Action on Film Festival. Dean recently completed his first feature film: Gangster Exchange, which has won 6 Best Film awards at festivals in North America. It is currently playing on TMN.
TIM KACHUROV
Actor/Acting Coach/Singer/Composer/Writer/Award Winning Artist
Tim graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (R.A.D.A) in London, England and the Academy of Theatre Arts in Toronto. Tim’s acting career includes many live performances with such Theatre companies as the International Drama Ensemble, Canadian Stage, Lovers and Madmen and Horizontal 8. Tim notable performances include Voltemand in Hamlet at the Canadian Stage directed by Ned Vukovic from the Royal Shakespeare Company and Cicero in Julius Caesar at the Ford Centre for the Performing Arts. Tim has performed in the Booff Clown Show since 2007. Tim also directs TTA’s annual theatre productions, the last of which was The Exception and the Rule by Bertolt Brecht in May 2008. Tim is a Chairman of the Board of Solar Stage Children’s Theatre and an active member of the Bishop White Committee at the Royal Ontario Museum where he gives International Public lectures and writes articles on Japanese Art. Tim is honoured to play side by side with such renowned artist as Nikolai Terentiev in the Booff Clown Show.
Mike Plyley
Actor/Instructor
Mike Plyley is a Toronto-based actor and instructor at Alza Acting Studio. He is a student in Walter Alza’s Advanced On-Camera Scene Study course and has been involved with the studio for over five years and in the film and television world for over a decade.
He has experience on-set and in the production office in production, writing, script editing and business affairs. He is also a representative at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, where he manages Press and Industry Screenings and World Premiere Public Screenings. He has instructed at Alza Acting Studio since 2018.
Other Selected Studio Guests & or Workshop Instructors conducting with Walter Alza Brian Levy - Casting Director (blackbird)
Casting Director Millie Tom (Hulk)
Casting Director Marsha Chesley (the Weight)
Casting Director Ron Leach
Casting Director Julian K
Casting Director Majorie Lecker
Casting Director Jenny Lewis
Emmy Award Winning Director Ron Murphy
Director Ron Murphy
Guest Director Award Winning Director-GAIL HARVEY-(The Weight).
Paula Smith -- Producer/Writer Metropia
Casting Director & Author Marsha Chesley ( "Little Mosque on the Prairie"this is wonderland)
Agent Stephanie Porter from The Porter Group
Tonya Lee Williams - - Actor/Producer/ Reel World Film Festival Founder
Coming Up Guests: at the Studio: Producer Director Bill Marks Paraside Lost, Casting directors Juli Ann Kay, Marcha Chesley(the Weight) Millie Tom (Hulk)
Past and Coming Up Guest Speakers :Emmy Award Winning Director Ron Murphy. Casting Director: Deirdre Bowen. Casting Director: Millie Tom Producer/Writer Paula Smith (Metropia, Paradise Falls) Gemini Award Winner Casting Dir. Jenny Lewis, Sara KayLisa Parasyn Agents: Richard Gerrits & David Ritchie. (Actor/Producer/Reel World Film Festival founder) Tonya Lee Williams, Producer) Paula De Silva, (Agent ETM) Angela Wright- (Agent, Porter Group) Stephanie Porter. Agent/Producer Angela Argento- David Krae Producer/Director (The House), Gangster Exchange (Prod.)- (Producer)Paul de Silva. Writer and assistant to Multiple Academy Award nominee and Winner Jim Sheridan, Renata Radamidov.Casting Director Marjorie Lecker.
Congrats Natalie on her new role in a feature film! "I strongly recommend training in class and in privates at the Alza Acting Studio. After my first session of classes and privates with Walter Alza, I just landed a lead role in a feature film, a principal role in a television series, and signed with one of the leading agencies in Toronto!"- Natalie Jane (CBC Coroner)
Congrats Jadiel On Winning The Star Rising Award and on his new show, StarFalls on Nickelodeon
" Within only a few months of training with the experienced and talented Alza team through their classes and privates, I managed to land a main role in a television series!The Alza method works, trust it!"-Jadiel Dowlin Emmy Award Nominee (daytime)for Annedroids, StarFalls Nickelodeon
Congrats! Alex Ozerov - Winner of the AcademyCanadian Screen Award -(Netflix Another life, Cardinal, The Americans Co Star)
Alex hasn't stop working since 2013 on TV and Film, when Alex started training with us he had ZERO Experience, he has been training at Alza Acting Studios for years, taking private coaching with Walter Alza and in group classes (almost 10 years).
"I highly recommend this studio! I owe my current success to them. This studio is where my journey as an actor began. Aside from the skills and techniques of acting that you learn, the most valuable things that I got out of here is the work ethic, discipline, and the character you build along the way, which prepares you for auditions and work on a real set. The class culture is positive and high energy. A real family-like vibe. An environment where true improvement is harnessed
"I would highly recommend this class to any actor looking to reconnect with their instrument outside of set/the audition room." - Amanada Joy (show creator & star of Second Jen)
"I Just won best actor in the short film competition in Cannes! Thanks to the one and only Walter Alza for all his hard work and leadership. I couldn't ask for a better coach and mentor." - R.J. Parrish, Winner of best actor at Cannes Film festival. (Also seen in Nikita and Transpoter)
"Over the last 10 months I have grown and learned quite a lot from Walter alza and the entire studio staff. So much that after taking The Blueprint private I was able to land a several parts in films and I signed with one of the top agencies in Canada ETM" A BigThank you! Emeka
"After booking 5 auditions on a roll, I can tell you Walter's method works!" - C. Porriet
"After winning a BRAVO Award for Best Supporting Actor I thought a shout out to Sir Walter Alza was due. I studied with him for years, and it's no coincidence that my passion morphed into a career under his teaching. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent, Walter, and assisting me in taking mine to new heights. Stay crafted, my friends." - Brendan Jeffers (Degrassi)
"Thank to you Walter Alza for your incredible acting teaching and support" - Maxime Desmon, The director of What We Have; Winner of best film Inside out at TIFF.
Congarts Jake, 3 gigs in one week!
HAPPY PARENT "Dear Walter, I want to thank you so much for being such a terrific mentor to Nat. She has blossomed over the past few years, and a lot of that has to do with her following her interests, and you being there to teach and guide her. Your personalities come together and make something larger than the sum of its' parts. It's gratifying as a parent to see this, and to know that she's in such a safe supportive environment. Thanks Walter- Linda Lees
"Hey Walter I would just like to say thank you again for welcoming me into your studio for a class audit. I walked away with some great acting tips from both you and your students that I applied to an auditon I had the following friday and I just got confirmation that I booked the role. So thanks again, you're a great coach!" - Adrian Walters
"Thank you Walter Alza and Studio. Just landed a commercial for a big multinational for a Canadian TV and Web campaign. Practice keeps permanent!" - Marcello Castiglioni
Congrats Lea on her new agent & landing a part, all in 2 weeks! "I Just found out I booked a role. I just wanted to say thank you to Walter Alza and the whole #Alzafam for pushing me week after week and keeping me on my toes. I got the role through improv and a cold read, which a year ago were not my strong suit, but thanks to the studio I've gotten more confident with both! Thank you! "
"Walter was the first one to get me out of my box, and my comfort zone. He inspired me to believe in myself and I will go far. I owe a lot to you Walter." - Michael James Regan, Producer (Backlash)/Actor (Hannibal)
"I Just found out I booked a role . I just wanted to say thank you to Walter Alza and the whole #Alzafam for pushing me week after week and keeping me on my toes. I got the role through improv and a cold read, which a year ago were not my strong suit, but thanks to the studio I've gotten more confident with both! Thank you!"
Walter Alza is a Trailblazer, Award Winning Actor/Director/Writer/Producer and one of the most accomplished acting coaches in North America.
After finishing a Biology degree from University of Toronto (Canada) in 1997 Dean moved to Osaka, Japan. Dean spent 2 years in Japan teaching English and French to high school students during the day and Japanese businessmen at night. Japanese culture continues to be a major influence in his films.
Tim graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (R.A.D.A) in London, England and the Academy of Theatre Arts in Toronto. Tim’s acting career includes many live performances with such Theatre companies as the International Drama Ensemble, Canadian Stage, Lovers and Madmen and Horizontal 8. Tim notable performances include Voltemand in Hamlet at the Canadian Stage directed by Ned Vukovic from the Royal Shakespeare Company and Cicero in Julius Caesar at the Ford Centre for the Performing Arts. Tim has performed in the Booff Clown Show since 2007. Tim also directs TTA’s annual theatre productions, the last of which was The Exception and the Rule by Bertolt Brecht in May 2008. Tim is a Chairman of the Board of Solar Stage Children’s Theatre and an active member of the Bishop White Committee at the Royal Ontario Museum where he gives International Public lectures and writes articles on Japanese Art. Tim is honoured to play side by side with such renowned artist as Nikolai Terentiev in the Booff Clown Show. 
Mike Plyley is a Toronto-based actor and instructor at Alza Acting Studio. He is a student in Walter Alza’s Advanced On-Camera Scene Study course and has been involved with the studio for over five years and in the film and television world for over a decade.
