Gregory DePetro is a New Jersey native and was inspired by his sister's friend at a birthday party who asked "if you could do anything you wanted and would be guaranteed success, what would it be?". His answer was acting, and he subsequently submitted to a casting call in a local theater and won the part of Capt. Phoebus in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He had found his passion and continued to work in local theater and starred in a small production in New York City which packed the tiny venue every show. He began auditioning for independent films in NY and landed several roles immediately. One short film about an aging super hero titled The Protector earned him "Best Actor in Show" in a small film festival. This inspired him to make the move to Hollywood. He quit his very lucrative career in NJ and moved to Southern California and began studying film acting at the Ivana Chubbuck studio in Hollywood. He has written, produced, and starred in a short film starring Michael Monks and Todd Bridges, and starred in a ground breaking horror film titled Hate Crime sure to make a splash in the horror genre. He will be seen in the lead role of Detective Howard in the feature film RIFT released in the summer of 2017 and the rest is history in the making.