Mu-Shaka was born and raised in Utica, NY. He always expressed an interest in acting, albeit secretly. After serving 4 years in the U.S. Army, traveling the world, fighting in combat and working the all too redundant job, he decided to respond to a casting call for the film, "Half Dead (2012)". Everything changed from there. He was cast as Detective John Reilly and officially took on the title of "actor". He has had the pleasure of working with film makers from Buffalo to Syracuse, to Utica, NY on many small projects and has recently had the pleasure of performing as an extra in the film "Wards Island (2013)" which was filmed in Buffalo, NY . He is slated to star in the horror film, "Savage Christmas (2013)" and is attached to star as the male lead in the upcoming film, "The Vampire (2013)". Mu-Shaka is also a writer and is working on a script called "Nexus". He self published his short story ,"The Drive Home" on the Amazon Kindle in early 2012 and is planning to adapt that into a screenplay. He also produces music and hopes to someday compose for film.