Richard Brancatisano

Richard Brancatisano

at Star Trek Into Darkness Australian premiere
Born Richard Peter Brancatisano
(1983-10-29) 29 October 1983
New South Wales, Australia
Occupation Actor

Richard Peter Brancatisano (born 29 October 1983) is an Australian television actor and musician, best known for his roles as Xander Bly, the Green Mystic Ranger, in Power Rangers: Mystic Force and Dominic Russo on the ABC Family drama series, Chasing Life.

Career

Brancatisano was born in New South Wales, Australia to an Italian father and an Australian mother. His interest in the dramatic arts began at an early age, and he appeared in several musical and plays at his high school, The King's School in Parramatta.

Before appearing in Power Rangers, Richard performed as Corey in the 2005 season of Boyband: The Musical, put on by Ricochet Working Productions, an Australian theatre company, and in the theatre production "Vin," as the lead character, Vin. He studied for three years at Theatre Nepean and continues to work, both as an actor and musician, nationally and internationally.

In the Australian theatre and music circles, he is also known as 'Richie Branco'.Richard Brancatisano He was touring with New Zealand Artist (Gin Wigmore).

He appears in the international children's TV series The Elephant Princess (season 2) as Caleb and in Home and Away as Prince Vittorio Secca.

He is the main protagonist in the hit Australian stage play, turned to big screen sensation, Alex & Eve 2015, written by Alex Lykos. A modern take on Romeo and Juliet and likened to My Big Fat Greek Wedding but taken to the next level, the synchronous multicultural dating landscape between an Greek Orthodox Alex and a Muslim Lebanese, Eve, played by Andrea Demetriades, and also stars Tony Nikolakopoulos, Zoe Carides and George Kapiniaris.

Filmography

Year Title Character Notes
1995 White Collar Blue Darcy Worth 1 episode. (episode #2.2)
2004 Double the Fist Gate Terrorist 1 episode. (episode # 1.7 "Terrorism")
2006 Power Rangers Mystic Force Xander Bly, Green Mystic Range 32 episodes; main role
This Girl in the Desert Horned Man Short film (30 mins.)
2007 The Sixth Commandment ? Short film (17 mins.)
Power Rangers Operation Overdrive Xander Bly, Green Mystic Ranger 2 episodes: "Once a Ranger": Part 1 & Part 2; guest star
2009 Whiteline Thommo Short film (11 mins.)

The Elephant Princess

Caleb 27 episodes
Cupid Cupid Short film (14 mins.)
2010 Home and Away[1] Prince Vittorio Seca 22 episodes
2011 Underbelly: Razor Guido Calletti 13 episodes
Things To Do Pete Short film (7 mins.)
2012 Bait Rory Feature film
Dripping In Chocolate Saxon Blake TV Movie
2013 Dance Academy Rhys O'Leary 4 episodes
Reef Doctors Dr. Rick D'Alessandro 13 episodes
2014-2015 Chasing Life Dominic Russo TV series; main role
2015 Alex & Eve Alex Feature Film; main protagonist

Theatre work

Public Appearances

Richard was one of the guests of the Power Morphicon, the first Power Rangers convention, at Los Angeles in June 2007.

References

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