40 March 2017 i LIC COURIER i www.qns.com Gerard Cordero knew at a young age that he wanted to be an actor. The Astoria resident grew up watching movies like “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Ghostbusters” and “Scarface” and thought it would be fun to immerse himself in these worlds. He studied acting at Rockland Community College and after school briefly took classes with acting coach Stuart Barney and Casting Director Workshops. But Cordero decided to put his passion on hold went into general contracting. “I did some acting briefly after college, but the timing didn’t work out very well due to personal things that I had going on in my life,” he said. “Securing a steady income was more important at that particular time.” In 2012, Cordero decided to once again take up acting and has appeared in hit shows such as “Person of Interest,” “Gotham” and “Luke Cage.” With his tall frame and husky voice, Cordero said he often gets type cast and plays roles such as cops, hit men and has even played a district attorney. “I guess I wanted to challenge myself,” Cordero said. “I did a lot of physical things – I played a wrestler, mixed martial artist. I wanted to try something different and see if I could challenge myself. I get to see different situations, the world through someone else’s eyes and how that goes up against what I’ve been through.” Cordero, who cites Taverna Kyclades and Bohemian Beer Garden as some of his favorite spots in Astoria, also wrote his own web series titled “Demonico.” The series follows Cordero, a man who was left for dead Acting Back in the Spotlight By Angela Matua Photos courtey of Gerard Cordero I generally get cast in a lot of action roles, whether it’s the good guy or bad guy, militia, cops, hit men. I get stereotyped. Recently, my management team has been pushing me more to go outside of the box. Gerard Cordero Actor
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