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Vinny Silva also known as Vinicios Silva is an action actor. He was born in Brazil, He was The 2013 National APA Awards Second Place Winner- Action, and has done many films performing stunts using his special skills in the action. At the age 8 he was learning capoeira, parkour, gymnastics, skateboarding, bmx, horseback riding, and many other extreme sports. He was inspired by the Jean-Claude Van Damme movies of the 1990's and from childhood, knew he wanted to be an action movie star. Vinny Silva sought to learn the same stunts he saw in the movies from his own, and was very competitive to be the best in his classes and groups he was part of in moves,flexibility, jumping height, and courage. His parents divorced when he was young and from there he grew up with his aunt and uncle since the age of 8 and on until of the age of 16 years old which made him to be stronger and not let any obstacle in life stop his dreams. When he turned 18 he came to America to pursue his dream of working in Hollywood. He first moved to San Francisco, and started taking classes in the busy downtown Theatre district. After completing his Theatre major in college, Vinny started out working on student films and any other projects in the film side he could be part of and even did a Theatre play in "A Streetcar named Desire" as Pablo in San Francisco's busy Actors Theatre. As he continued to build his resume, Vinny continued his training with several gymnastics and martial arts schools. He ended up moving to Hollywood where he was finishing his college awhile doing gigs in the action field. He landed several large acting gigs in Los Angeles and still try to always be involved in action projects that is his true passion - action. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Andrew J. Neis