Rokki James

Rokki James is a New York and LA trained actor. Born Andreas Rokki Archontakis in Bonningheim, Germany. The son of a projector man Gus Archontakis and housewife Anthoula Petropolis, is also heir to the late Andreas Archontakis Movie Theater C.E.O. from Crete, Greece. Rokki's training started in his late teen years in New York City. While living in Hells Kitchen, he worked at venues like CBJB helping Heavy Metal bands set up on stage to support himself. Most of his free time went to studying Shakespeare Intensive at the Gramercy Park Studio. Rokki's on stage performances included "Winter's Tale", "Romeo & Juliet", "Othello" & "Antony & Cleopatra". In his early twenties Rokki moved to Chicago and trained as a boxer at Windy City Gym and worked as a print and runway model. In 1997 Rokki moved to Los Angeles and continued his studies at the Beverly Hills Playhouse learning Acting, Attitude & Administration with his first coach Milton Katsalas. His studies also excelled working at the Actors Circle studying Technique 1 & 2. In 2007 Rokki moved to Tampa, Florida landing several lead roles in film and plays. In 2017 Rokki was performing back to back on two musicals, he was cast as the musclebound toy boy The Creature Rocky in the musical "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" performing over a thousand plus sold out audience at the Polk County Theater. Rocky was also cast in the musical "The Full Monty" performing two months straight in front of sold out crowds. In 2018 Rokki was invited to The Actors Studio in New York to begin his audition process in which he performed Biff in Tennessee Williams "Death of a Salesman". In 2018 Rokki landed the lead role in a Paranormal Activity type film "Polterheist" which was an official selection at the prestigious Sunscreen Film Festival. In 2018 Rokki lives in Essex, New York and is cast in two Shakespeare productions performing Pistol in "Henry 1V" and Flute in "Midsummer Night's Dream. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Jennifer Madison