Gregory Piccirilli

Gregory Marshall Piccirilli (original sir name: Hernandez) was born on January 27, 1992 in Roswell, GA. His mother, Adele Teresa (Piccirilli), is of Italian descent, and is a licensed therapist who owns her own practice. His father, Marshall Ray Hernandez, who is of Puerto Rican/ Irish descent. Gregory attended Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia where he majored in theatre and minored in film. He was in a number of plays while attending college: playing Frondoso in Fuente Ovejuna, Happy Loman in Death of Salesman, Laertes in Hamlet, Hlestakov in Government Inspector, Midas in Metamorphoses and Katurian in The Pillowman. After graduating college in December 2015, he was cast as Daniel in the play The Waverly Gallery with the Lean Ensemble Theatre. While moving back in with his parents, Gregory worked as a teaching artist at the Alliance Theatre. While at the Alliance, he understudied for the role Otros Animales in the play, Lizard and El Sol directed by Rosemary Newcott. After ending his time with the Alliance, Gregory traveled, worked odd jobs, and sorted through different life struggles. The largest milestone: coming to terms with his sexuality. Gregory identifies as gay. He is extremely proud to be apart of the incredible queer community. While it was a hard time, there was a tremendous amount of growth gained during that time. Gregory trained in improvisation at the Village Theatre and joined a troupe called The Channel Surfers; performing weekly on their main stage. He trained with Deborah Richards to learn how to record, edit and make money doing voice over. During this time, Gregory did a number of non- union short films through Georgia State, SCAD (Atlanta), Clayton State University, as well as independent (non-collegiate) filmmakers. The first professional play, in Atlanta, Gregory performed in was with The Weird Sisters Project production company. The show The Electric baby was directed by Ibi Owolabi in September 2018. Because of that show, Gregory was able to sign with the agency Privilege Talent. Almost immediately, Gregory booked the lead in his first union film entitled A Christmas Tree Love Story. Because of his work in The Electric Baby, Gregory was asked to audition for his first union play called Angry Fags. He booked the lead role and performed in March of 2019. In the summer of 2019, Gregory had a co-star role on the season 2 of a Netflix Series. After the co-star role Gregory received his SAG eligibility. He also was the lead in a commercial for the clothing brand GodSpeed Co. Gregory and a group of other film creatives put together a queer play and short film called Head to Head. It focused on highlighting the Atlanta queer rights activist, Maria Elena Dolan. Gregory is set to shoot 2 films with the director Jonothen Mitchell in the fall and winter of 2019.