Born: Sept. 24, 1965 / Seattle, WA
Dual Citizenship: USA / Canada

Lauro has been a professional stunt man and actor for over 15 years and has worked internationally as a Stunt Coordinator, Fight Choreographer, Stunt Performer, and as an Actor.  He has performed and/or set up an extensive range of stunts as listed on his resume.

He started training on his own in the martial arts 20 years ago but started his formal training in Shotokan Karate under Sensei Cameron Steuart in 1985.  One year later Sensei Steuart joined the Japan Karate Federation under Master Fumio Demura.  It was two years later that Lauro received his black belt from Master Fumio Demura in Shito-Ryu Karate.  Lauro has since studied Aikido, Judo, Kobudo, Tae Kwon-Do, and a little Jujitsu to help round out his martial arts skills for film and t.v.  Lauro was the martial arts and gymnastics behind Michaelangelo in the Fox Kids series "Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation".

Lauro joined the crew of "Walker, Texas Ranger" for the last two seasons, creating and coordinating fights for all the characters on the hit CBS show.  Lauro went on to Coordinate and perform stunts for the hit WB series "Smallville" during the first season.  Lauro has worked closely with actors such as Tom Cruise in "The Last Samurai", Jackie Chan in "Shanghai Noon" and "Rumble in the Bronx", Samo Hung in "Martial Law", Antonio Banderas in the "13th Warrior" and with The Undertaker as fight choreographer and fight double on his debut in the series "Poltergeist".  And with action directors such as John Woo, Stanley Tong, John Glen, and John McTiernan.

Training Motion Picture Driving & Safety Clinic Stunt Level 1 & 2 (Instructor: Rick Seaman & Harry Wowchuk) Proformance Advanced Driving School (Instructor: Jay Weir/Dan Kok) Black Belt Certificate J.K.F. Of America (Fumio Demura) Advanced Acting Course New Image Cold Reading / Auditioning Workshop (Michael Berry) Commercial Acting Workshop (John Miranda / Mary Jo Calett)
Skills Stunt Coordinator Fight Choreographer 20 Yrs Martial Arts Experience Karate Aikido Judo Tae Kwon-Do Kobudo (Weapons) Boxing Gymnastics Running Back 3/4 Flip Full Running Gainer Fire work (full burns)			. Wire work High Falls Rappelling Climbing Ratchets Air Rams (front & back flips) Mini-Trampoline Rollerblading Horse work: Saddle falls (back overs) Horse Falls Stair falls Car hits Motorcycle and Snowmobile work Precision Driver Car work (90's, 180's, 360's, etc.) Pipe Rolls and Cannon Rolls
Lauro works hard to see that production gets everything they need to make their production run safely and smoothly.

Lauro moved from Seattle to Northern Saskatchewan, Canada at age six where his mother bought a small ranch in the wilderness. Lauro spent his time there while growing up, working on the ranch, riding horses, hunting and trapping. By age eight he knew what he wanted to do with his life when his mother took him to a Chuck Norris movie. During the film Lauro said to his Mom, "Thats what I want to be when I grow up". She said, "What, be an actor and Martial Arts star like Chuck Norris ?" Lauro replied, "No, I want to be like the guy he's fighting with and throwing through windows and stuff !" She just said, "Oh no, you want to be a stunt man!" From then on Lauro never let go of his dream.