Rick Batalla

History

Rick Batalla has been a series regular, and guest star on various sitcoms and dramas for CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, FX and TBS.He was also a writer, and director for TBS's Dinner and A Movie. He is a founding member member of the LA based Troubadour Theater Company. He studied at The Second City and with the creator of the Groundlings.

Movies

Being the Ricardos

Tommy Wardrobe

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

Valentine's Day

Michael

More than a dozen Angelenos navigate Valentine's Day from early morning until midnight. Three couples awake together, but each relationship will sputter. A grade-school boy wants flowers for his first true love. Two high school seniors plan first-time sex at noon. A TV sports reporter gets the assignment to find romance in LA. A star quarterback contemplates his future. Two strangers meet on a plane. Grandparents, together for years, face a crisis. An 'I Hate Valentine's Day' dinner beckons the lonely and the lied to.

Gia

Hispanic Stylist Phillipe

Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, Gia quickly shoots to the top of the modeling world. When Cooper dies of lung cancer, however, Gia turns to drugs – and both she and her career begin to spiral out of control.

Eraser

Kevin, the Bartender

U.S. Marshall John Kruger erases the identities of people enrolled in the Witness Protection Program. His current assignment is to protect Lee Cullen, who's uncovered evidence that the weapons manufacturer she works for has been selling to terrorist groups. When Kruger discovers that there's a corrupt agent within the program, he must guard his own life while trying to protect Lee's.