Sam Masto is your quintessential triple threat (actor, singer, software engineer), from San Francisco, CA. He was first exposed to the horrors of student theater when he was 13 and never looked back. He enrolled in Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center where he spent his summers playing roles like Charlemagne in Pippin and originated the role of Jake in Evil Dead The Musical (High School Version).
In September of 2017 he enrolled in Brown University and studied Computer Science between shows and rehearsals. He began screen acting his Sophomore year when he acted in his first production with the student film group, Brown Motion Pictures (BMP). Between BMP, independent film projects, and student theater, he’s played roles varying from villainous mattress shop owners to romantic film directors. He furthered his passion for acting in the Theater Arts and Performance Studies (TAPS) department through extensive classes and productions, and in 2021 was awarded the MH Hicks Award for outstanding and dedicated work in the department.
After graduating in May of 2021, he realized that he never should have left California and moved to LA with the goal of wearing a t-shirt in January. Since moving, he has performed in several graduate student films from USC, NYFA, and LMU, and in Boomstick Theater’s Space Captain: Captain of Space. He’s currently working through the Groundlings core track, and is dabbling in additonal improv training at UCB. He is commercially represented by AKA Talent Agency. In his free time, you can find him head-banging at a concert, running a dungeons and dragons session, or maybe singing about drinking piña coladas in the rain.