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Robert Fontaine Jr. (born July 11, 1967 in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an American actor most notably recognized for his role as Rafe Castillo on NBC's soap opera ''Santa Barbara''. He portrayed the role from 1992 to 1993. Prior to joining the show, Robert portrayed Frankie Greco on ABC's soap General Hospital he was the only actor at the time to be cast for a Los Angeles based show in eleven years. In 1998, Robert joined the cast of ''As the World Turns'' and portrayed the role of Ray Guzman until 2000. Robert began his acting career in New York City in 1983, training with the late and legendary theater director/teacher Gene Frankel. Robert’s first feature film debut was in “The Beat” (1987) shot in New York. Paul Mones’ directorial debut. This led to featured roles in “Pay Back,” “Whispers” “Nightlife”, and “Hear Mrs. Weber?” As an actor Robert has also worked with notable directors such as Wes Anderson (''Bottle Rocket'', ''Rushmore'', ''Royal Tennebaums''), Paul Mones (''The Beat''), Able Ferrara (''China Girl'' and ''The Bad Lieutenant'') and Eric Schaffer “Mind The Gap” 2006. After becoming disillusioned with the industry, and not willing to settle for a career playing a stereo-type, Robert made his directorial debut with the short film entitled “Rebels” (1995). The film led to the financing of the full length feature ''Crispy Crackers and Beans'' (1997) which Robert co-wrote, co-produced, directed and starred in. The film had its premier in New York 1997, at the IFFM and fostered strong interest from studios and distributors and caught the attention of Martin Scorsese (currently, ''Crispy Crackers And Beans'', has been acquired by Netflix, is quickly becoming a cult classic). After a remake deal that lasted two years with a major production house that went nowhere, Robert turned his focus to creating his own production company, Industrial House Films. "It will be the perfect vehicle for producing a slate of films between the 2 to 5 million dollar range. Films that are story-driven and beholden to no genré", says Fontaine. The company is independently financed and will make its first feature debut in 2015 with the motion picture entitled Mi America''. A character-driven drama about the racial identity crisis in America. Robert is the writer-director of the company's initial film production, ''Mi America''. Rick Porras (''Lord of The Rings Trilogy'') and Doug Claybourne (''Nights in Rodanthe'' and ''North Country'') will serve as producers. ==External links== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Fontaine Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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