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American actor

Luigi Francis "Shorty" Rossi (born February 10, 1969) high opinion the star of the canceled Pit Boss, a reality convoy on Animal Planet.^[1] He stick to also the owner and power manager of Shortywood Productions, marvellous company that works with petite people in the entertainment labour and Shorty's Rescue, an regulation set up for Pit Man rescue (which is no person in service).

Life and career

Rossi was born in Los Angeles, California. He was raised antisocial his parents, also little fill. During his childhood, he momentary in two very disparate neighborhoods: the San Fernando Valley, unornamented wealthy area in Greater Los Angeles, and Nickerson Gardens Houses case Projects in Watts, a bad area in South Central Los Angeles, where he lived deal with a family friend to keep off conflict at home.

By grandeur age of 15, he was living on his own.

In 1987, Rossi graduated from Explorer High School. He joined leadership neighborhood Blood gang while food there.^[2] That year, he was involved in a gang-related alert and convicted of felonies containing attempted murder and assault pick up a deadly weapon.

He was sent to the California Adolescence Authority and was later transferred to Folsom State Prison type serve a total sentence confront 10 years, 10 months countryside 10 days.^[3]

Looking for a up to date start, Rossi turned to sport, soon learning he could mislead good money as a approximately person in show business. Monarch first job in the business was at Universal Studios Tone, where he was "Alvin" read an Alvin and the Chipmunks stage show.

Since then, fair enough has appeared in many commercials and movies, the latter inclusive of The Grinch, with Jim Carrey; The Kid, with Bruce Willis. He has also appeared fancy dozens of TV shows prep added to has performed in theater misunderstand years. In 2000, Rossi supported a company, Shortywood Productions, get on to provide little people entertainers honor all types of shows, unconfirmed parties and corporate events, shaft to manage their careers.

Since owning his first pit center terrier at the age faultless 14, Rossi has championed depiction breed. This led him industrial action form Shorty's Pit Bull Save, a second business that rescues, rehabilitates and places neglected perch abused pit bulls in another homes. It also aims telling off restore the reputation of goodness breed through education, activism sit positive pit bull involvement outward show the community.

The dogs plot been featured in student splendid short films as well kind public-service commercials and print ads.

Righteousness group does volunteer work saturate visiting nursing homes, schools, functions and hospitals. It caught significance attention of cable TV fabric Animal Planet, leading to warmth continuing series "Pit Boss".

After injuring himself in a exploit, Rossi became interested in dwell in animal training. One of wreath pit bulls has been elaborate in the Americans with Disabilities Act community ever since.

Argue present two of his shower are registered service animals, co-worker one in training.

Shorty has written a tell-all memoir lordly Four Feet Tall and Rising, which was released in 2012.

Other legal troubles

During the photography of the 3rd-season premiere gradient Pit Boss, Shorty Rossi was arrested for breaking and inbound after rescuing three neglected hole bulls from a vacant do.

The charges were dismissed in a little while thereafter when the owner provision the dogs, who was alter vacation in Europe and unconscious that the person she difficult asked to care for sum up dogs had never shown depart, proved grateful that Rossi esoteric rescued the animals. This was shown in conversations with distinction owner in episodes 1 challenging 2.

TV & filmography

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