Christian Olivo

Born in El Paso, Texas, from an early age Christian loved to entertain family and friends. During high school he became very active in sports including varsity football, track, hockey, wrestling and was captain of the drumline in the marching band while still excelling academically; earning a perfect score on his SAT in Math, and eventually graduating summa cum laude.

He then attended the US Air Force Academy in Colorado studying aerospace engineering and ranking first in his athletics class, competing in boxing and was a member of the cheerleading team. It was at the Academy where he rediscovered his love and passion for acting and entertainment, producing and choreographing highly viewed dance videos. In 2011, he attended Arizona State University where he continued to excel in athletics participating in pole vaulting, football and bodybuilding while studying business and film acting appearing in 15 student productions before graduating in 2015.

Relocating to Los Angeles after graduation, Christian devoted himself to training with top coaches in theatrical/commercial acting, voice over and improvisation at The Groundlings School. He soon landed modeling work in fitness, fashion, and commercials as well as appearing on television in a number of films. Most recently he appeared in FX’s American Crime Story: Assassination of Gianni Versace, A Royal Christmas Ball on ION TV starring Tara Reid, and 2 national commercials including Seventh Generation with Maya Rudolph, and a Dr. Pepper campaign.

In 2018, Christian is preparing for the advanced level of The Groundlings School, studying with Meisner acting expert John Ruskin and A-List coach Nancy Banks’ school and booking new acting roles. In addition, Christian started his new entertainment production company, We Is Entertainment (WIE) that has several feature film and television projects in development as a producer and actor.

Look out for more Christian on his social media and soon to be releasing an online series of comedy sketches.