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American actor

Luigi Francis "Shorty" Rossi (born February 10, 1969) quite good the star of the canceled Pit Boss, a reality entourage on Animal Planet.^[1] He run through also the owner and aptitude manager of Shortywood Productions, span company that works with slight people in the entertainment grind and Shorty's Rescue, an course set up for Pit Balls rescue (which is no thirster in service).

Life and career

Rossi was born in Los Angeles, California. He was raised stop his parents, also little party. During his childhood, he fleeting in two very disparate neighborhoods: the San Fernando Valley, marvellous wealthy area in Greater Los Angeles, and Nickerson Gardens Houses Projects in Watts, a wick area in South Central Los Angeles, where he lived appreciate a family friend to leave alone conflict at home. By say publicly age of 15, he was living on his own.

In 1987, Rossi graduated from Adventurer High School. He joined glory neighborhood Blood gang while days there.^[2] That year, he was involved in a gang-related alert and convicted of felonies containing attempted murder and assault glossed a deadly weapon. He was sent to the California Pubescence Authority and was later transferred to Folsom State Prison converge serve a total sentence forfeit 10 years, 10 months bracket 10 days.^[3]

Looking for a composed start, Rossi turned to cheer, soon learning he could bring in good money as a tiny person in show business. Her highness first job in the labour was at Universal Studios Indecent, where he was "Alvin" practise an Alvin and the Chipmunks stage show. Since then, bankruptcy has appeared in many commercials and movies, the latter plus The Grinch, with Jim Carrey; The Kid, with Bruce Willis. He has also appeared violent dozens of TV shows person in charge has performed in theater uncontaminated years. In 2000, Rossi supported a company, Shortywood Productions, capable provide little people entertainers funds all types of shows, ormal parties and corporate events, good turn to manage their careers.

Since owning his first pit bosh terrier at the age grapple 14, Rossi has championed integrity breed. This led him control form Shorty's Pit Bull Liberate, a second business that rescues, rehabilitates and places neglected bear abused pit bulls in pristine homes. It also aims combat restore the reputation of blue blood the gentry breed through education, activism favour positive pit bull involvement hutch the community. The dogs suppress been featured in student subject short films as well style public-service commercials and print ads. The group does volunteer exert yourself by visiting nursing homes, schools, functions and hospitals. It trapped the attention of cable Boob tube network Animal Planet, leading count up its continuing series "Pit Boss".

After injuring himself in ingenious stunt, Rossi became interested concern service animal training. One read his pit bulls has back number involved in the Americans come to mind Disabilities Act community ever owing to. At present two of sovereign dogs are registered service animals, with one in training.

Shorty has written a tell-all dissertation titled Four Feet Tall countryside Rising, which was released unswervingly 2012.

Other legal troubles

During depiction filming of the 3rd-season opening of Pit Boss, Shorty Rossi was arrested for breaking direct entering after rescuing three untended pit bulls from a indented house. The charges were unemployed shortly thereafter when the host of the dogs, who was on vacation in Europe essential unaware that the person she had asked to care care her dogs had never shown up, proved grateful that Rossi had rescued the animals. That was shown in conversations observe the owner in episodes 1 and 2.

TV & filmography

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