Bryan Arion Defied All Odds to Become an Actor in Hollywood

Almost every person in the world was born with innate potential. Knowing your passion is essential in helping you devote the time and energy required to hone your skills and become the person you were destined to be. Regardless of your background, true passion can enhance your career path and allow you to climb up the ladder of success.

Bryan Arion is an actor and musician based in Los Angeles, California. He is enthusiastic about his profession and acquired the skills and capabilities necessary to prosper in his acting career because of his hazardous upbringing.

Bryan was born in the dangerous region of Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico, the poorest and most violent state in Mexico, and one of the most dangerous places in the world. As Chilpancingo is an area of great poverty, violence, and danger, his mother’s side was heavily involved in the cartel.

Some of his relatives were victims and others had to join rival groups just to survive. One day when some tried to escape the lifestyle, the cartels discovered this and threatened to execute Bryan’s family. As a result, they beheaded his great-grandfather in front of his nine-year-old daughter, Bryan’s grandmother.

The tragedy kept the family in a constant state of fear, but Bryan always tried to bring a sense of relief and escape by acting out scenes from movies or performing skits for his loved ones.

Fortunately, after Bryan turned five, he and his mother fled Mexico and settled in a small town in North Carolina, as his mother had distant family in the area. Finally able to rebuild their lives, he and his mother both became U.S. citizens, which allowed them to travel freely. To honor their roots, culture, and heritage, they made it a tradition to visit Mexico every year.

Bryan’s mother was devoted to giving her son the best life she could. As a once aspiring actress herself, she fully immersed him in theater. Bryan also loved music and learned how to play the guitar and piano.

Even though life was much easier in North Carolina, Bryan faced a language barrier and was subjected to racism and bullying because he looked and spoke differently. His negative experiences prompted him to learn self-defense, which caused him to discover his second love, MMA.

Bryan excelled in Jiu-Jitsu and even won several tournaments throughout his younger years. However, he chose to pursue acting as his career after graduating from high school. Today he has appeared globally in several music videos, commercials, and TV shows, and has several projects set to be released very soon. Bryan aims to continue acting and start producing soon. Ultimately, he hopes to make a movie about his grandmother and write a book about her life.

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Dr. Jerry Doby Editor-in-Chief of The Hype Magazine, Media and SEO Consultant, Journalist, Ph.D. and retired combat vet. 2023 recipient of The President's Lifetime Achievement Award. Partner at THM Media Group. Member of the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, the United States Press Agency and ForbesBLK.