Walter Tabayoyong

Walter was born and raised in Chicago Illinois where he studied at the American Conservatory of Music the Chicago Academy for the Arts University of Illinois at Chicago DePaul University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago He was in a string quartet with his siblings and toured the US and played at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila with Cecile Licad He danced with the Joel Hall Dancers for several seasons touring internationally and was a guest artist with numerous regional companies He has been in productions of West Side Story Miss Saigon Guys and Dolls and many others in both Chicago and Los Angeles He was one of the founding members in Chicago of the Asian sketch comedy group Stir Friday Night He is also a professional photographer and has photographed clients such as Toni Braxton Billy Wirth Michael Learned Marianne Williamson Alanis Morissette Joe Manganiello Owen Wilson John Rubinstein Bill Duke Emo Philips Elijah Wood Steven Adler and Billy Ray Cyrus He has shot for clients such as Maxim CocaCola Jockey Underwear the Sundance Film Festival FVM Global Magazine Style Fashion Week LA and UniBall Pens He is a recording artist and has a cd of his music entitled Breathe His illustrations have appeared in Playboy Magazine Face Magazine FVMglobalcom and numerous other ad campaigns He has cast worked on and appeared in music videos for Toni Braxton Chris Brown Logic Joyner Lucas 2 Chainz Lil Wayne E40 I Prevail Ty Dolla Sign and many others Film and TV acting credits include MacGyver Marry Me Secret in Their Eyes Jon Benjamin Has a Van and American Warfighter Produced three films in 2021 Krispr Crisis and Killer Whales Currently working on several projects with Mark Labella Joshua Lim Petrie Willink and many others He is the CEO of Altamero Management in Los Angeles