- Birth nameRoderick Lee Balli
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- As a child Rod would dream of one day being up on the big screen. As a boy his mother would drop he and his brother's off at the local theater. It was his time for magical solitude. At twelve years of age, he was writing country music lyrics. By fifteen, he had achieved his black belt in kung-fu and was teaching from his own martial arts school. By nineteen he had decided to follow his dream, enrolling in an Acting and Modeling agency in Austin, Texas. Lacking confidence he quickly strayed, working various jobs instead until his move to New York at twenty-one.
His first professional job finally came a couple of years later when he was cast as a dancer for a bank commercial. Crossing over into writing, he was first published in 1996 in the nonfiction genre of real estate. Later, he crossed over into fiction, becoming one of the youngest authors in history to ever publish three titles in one year within three separate genres under the name "Rod L. Griffin."
To date, he spends his time acting, producing and writing. He has appeared in numerous independent films and commercials and continues to pursue his acting, producing and writing careers. When he finds time he trains at Venue Actors Studio in the famed Lee Strasberg Method Acting technique.- IMDb Mini Biography By: SI Inc.
- Born in Austin, Texas
- Holds two black-belts in two martial arts systems and an advanced rank in a third.
- One of the youngest authors in history to ever release three titles in one year within three separate genres.
- Started teaching martial arts from his own school by age fifteen in Rocky Mt. North Carolina.
- Was first published in 1996 in the nonfiction genre of real estate investment. Crossed over into fiction in 2002.
- One of my main purposes in life is to bring aesthetics to this world - to bring happiness, motivation, inspiration and entertainment to people's lives through my art and my very beingness.
- I like producing films only if I can act in them because I like having creative control over my acting career.
- Producing films gives me executive power and ownership over the project. And owning anything is a good thing.
- Art is relative...meaning that some people are going to love it, some people are going to hate it and some are going to be indifferent about it.
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