- At 18 he attempted to join the US Marines and was rejected. Two years later he tried to join the US Army and was rejected again.
- Decided to get braces at the age of 20 and wore them for 18 months.
- Takes cold showers everyday.
- Is part of a lifetime medical research study at The Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation for a subdural hematoma (TBI) he received from his motorcycle accident.
- Former troubled youth who dropped out of school, accumulated over 40 arrests, spent time on Rikers Island, the Spofford Juvenile Center, and Saint Vincent's Psychiatric Hospital.
- The first film he ever auditioned for was The Best Thief in the World (2004) while attending summer school.
- At 19 he rode around on a motorcycle selling life insurance.
- He was overweight while growing up reaching a peak obesity of 240 pounds.
- In 2009 he skipped a year of high school to play World of Warcraft. During that time he was a successful high-end raid healer and achieved 2200 arena status on his Holy Paladin. At the peek of his gaming addiction he would sleep in stairwells, subways, public parks, and underneath piles of laundry to avoid going to school. He was known for trading gold in exchange for Domino's Pizza.
- Was in a traumatic motorcycle accident on May 23rd, 2013 where he t-boned a bus in the middle of Manhattan.
- Over a five day period, he rode 439 miles on a stationary bike to drop 6.5lbs.
- Moments after waking up from nasal surgery, he performed a "Jesse Pinkman" monologue from Breaking Bad.
- Became one of 44 accepted into NYU's premiere Screen Acting workshop, "Stonestreet Studios", in NYC (Summer, 2014).
- He is the son of Alexander Shatravka, a Soviet political prisoner, and Catherine Ann Fitzpatrick, a Russian translator/journalist.
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