Sal Amaury Batista

Sal Amaury Batista was born on Apr 22, 1972 in Dominican Republic. Sal Amaury Batista's big-screen debut came with Drivers Wanted directed by T. Lee Beideck in 2005, strarring Mang (as Amaury Batista).

Salvador Amaury Batista was born on April 22nd 1972 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. At age sixteen, Sal Batista moved to New York City to pursue an education and opportunity in the US. Sal later attended John Jay College in New York, where he first studied criminal justice and planned to study law. After two and a half years, Batista discovered a new path after his English Literature professor asked him what he would "pursue with passion" if given the opportunity. Sal knew acting was his interest and quickly realized that a career in law was not the right move. He decided to pursue an acting career and started searching for that opportunity with passion. Upon recommendation by his English professor, Sal enrolled in his first acting class at the Henry Hudson Settlement House in New York. His second class followed at The New School for Social Research, also in New York City. Sal was later awarded a scholarship at the Chicago Actors Studio. He also studied and interned at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago. Batista gained stage experience as a bilingual actor in numerous plays. He landed his first feature film role in 1997 as "Mang" in Tim Beideck's, Drivers Wanted. The experience sparked his interest in film and television production.