Alex Bello didn’t choose the stage—it found him.
He was just a kid bursting with energy. He’d sing and dance through the house until his mother noticed the spark. She decided to channel it somewhere bigger and signed him up for theater classes. Soon enough, the living room performances turned into something more. Bello gravitated towards the stage and the camera, drawn into a world of spotlights, stories and standing ovations. The boy who once danced through the hallways of his home is now an accomplished actor, lighting up Broadway and the screen with a talent that began with a simple love for performing.
Broadway may have been a faraway dream as a kid, but Bello made it a reality. He played Jackie Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change, Salvatore in The Rose Tattoo and Bert in All My Sons, bringing his unique energy to each performance. On-screen, he appeared as Sebastian Campbell in Theater Camp and Henry Wexley in the Sex and the City reboot And Just Like That…, among other credits.
For Bello, nothing quite matches the rush of performing live: “It’s one chance,” he says. “You get on stage, and it’s an immediate reaction from the audience—people cheering, people clapping, people standing up and people laughing. You immediately get to know what people think of you, and it’s this rush because there’s no going back.”
With film, he explains, it’s a new animal: “You can do one line eight times and spend eight hours on a two-minute scene that nobody is gonna see for months.” It’s an entirely different experience for Bello, but he embraces it.
Bello’s approach to different roles has evolved as he’s grown as an actor. “I think about a person who is similar to the character I’m playing and try to emulate what they would do,” he explains. “If I have to audition for someone who is really funny, I think of the funniest person I know and try to put their cadence and what they would do into it.” It’s a far cry from the early days when he simply memorized lines. Now, he approaches each role intentionally by incorporating real-life inspirations. For Bello, it’s no longer just about delivering words—it’s about drawing from people around him to build performances that feel authentic.
Throughout his career, acting has become not only a craft but a way of seeing the world. To Bello, acting serves as “a reminder to have more fun with life,” he reflects, explaining how each character he plays leaves an imprint on him. Playing a mean character, for example, might bring out a sharper edge in him, while a confident role is a reminder to carry that confidence offstage. Through his different roles, acting has become a toolkit for navigating life’s challenges; Bello draws on his characters’ traits to help him handle real-life situations with a new outlook. “If you think, ‘What would a character do?’ then it’s easier to take yourself out of your own experiences, making many difficult experiences easier,” he explains. “If you pretend that everything isn’t real, it makes everything easier.”
Reflecting on his career thus far, Bello has some advice for aspiring performers: enjoy it. “It’s a crazy experience, and it’s so much fun,” he says of Broadway. But it’s also taught him the importance of seizing every opportunity. “There are some opportunities I turned down, and in hindsight, I’m like, ‘You should’ve taken that because it would have been a really good experience.’”
For Bello, success isn’t just about talent—it’s about bringing professionalism and personality to each job. “Every kid can take singing lessons or dancing lessons or acting lessons,” he explains, “but if you’re professional, if you show up on time, if you’re smart, if you’re just a good person to be around, they’re gonna want you so much more.”
Bello’s philosophy is simple but powerful: be different, be dependable, and, above all, be someone others want to work with.
Broadway may have been his childhood dream, but now Bello’s setting his sights on something arguably bigger: Hollywood. “I want to be a filmmaker and make movies, write them, direct them and really take over Hollywood,” he says confidently. He’s ready to carve out his own path in the industry—one that blends his love for performance with a newfound drive to create.
From dancing in his living room to rising as a star on Broadway and beyond, Bello never stopped reaching for his next challenge. As he sets his sights on Hollywood, Bello shows us that a passion ignited in childhood can grow into something far grander—a reminder that the dreams we hold onto as kids might just be within our grasp after all.
