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''. He then co-starred as Harry Brooks in the biographical war drama ''

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'' (2014) and as Billy in the crime drama ''

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'' (2015).

Early life

Lofranco was born in

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on October 18, 1992, to Rocco (Rocky) C. Lofranco, a lawyer, and Amy Lofranco, an opera singer. His parents divorced when he was a child. He has one older brother, Santino, and was raised in

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. He attended

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military school from

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through

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, after struggling with the traditional school system. Lofranco currently lives in

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Career

On June 19, 2012, Lofranco was cast as Conrad Hartman, a high school senior touring a college campus, in the independent romantic comedy '' At Middleton''. He starred alongside

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and

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in the film, which premiered at the

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on May 17, 2013, and was released in a

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and through on

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on January 31, 2014. He had his first starring role, as the troubled teenager James Burns, in Trevor White's biographical crime drama film ''

''. The film also starred

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and

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, and was released on January 3, 2014, through

before being released on January 17, 2014, in a

. In 2014, he co-starred in

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's war drama ''

'' as Harry Brooks, opposite Jack O'Connell,

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and

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. The film was released to theaters on December 25, 2014 by

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. That same year, he also starred in the short thriller film ''Home'', written and directed by John Henry Hinkel, playing the role of Mark. In 2015, he co-starred in the crime film ''

'', alongside

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and

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. The film premiered at the

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on April 19, 2015. The film was released on December 11, 2015, in a

and through

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Personal life

On August 6, 2013, while driving his SUV, Lofranco hit actress Camille Banham, who was riding her bike at the time. Lofranco initially stopped his vehicle and apologized, but then returned to his vehicle and drove away without offering help, leaving Banham with a broken hip and other fractures. Lofranco was convicted of

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and sentenced to 50 days of

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. By 2018 Lofranco, by choice, was living on the beach as a homeless person selling his art and went by the nickname 'Fire'.

Filmography

References

External links

* https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw7X2ujTx4A {{DEFAULTSORT:Lofranco, Spencer 1992 births 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian expatriate male actors in the United States Canadian people of Italian descent Canadian male film actors Canadian male child actors Living people Male actors from Toronto