Richard Brancatisano

Richard Peter Brancatisano (born 29 October 1983), also known by his stage name Richie Branco, is an Australian television actor and musician, best known for his roles as Xander Bly, the Green Mystic Ranger, in Power Rangers: Mystic Force and Dominic Russo on the ABC Family drama series, Chasing Life.

Richard Brancatisano
at Star Trek Into Darkness Australian premiere, 2013
Born	Richard Peter Brancatisano (1983-10-29) 29 October 1983 (age 41) Sydney
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	2002–present

Early life and education

Brancatisano was born in Sydney to an Italian father and an Australian mother. His interest in the dramatic arts began at an early age, and he appeared in several musicals and plays at his high school, The King's School in Parramatta.^[1]

He studied for three years at Theatre Nepean.

Career

Before appearing in Power Rangers, Richard performed as Corey in the 2005 season of Boyband: The Musical, put on by Ricochet Working Productions, an Australian theatre company, and in the theatre production "Vin," as the lead character, Vin..

In the Australian theatre and music circles, he is also known as "Richie Branco".^[2] He was touring with New Zealand Artist (Gin Wigmore).

He appears in the international children's TV series The Elephant Princess (season 2) as Caleb and in Home and Away as Prince Vittorio Secca.

He is the main protagonist in the hit Australian stage play, turned to big screen sensation, Alex & Eve (2015), written by Alex Lykos. A modern take on Romeo and Juliet and likened to My Big Fat Greek Wedding but taken to the next level, the synchronous multicultural dating landscape between a Greek Orthodox Alex and a Muslim Lebanese, Eve, played by Andrea Demetriades, and also stars Tony Nikolakopoulos, Zoe Carides and George Kapiniaris.

He released his debut single "Fight Me" on 10 July 2018.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	This Girl in the Desert	Horned Man	Short
2009	Whiteline	Thommo	Short
2009	Cupid	Cupid	Short
2011	Things to Do	Pete	Short
2012	Bait 3D	Rory
2015	Hamish Anderson: Little Lies	Talk Show Host	Video short
2015	Alex & Eve	Alex

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	White Collar Blue	Darcy Worth	"2.2"
2004	Double the Fist	Gate Terrorist	"Terrorism"
2006	Power Rangers Mystic Force	Xander Bly/Green Mystic Ranger	Main role
2007	Power Rangers Operation Overdrive	Xander Bly/Green Mystic Ranger	"Once a Ranger: Parts 1 & 2"
2007	Home and Away	Theo Barrett	1 episode
2010	Home and Away	Prince Vittorio Seca	Recurring role
2011	The Elephant Princess	Caleb	Main role (season 2)
2011	Underbelly: Razor	Guido Calletti	Main role
2012	Dripping in Chocolate	Saxon Blake	TV film
2013	Reef Doctors	Dr. Rick D'Alessandro	Main role
2013	Dance Academy	Rhys O'Leary	Recurring role
2014–15	Chasing Life	Dominic Russo	Main role
2016	Struggling Servers	Actor	"The Coach"
2018	Olivia: Hopelessly Devoted to You	Matt Lattanzi	Miniseries
2018–2019	Harrow	Sgt. Gabriel Capello	2 episodes
2022	After the Verdict	Dom	6 episodes
2023	The Messenger	Joe	2 episodes
2024	Critical Incident	Theo Leon	3 episodes

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Hearts and Diamonds	King of Diamonds
2004	The Wind in the Willows	Ratty
2005	Boyband: The Musical	Corey
2005	Vin	Vin

Public appearances

Richard was one of the guests of the Power Morphicon, the first Power Rangers convention, at Los Angeles in June 2007 and August 2014.