Alvaro Lages Bernardo Jr. (AJ) was born on May 26th, 1999. He was raised in the small suburban town of Newington, Connecticut. Growing up AJ was fascinated with professional wrestling, it consumed most of his early and then teenage years. While attending an independent wrestling event in February 2014 he met local actor/producer/wrestling personality, David Gere. David would later become somewhat of a mentor to him. AJ would use his connections in the wrestling world to help get David booked on local wrestling shows and in return David introduced him to the movie industry. In January 2015, AJ went to his first movie set, 'Blue Line'. During the summer of 2015 AJ started his career in the movie industry. First working as a Production Assistant for the film 'The Getter' directed by Jacob Cooney. AJ would go on to be an extra in several other films before landing his first speaking role as 'Cal' in the movie 'House Rules' in early 2016. Aside from his acting career AJ is a professional wrestler who trained under the guidance of the legendary Paul Roma & Mario Mancini. In August 2016 AJ would make his professional wrestling debut under the name of 'Zane Bernardo'. Show less «