# Rodrigo Lopresti

Rodrigo Lopresti (born September 6, 1976) is an American-Argentine actor, musician and film director who lives in Brooklyn, New York. He released songs as The Hermitt, with his first commercial album released in 2003.

## Biography
### Personal life

Rodrigo Lopresti was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the youngest of two children. Lopresti grew up in Miami, Florida. He graduated Miami Beach Senior High in 1995. Lopresti became the singer and guitar player of a surf-punk band called Garlands Room in 1994. He released an album two years later under the name The Hermitt. He played most of the instruments in the 2003 release titled & The Story of the Insects. Lopresti is also a painter.

### Career

Lopresti got his start with a small role in the movie Dark Voices (2001), and since has appeared in several TV shows, Web Shorts, and commercials. He's also appeared in several movies, including Delirious and The Imperialists Are Still Alive!. His band, The Hermitt and two songs he wrote were featured in the film Last Days. Lopresti won a 2006 Best Short Film Award at the Charlotte Film Festival for the film Lucia, which he directed and played the lead role. He also directed and starred in You're Gonna Feel Funny After, a short film written by Noah Buschel In 2011 he co-wrote, co-directed and starred in i'm not me, his first feature as a director, which was selected as part of the IFP lab of 2010 and Wroclaw's Gotham In Progress 11 projects of 2011. He's also had roles in Bringing Rain, The Missing Person, and Neal Cassady.

## The Hermitt

Lopresti built a recording studio in a tiny windowless closet of a Brooklyn apartment he shared with Francis Benhamou. Lopresti recorded, arranged and mastered 14 songs into a Korg digital 8-track device. In 2003, "& The Story of The Insects" was born. He released the album under Devious Semantics, a record label he co-founded with Kevin Brady and Tyler Fenio.
Lopresti played most of the instruments on the album and designed the cover artwork. Ryan Donowho played drums on "& Calistos Curse." and Patrick Galligan on “I-Mold”, “A Pointless Ride”, “The Man Behind The Mask”, and “El Rostro Impenetrable”.
Gus Van Sant featured two songs, "Seen as None," and "Pointless Ride," on the soundtrack for his 2005 movie "Last Days." The Hermitt band, featuring Kevin Brady on bass and Patrick Galligan on drums, was the band playing at a bar in the Last Days movie.
The band has not performed live since 2008.

### Discography

* The Alchis EP
* Sessions in Pagoda EP
* The Hermitt & the Story of the Insects LP

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2020 | Holy New York | Hector | Feature Film |
| 2019 | FBI | Professor Will Kelly | Episode: "A New Dawn" |
| 2018 | Julian Got the Part | Julian | Short Film |
| 2018 | Castle Rock | Gaddis | Episode: "Past Perfect" |
| 2017 | The Ningyo | C. Marlowe | Short Film |
| 2016 | 4am Redmond And Meda | Redmond | Short Film |
| 2016 | Women Who Kill | Jackson | Feature Film |
| 2016 | Vinyl | Danny | Episode: "E.A.B." |
| 2015 | The Challenger | Pete the Cameraman | Feature Film |
| 2015 | Blindspot | Shawn Palmer | Episode: "Cede Your Soul " |
| 2013 | A Song Still Inside | Michael Hayes | Feature Film |
| 2012 | Blue Bloods | Keith Daley | Episode: "Mother's Day" |
| 2011 | I'm Not Me | Josh Morgan | Feature Film |
| 2010 | The Imperialsists Are Still Alive! | Eagle | Feature Film |
| 2009 | You're Gonna Feel Funny After | Mike | Short Film |
| 2009 | The Missing Person | Carlos Clemente | Feature Film |
| 2008 | Last Call | Francisco | Feature Film |
| 2007 | Neal Cassady | Jim Maris | Feature Film |
| 2006 | The Night Listener | Young Man at Party | Feature Film |
| 2006 | Delirious | Demo | Feature Film |
| 2006 | Lucia | Andrew Lasky | Short Film |
| 2005 | Last Days | The Hermitt (Band in Club) | Feature Film |
| 2003 | Bringing Rain | Reb Babbitt | Feature Film |
| 2001 | Dark Voices | Diego | Feature Film |