Brian La Rosa provided the suit performance for Ted Bedderhead in the Creature Shop-effects film The Country Bears. He also worked uncredited on Where the Wild Things Are as one of the suit performers for Douglas.[1]
La Rosa was trained in classical and musical theatre at Carnegie Mellon University and Wright State University. He developed as an improviser at the Second City and Upfront Comedy.
La Rosa's first suit job was as a killer gray gorilla in the film Congo. Since then, he has worked in commercials, television and film, expanding his character repertoire to include a wide variety of animals and creatures, working in costumes and prosthetic makeup and also as a motion capture artist for digital imaging.
Projects include Day of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead 3D, Planet of the Apes (doing ape stunts), Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Ameriquest, and ads for Ask.com.