Jeff Marchelletta was born and raised in Long Island, NY. Before becoming an actor, Marchelletta was an executive at one of the USA's largest building contractors. After a modeling stint with Gianni Versace Marchelletta studied acting in NYC and LA and landed his first acting role as a recurring character on the American soap opera All My Children.
In 2002, Marchelletta received a Best Actor Nomination at the 2002 Modesto Film Festival for the film Hollywood Vampyr starring Muse Watson and Trevor Goddard. Marchelletta produced Ringers: Lord of the Fans. Ringers: Lord of the Fans received a 2006 Saturn Award nomination and won the "Outstanding Achievement Award in Filmmaking" at the 2005 Newport Beach Film Festival.