One half of his childhood he spent in the San Fernando Valley (a wealthy area of Los Angeles), but after he argued with his parents, he moved to a poor southern part of Los Angeles and lived there with parents of his friend.

He attended Fremont High School, and after graduation in 1987, he hung out with a bad gang in his poor neighborhood. Eventually, he was involved in a bloody fight with weapons. He could not avoid the punishment and has been convicted of felonies. By court decision, he spent 10 years and 10 month in Folsom State Prison.

When he came out from the prison, he had to start a new life and find a job. It was quite difficult for a former prisoner to find a good job, but in that case, his small height came in handy. Rossi realized that he could build a good career in an entertainment field. He found a job, playing “Alvin” in Universal Studios Hollywood stage show “Alvin and the Chipmunks”. Once appeared in Hollywood he quickly earned a reputation of a good small actor, and then he played in “Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas” or simply “The Grinch”, fantasy comedy-drama “The Kid” with Bruce Willis.

He participated in many movies and TV shows, like The Andy Dick Show (2001), The Beast (2001), Who Knows the Band (2001), The Nick Cannon Show (2002), Passions (2002) and other. His most significant work was in docudrama Pit Boss that aired on Animal Planet from January 2010 to March 2013. The series was about rescue and rehabilitate pit bulls, where Shorty Rossi talked about his organization “Shorty's Rescue” and the issue of neglected and abused pit bulls. He also founded an organization Shortywood Productions, which helped little people like him to earn a living in the entertainment industry.

Rossi was also a Cigars Rights Activist, helped abandoned pit bulls and trained them. He had a kind heart, once he saved pit bulls from a vacant house, for what he could get to jail again, but the owner of the house said, that it was his fault, that he left the animals without food.

Luigi Rossi now has a net worth about four million dollars. Despite of his big fortune and kind heart, he still did not find a girlfriend. He definitely has not been married and there are no information about his affairs. There have been rumors about his sexual orientation, but they all are unproven.

Rossi is an active user of social networks, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. You can find the most recent information about his life and his Pit Bull Rescue. There are also a lot of photos of him on the internet and they are available to download.