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ABOUT ME

I started my artistic career with dance, more than 12 years as a dancer, and then moved on to the theater.

My work is my passion, and this passion is what gives direction to my life. Throughout my career I have focused on learning and being better every day. 

 

My journey began when, as a child, my mother, a dance teacher, took me to my first dance class. I am, by vocation, a film and theater actor; I have also carried out some projects for streaming and commercial platforms for national and international companies.

Some data that  you may not know:

Height: 175cm / 5.9"

Weight: 69Kg / 154lb

Build: Muscular

Skin color: Caucasian

Hair: Light brown salt-and-pepper

Eye color: Green

Skills

Fencing / Military training / Handling weapons / Horse riding / Triathlon / Singing - baritone / Dancing

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LEADING ROLE - JULIA'S LABYRINTH

My first co-star in a feature film, I had already done two main roles in the shorts Laura and Ruleta, was Julia's Labyrinth, directed by Josías Domínguez and with the talented and renowned actress from Minicana Evelyna Rodríguez as a partner. The film is currently in post-production.

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REVIEW

Spanish multifaceted actor. I studied acting, also doing workshops on Stanislavski and theater of gesture; Classical dance in the Choreographic Art Studio (1981-1985) Corporal Training of the Actor and Dancer at the Méndez Leite School in Madrid. Already in the Dominican Republic, where I currently reside, I participated in acting workshops by José Roberto Díaz, Josema Rodríguez, Miguel Alcántara, Conrado Ortiz, Luis del Valle, as well as the assembly workshop for Microtheatre by Osbaldo Ostróngoli, monologues with Josema Rodríguez.   Shamanism as a resource for scenic interpretation with Raidher Díaz and workshop Scenes from two by Fausto Rojas.

My twelve years of experience as a dancer have taken me to almost twenty countries. In my career as an actor I have done a couple of dozen theater and film works; for the theater, Fuenteovejuna, 6 characters in search of an author, Waiting for Godot, Don Juan Tenorio and Bodas de Sangre stand out; for cinema The documentary Santo Domingo and the films Jupia, El App, A Tiro Limpio, El Laberinto de Julia and Trágico final; I have starred in the award-winning short films Laura and Ruleta, in the latter as a screenwriter, producer and director as well. I have recently shot an episode of the North American series Saint X. 

I am venturing into theater production with the play  “Child's Play” and the international musical “The Rocky Horror Show”. Together with the Venezuelan playwright Jan Thomas Mora Rujano I am working on a wonderful project for June 2023.

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