Teófilo Torres, actor and film directorįilm: ' Dios los cría', the Spanish language version of.One of the pioneers of telenovelas in Puerto Rico Starred in 'Ante La Ley', Puerto Rico's first telenovela. Hosted ' Anda Pa'l Cara' and ' Pa' Que Te Lo Goces' Elín Ortíz, actor, producer, comedian and screenwriter.įor many years interpreted 'Relíquia', mocking political corruption in Puerto Rico.įilm: Una Maid en Manhattan, ' Porque el amor manda', ' Santa Diabla' TV: Celia.Īcted in many telenovelas.Starred in the movie ' Lo que le Pasó a Santiago', directed by Jacobo Morales, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.įilm: American Gangster TV: Battlestar Galactica Tommy Muñiz, television producer comedian and actor.Mario Montez, female impersonator/actor.Walter Mercado, astrologer, dancer, telenovela actor, writer.He is now embarked on the writing of a second novel: a trip in the opposite direction of Waves, from the First to the Third World.Javier Culson, 400-meter hurdles Actors, actresses, comedians, directors and entertainers įilms: Under Suspicion, and ' El último de los amantes' (the Spanish language version of The Last of the Red Hot Lovers).įounder of New York City's Puerto Rican Traveling Theatreįilms: The Hot Chick, and Suffering Man's Charity, among others. But above all it follows three members of a Cuban family as they emigrate to the US.īefore this first foray into fiction, he had published several academic articles, mostly on phonetics and language teaching. His first novel, of around 63,000 words and entitled Waves, draws a parallel between three major Cuban migration episodes (Camarioca, Mariel, Rafters) and to some extent describes the political wrangling between Fidel Castro and various US administrations. In Havana, Vancouver, Barcelona and Cambridge, UK (where he is currently based with his wife and two children), he has worked as a language teacher, translator, interpreter, TV presenter, proofreader, localisation project and language manager, telephone operator, doorman and street seller. He completed his university studies in English Language and Literature at University of Havana and a PhD in Education (Language Teaching) at University of Barcelona. José Ramón Torres was born and raised in Cuba, where he spent 32 years of his life.

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