Edgar Ramirez (II)

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Birth Name: Edgar Ramírez Arellano

Age: 36, born 25 March 1977

Country of origin: Venezuela

Height: 5' 10"

Ethnicity: Latino / Hispanic

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About: Edgar Ramirez Arellano is a Venezuelan actor, born in the city of San Cristóbal (Táchira State, southwest Venezuela) on March 25, 1977, which has been highlighted in various media, especially film and television. Ramirez is the son of a soldier, and that is why he spent his childhood in several countries. That is why he speaks fluently English, German, Italian and French in addition to their mother language, Spanish. He studied in the EMF and Social Communication (Journalism) at the Andrés Be Edgar Ramirez Arellano is a Venezuelan actor, born in the city of San Cristóbal (Táchira State, southwest Venezuela) on March 25, 1977, which has been highlighted in various media, especially film and television. Ramirez is the son of a soldier, and that is why he spent his childhood in several countries. That is why he speaks fluently English, German, Italian and French in addition to their mother language, Spanish. He studied in the EMF and Social Communication (Journalism) at the Andrés Bello Catholic University in Caracas, where he began to explore his facet as an actor working on several student films.

Acting career

His first recognition as an actor was the successful soap opera Cosita Rica, for the Venezuelan TV channel Venevisión which aired from September 2003 to August 2004, lasting for 270 episodes. In 2005, he made his major international motion picture debut playing Choco, Domino Harvey's love interest in the film Domino, directed by Tony Scott.

His next major feature film was Vantage Point directed by Pete Travis. In this high-budgeted Sony Pictures political thriller, Ramírez joined an all-star international cast including Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, Eduardo Noriega and Ayelet Zurer. Ramírez plays Javier, an ex-special forces soldier forced to kidnap the American President. Later on he starred in the title role of Alberto Arvelo's Cyrano Fernández, based on the French play Cyrano de Bergerac.

Ramírez has appeared in several other productions. Among those are La Hora Cero (The Magic Hour) (Venezuela) ; a short film directed by Guillermo Arriaga, the acclaimed screenwriter of Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel (Mexico); Plan B, directed by Alejandro García Wiederman (Venezuela); Yotama se va volando (Yotama Flies Away), directed by Luis Armando Roche (Venezuela/France); and Punto y Raya (Step Forward), directed by Elia Schneider (a Venezuela, Spain, Chile and Uruguay co-production), submitted by Venezuela for Oscar consideration for 2004 Best Foreign Film, in which he played the role of Pedro, a Colombian soldier. ... (more)

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