Édgar Ramírez

Édgar Ramírez
Ramírez in July 2012
Born	Édgar Daniel Ramirez (1977-03-25) 25 March 1977 (age 39) San Cristóbal, Táchira State, Venezuela
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present

Édgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈeðɣar raˈmiɾes]; born 25 March 1977) is a Venezuelan actor and former journalist. He played Carlos in the 2010 French-German biopic series of the same name, a role for which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor at the César Awards 2011, and was nominated for a Golden Globe and Emmy Award for best actor. He also played Larry, a CIA operative in the film Zero Dark Thirty, Paz, a CIA assassin, in The Bourne Ultimatum and Roberto Duran, a four time world champion boxer and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, in Hands of Stone. Ramírez won at the 2012 ALMA Awards for Ares in Wrath of the Titans.

Ramírez studied communications at the Andrés Bello Catholic University. He then worked in media and considered becoming a diplomat. When Arriaga praised a short film he had done with his friends, he decided to pursue his performing hobby as a career.

Ramírez was born in San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela, the son of Soday Arellano, an attorney, and Filiberto Ramírez, a military officer. He has a sister named Nataly and a niece and nephew named Enrique and Maria Camilla. Most of his childhood was spent traveling in different countries, and as such, he speaks five languages fluently: Spanish, German, English, French, and Italian.