Carlos Valdés (actor)

Carlos Valdes
Valdes at Wondercon
Born	(1989-04-20) April 20, 1989 (age 27) Santiago de Cali, Colombia
Nationality	American Colombian
Education	Pebblebrook High School (Mableton, Georgia), 2007
Alma mater	University of Michigan (2011)
Occupation	Actor singer
Musical career
Genres	Soul funk R&B pop
Instruments	Vocals guitar piano bass guitar

Carlos (David) Valdes (born on April 20, 1989) is a Colombian-American actor and singer, currently playing the role of Cisco Ramon/Vibe on The CW television series The Flash.

Valdes moved to Miami from Colombia at the age of 5, then moved again to Marietta, Georgia at the age of 12. He studied at the University of Michigan with actors from the theater group StarKid Productions. After graduating in 2011, Valdes became entirely devoted to theater.

Between 2009 and 2011, he participated in theatrical productions like High School Musical and The Wedding Singer He also was a stand-in in the national tour of Jersey Boys.

From March 2013 to March 2014, he played the role of Andrej in the musical Once, in which he also performed on piano, guitar, ukulele, bass and percussion. In 2013, the musical was nominated for a Tony Award.

In 2014, Valdes made his television debut in the American series Arrow, before appearing in the spin-off series, The Flash, as a series regular in the role of Francisco "Cisco" Ramón/Vibe, an engineering genius. Cisco is part of the S.T.A.R. Labs team, along with Dr. Harrison Wells and Dr. Caitlin Snow, that help Barry Allen with his superpowers.

In June 2015, it was revealed that Valdes lent his voice to Cisco Ramon in the animated web series Vixen.