David Villalpando
| David Villalpando | |
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| Born |
January 2, 1959 Mexico City, Mexico |
David Villalpando (born January 2, 1959 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. His break out role was in the film El Norte (1983).
Since then he's had small roles in American films such as The Arrival, The Mask of Zorro, and the John Sayles film Men with Guns (1997).
He was also in an episode in the television series Acapulco H.E.A.T., and has done a lot of work in Mexican cinema.
A native of Mexico City, Villalpando started his career at the age of 14 in the theatre play El extraño jinete by Michelle de Ghelderode.
After having worked in several amateur plays of all genres, in 1980 he starred for more than three years and 1700 performances in the play El Extensionista by Felipe Santander.
This theatre play marks the beginning of a long professional career on the Mexican stage that includes about 30 plays spanning all genres and styles of drama, from the classics to popular entertainment.
Among the plays he has starred are The two brothers by Felipe Santander, El pastelero del Rey, Alegría la lotería by Teresa Valenzuela, and Los empeños de una casa by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. He won a special award (Agrupación de Periodistas Teatrales APT) for his acting in this play in 1989.
Throughout his career he has represented his country in many international events, like the International Theatre Festival in Sitges, Spain (1980), the Festival Latino de Nueva York (1982), the 6th Festival Iberoamericano de Cádiz (1992) in Spain and in the Expo Sevilla 92.
In the cinema, in 1984 Villalpando was nominated as Best Actor by the Asociación de Cronistas de Espectáculos in the city of New York (ACE) for his outstanding acting as Enrique Xuncax in the multi-awarded film of Gregory Nava: El Norte.
El Norte was an Official American Selection in Section A 'Certain Regarde' of the 1984 Cannes Film Festival
El Norte was also nominated for an Academy Award in 1985 as best script and a copy of the film is preserved in the UCLA film archive and in the Washington Congress Library.
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