Demetrius Navarro | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California |
Occupation | Actor, Director, Screenwriter, CEO |
Spouse(s) | Erlinda Orozco |
Demetrius Navarro is an actor, writer and director as well as the CEO of D Street Films.
His first professional acting job was for Luis Valdez’s theater company, El Teatro Campesino. Navarro made his film debut in Friday, opposite Ice Cube and Chris Tucker. He then played lead roles in 187, opposite Samuel L. Jackson, Soldier Boyz, The Yard Sale and Runaways. He spent 11 seasons on ER as Morales, while, at the same time, starring on Telemundo’s top rated sitcom Los Beltran.
He has also had guest starring roles on The O.C.,CSI Miami, and NYPD Blue.
Navarro has written and directed four movies: American Lowrider, starring Danny Trejo; Anything is Possible, starring Lacey Chabert, Jonathan Bennett and Ethan Bortnick in his feature film debut;American Justice (which he co-write with Jerry Bryant and Tommy Lister); and Gone Hollywood.
He also directed Lean like a Cholo starring Danny Trejo,Put Your Locs On and Silent No More starring K.D. Aubert, Kym Whitley and Erlinda Orozsco.
He produced Runaways, which was nominated for several awards, including the Los Angeles FirstGlance Film Festival for Best Feature in 2004, the Philadelphia FirstGlance Film Festival for Best Feature in 2005 and the Indie Gathering Film Festival for Best Feature in 2006.
Next, he produced and starred in Purple Heart, which was nominated for a Prism Award for Best Picture.