Emilio Delgado
| Emilio Delgado | |
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| Born |
May 8, 1940 Calexico, California, United States |
| Residence | New York City, New York |
| Occupation | Actor, singer, voice artist |
| Years active | 1968-present |
| Spouse(s) | Carole Delgado (m. 1990) |
Emilio Delgado (born May 8, 1940) is a Mexican American actor, singer and voice artist. He is best known for his long-running role as Luis, the friendly Fix-it Shop owner, on the children's television series Sesame Street. Delgado joined the cast of Sesame Street in 1971 and remained until his contract was not renewed in 2016, as part of Sesame's Workshop re-tooling for the series, although Sesame Workshop announced later that they'd find a way to bring him back. Following his departure, the workshop stated that Delgado would continue to represent them at public events. He began his professional career in Los Angeles in 1968. Delgado now lives in New York City with his wife Carole.
Delgado was born in Calexico, California. He can easily claim the longest running part for a Mexican-American actor in a continuing television series, contracted in the role of 'Luis' from 1971 to 2015. He has also performed in live shows throughout his Sesame Street career, singing the songs of Sesame Street and entertaining thousands of children and their families. The Sesame Street Cast appeared at a live event, Humans of Sesame Street at The Museum of the Moving Image in 2015, sharing their biographies and taking questions from the audience. Delgado has also appeared alongside Bob McGrath at Comic Con and Florida Supercon in 2016, representing their characters Luis and Bob.
On Sesame Street, his character, Luis, was the first human addition to the original cast. Luis was a handyman and an aspiring writer, who debuted on the show in 1971 simultaneously with Raul Julia as Rafael. Together they ran the L&R Fix-It Shop until Julia left the show after one season, and Luis ran the Fix-It Shop alone from then on. In a much later season Luis fell in love with Maria, performed by Sonia Manzano, and married her. The characters Luis and Maria have taught viewers about Hispanic culture and language throughout the run of the show.
In Los Angeles, he was a company member of Inner City Rep, The Group Repertory, and LA Repertory. Some of his New York City theatre credits include Floating Home (HExTC), Boxing 2000 (Richard Maxwell NYC Players), Dismiss All the Poets (New York Fringe Festival 2002), Nilo Cruz's adaptation of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey), Dinosaurios (IATI), Night Over Taos (INTAR Theatre) an adaptation of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (Round House Theatre) and Emilio appeared in the role of King Claudius in Asolo Repertory Theatre production of Hamlet, Prince of Cuba, with alternating performances in English and Spanish, where one reviewer wrote that Delgado "is equally brilliant as King Claudius".
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