René Monclova

René Monclova (born c. 1955) is a Puerto Rican actor. Monclova has been popular both with theater and television audiences. Mainly a comedian, Monclova has also played serious characters, a fact that might escape the minds of many Puerto Ricans, since he has become better known for his role as "Lolo", a womanizing handyman, in El Condominio, a television show produced by Sunshine Logroño.

Many Puerto Ricans would use the popular phrase "he was born with an actor's pedigree" in Monclova's case, because both of his parents were acting legends in Puerto Rico. His older brother, Eugenio Monclova, is also a well-known actor. His godfather is puertorrican author and playwright René Marqués, whom he's named after.

Monclova spent his early childhood visiting Puerto Rico's television studios along with his family. Since he was a young child, Monclova knew he wanted to follow in his parents' footsteps someday. When he was 10 years old, Monclova appeared on his first play, an interpretation of Sacrificio en el Monte Moriah, a play authored by René Marqués. He would next appear on another play authored by Marqués, "Un Niño Azul para esa Sombra", working along Marta Romero.

Early on, Monclova participated in multiple high school plays. As the son of two legendary public figures, however, pressure was on him, as many among the general public wondered if he would ever become as famous as his parents. The fact that Monclova was not being hired during the late 1970s and early 1980s by any local television stations also proved to be somewhat troublesome for him as far as how he, as a "famous son", looked like in other people's minds.

Not being able to find television work, Monclova then became a professional theater actor, and he went on to act in countless theater plays, many of them at Teatro Tapia. Since Teatro Tapia was considered to be the best theater in Puerto Rico (and the hardest one where to act at) both by critics and play fans alike, Monclova impressed many with his performances there.

From 1990 to 1995 he got his first stable job working on the television program "Qué Vacilón" working alongside puertorrican comedian Raymond Arrieta.

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