Edgar Ramírez

Edgar Ramírez

actor, producer, second unit director or assistant director

Edgar Ramírez was born on Mar 25, 1977 in Venezuela. Edgar Ramírez's big-screen debut came with A Dot and a Line directed by Elia K. Schneider in 2004, strarring Pedro (as Édgar Ramírez). Edgar Ramírez is known for Dr. Death directed by So Yong Kim, Joshua Jackson stars as Dr. Christopher Duntsch and Christian Slater as Dr. Randall Kirby. Edgar Ramírez has got 11 awards and 18 nominations so far. The most recent award Edgar Ramírez achieved is Hollywood Film Awards. The upcoming new tvshow Edgar Ramírez plays is Florida Man - Season 1 which will be released on Apr 13, 2023.

Edgar Ramirez Arellano is a Venezuelan actor, born on March 25, 1977 in the city of San Cristobal (Tachira State, southwest Venezuela). He is the son of Soday Arellano, an attorney, and Filiberto Ramírez, a military officer.Being the son of a soldier and living abroad with his family, he learned several languages, like English, German, Italian and French, as well as his mother tongue, Spanish. He studied Journalism (Comunicación Social) at the Andres Bello Catholic University, in Caracas. He began exploring his acting vocation, playing on several school made films.He was recognized as an actor after portraying "Cacique" in the popular venezuelan soap opera "Cosita Rica", aired through 2003 and 2004, lasting over 270 episodes. His debut as an international Hollywood actor was playing Choco, Domino Harvery's love interest in Tony Scott's Domino.His next major feature film was Vantage Point directed by Pete Travis. In this high-budgeted Sony Pictures political thriller, Ramírez joined an all-star international cast including Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, Eduardo Noriega and Ayelet Zurer. Ramírez plays Javier, an ex-special forces soldier forced to kidnap the American President. Later on he starred in the title role of Alberto Arvelo's Cyrano Fernández, based on the French play Cyrano de Bergerac.Ramírez also appears in La Hora Cero (The Magic Hour) (Venezuela), a short film directed by Guillermo Arriaga, the acclaimed screenwriter of Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel (Mexico); Plan B, directed by Alejandro García Wiederman (Venezuela); Yotama se va volando (Yotama Flies Away), directed by Luis Armando Roche (Venezuela/France); and Punto y Raya (Step Forward), directed by Elia Schneider (a Venezuela, Spain, Chile and Uruguay co-production), submitted by Venezuela for Oscar consideration for 2004 Best Foreign Film, in which he played the role of Pedro, a Colombian soldier.

  • Birthday

    Mar 25, 1977
  • Place of Birth

    Caracas, Venezuela
  • Also known

    Edgar Ramirez, Édgar Ramírez, Édgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano

Known For

Awards

11 wins & 18 nominations

Hollywood Film Awards
2016
Ensemble of the Year
Winner - Hollywood Film Award
ALMA Awards
2012
Favorite Movie Actor: Supporting Role
Winner - ALMA Award
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