Adan Canto

Adan Canto, born in Ciudad Acuña, was a Mexican actor who started out as a singer, performing on stage from childhood and later working as a musician in San Antonio and Mexico City before moving into acting. He began with commercials in Mexico City and a television series called Estado de Gracia, then took a lead role in a stage production of Pedro Almodóvar's All About My Mother. In 2013 he made his American television debut on The Following, and he played Sunspot in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). Other television work included Blood & Oil, Narcos, Designated Survivor as Aaron Shore, and The Cleaning Lady, where he starred as Arman Morales for two seasons. He was cast opposite Halle Berry in Bruised (2020). Canto also wrote and directed the short film Before Tomorrow in 2014, and his short The Shot earned awards for Best Narrative Short Film at several festivals in 2020. He died in 2024.