Arturo Castro
Biography
Arturo Castro, a Guatemalan actor, started out hosting Conexion, a show on Guatemala's national network, before moving to New York City. He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, meeting Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer there, and later played Jaimé on Broad City. He is best known for that role, and he also played David Rodríguez in the third season of Narcos. On film he has appeared in Ang Lee's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016) as Marcellino Montoya, in Bushwick (2017) as Jose, and in Yes Day (2021) as Officer Jones. He created and starred in the sketch series Alternatino with Arturo Castro, which premiered in 2019 and ran one season, and he played Pablo Escobar in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022).
40years old
Turns 41 on November 26in 15 days
- Born Guatemala
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 24
- Career span
- 10 years2016 to 2026
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Early training
In New York, Castro studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. There he met Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, and he got the part of Jaimé on Broad City.
A change of course
Castro was the host of his own program, Conexion, which aired on Guatemala's national network. He did this one year prior to his move to New York City.
Behind the camera
Castro was the creator and star of Alternatino with Arturo Castro, a Comedy Central sketch show about being a modern Mestizo man. It first aired in June 2019 and lasted a single season.
Arturo Castro movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Beau Knapp appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Beau Knapp's page
Keith David's page
Clancy Brown's page
Tim Blake Nelson's page
Thomas Lennon's page
Jason Biggs's page
Also two films together4 more actors
- Rebecca KoonOperation Taco Gary's (2026) and The Menu (2022)
- Jessica WilliamsRoad House (2024) and Entergalactic (2022)
- Francesca RealeEntergalactic (2022) and Dating & New York (2021)
- Taylor HillDating & New York (2021) and The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Arturo Castro's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$531 million
7 of the 23 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 23 films: 7 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 7 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 5 figure not found; 1 too new to count.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 7Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 5Figure not found
- 1Too new to count
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$163M30.7% of the total
- 2$142M26.8% of the total
- 3$80M15.0% of the total
- 4$61M11.5% of the total
- 5$51M9.6% of the total
- 6$31M5.8% of the total
- 7$2.9M0.6% of the total
