Hector Luis Bustamante
Biography
Hector Luis Bustamante is a Colombian-American actor who was born in Medellín and moved to the United States at 12. His first stage role was in a Hackensack High School production of West Side Story, though he began his working life as a graphic designer and art director before enrolling at the Parsons School of Design in 1995. He trained at the Shelton Studios in the San Francisco Bay Area and made his first major television appearance in 2002 on The Agency, followed by NYPD Blue and guest roles on 24, Crossing Jordan, Without a Trace and Monk. He is best known for playing Pedro Vera in Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story (2008), a performance that won him a 2009 Imagen Award, and he appeared in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Carne y Arena, which received a Special Achievement Academy Award.
54years old
Turns 55 on March 12in 148 days
- Born Medellín
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 12 years2006 to 2018
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Early training
In the Bay Area, Bustamante trained at the Shelton Studios, which is also called the Jean Shelton Actors Lab, studying there under Jean Shelton, his acting coach and mentor.
A change of course
Bustamante began his career in art, working as a graphic designer, and at 19 he held the art director position at New Jersey Golf magazine.
Big break
At a workshop hosted by Nancy Berwid, Bustamante met Donna Eckholdt, Paramount's VP of talent development and casting, who considered him for a series regular role after seeing his work.
A first
Bustamante stars in Alejandro González Iñárritu's virtual reality project Carne y Arena, which received the first Special Achievement Academy Award in over 20 years.
Hector Luis Bustamante movies on Netflix
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Worked with
Hector Luis Bustamante made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Chris GorakDirector, 1 film, 2006
All films by Chris Gorak
All films by Justin Barber
Nick LyonDirector, 1 film, 2012
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