Sunshine Logroño
Biography
Sunshine Logroño is a Puerto Rican actor who has been a presence in Puerto Rican media for nearly five decades. A native of New York, he moved to San Juan at age nine. He began as a radio disc jockey in 1973, the source of his nickname, and worked as a Spanish-language voice actor, dubbing Little Joe on Bonanza. After earning a master's degree in theater from Michigan State University, he joined the folk group Moliendo Vidrio and became a radio host and comedic television actor known for characters such as Agapito Flores and Nicky El Bro. He was a member of the political satire troupe Los Rayos Gamma, which had a television show and made albums. The satirical film Chona, La Puerca Asesina appeared in 1988, the same year he began hosting Sunshine's Cafe, a risqué comedy that ran four seasons. He appeared with Martin Short and Kurt Russell in Captain Ron (1992).
75years old
Turns 76 on November 1in 356 days
- Born Brooklyn
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Emmanuel Logroño
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 26 years1992 to 2018
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About the name
Sunshine Logroño picked up his nickname during a brief 1973 job as a disc jockey. He worked at WBMJ-AM, a San Juan station that was the island's first rock and roll outlet.
Languages
Logroño was a voice actor in Puerto Rico's dubbing industry, which was active at the time. He voiced Little Joe, one of the Cartwright brothers, in the Spanish-language version of the U.S. television show Bonanza.
A role that slipped away
Logroño played a taxi driver in Contact, alongside Jodie Foster, but he claims only his left elbow made it on screen. He beat Rafael Fuentes for the audition, which dismayed Fuentes.
Behind the camera
Luis Molina Casanova agreed to direct the satirical action film Chona, La Puerca Asesina, which came out in 1988, after Logroño got him a cameo in La Guagua Aérea.
Sunshine Logroño movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Marisé Alvarez 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
Marisé Alvarez's page
Luis Guzmán's page
Rachelle Lefevre's page
Aris Mejias's page
Leonardo Castro2 films together, 2011 to 2016
Leonardo Castro's page
Also two films together2 more actors
- Millie RupertoPresumed Dead in Paradise (2014) and Reclaim (2014)
- Jorge Luis RamosThe Vessel (2016) and Captain Ron (1992)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.