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• Founded the Nuevo Escena theatre company in Puerto Rico in 1988.
• Trained at the Public Theatre and Circle in the Square Theatre in New York.
• Played baseball player Roberto Clemente in the touring production of DC-7: The Life of Roberto Clemente.
• Was the acting coach for Ja Rule in Back in the Day.
• Played Pedro Knight, the husband of Celia Cruz, in the off-Broadway musical Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz, which required him to play the role in both Spanish and English on alternate nights; he later reprised the role in a TV series about her, called Celia.