Édgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈeðɣaɾ raˈmiɾes], born 25 March 1977) is a Venezuelan actor.[2]
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| Born | Édgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano[1] 25 March 1977[1] San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1990–present |
After studying communications at the Andrés Bello Catholic University, Ramírez worked in media and considered becoming a diplomat. When filmmaker Guillermo Arriaga praised a short film he had done, he decided to pursue his performing hobby as a career.
Ramírez played a CIA assassin in the action-thriller film The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). His portrayal of Carlos the Jackal in the 2010 biopic television miniseries Carlos won him the César Award for Most Promising Actor,[3][4] and nominations for a Golden Globe and Emmy Award for Best Actor.[5] He then played a CIA operative in the film Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and boxer Roberto Durán in the biographical sports film Hands of Stone (2016).
Ramírez received several accolades for his portrayal of Gianni Versace in the 2018 miniseries The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. In 2020, he had a recurring role in the HBO miniseries The Undoing. In 2022, Ramírez was part of the Un Certain Regard jury at the Cannes Film Festival.[6]
Early life
editRamírez was born in San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela, the son of Soday Arellano, an attorney, and Filiberto Ramírez, a military officer.[7] He has a sister named Nataly[8] and a niece and nephew named Enrique and Maria Camilla.[9] Part of his childhood was spent traveling in different countries; he speaks Spanish, English, French, Italian and German fluently.[citation needed]
Ramírez graduated in 1999 from the Andrés Bello Catholic University in Caracas with a degree in mass communication, minoring in audiovisual communications,[10] although he intended to pursue international relations. While in college he worked as an emerging journalist, reporting on politics. Later, he became executive director of Dale al Voto, a Venezuelan foundation.[11] He and his team created campaigns for radio, television and movie theaters.[12] However, he was always attracted to the performing arts and while in college was involved with the arts. Ramírez was in charge of international promotions of the Viart Film Festival. "I'll be lying if I told you I dreamed about becoming an actor as a kid. But I wasn't in any different to the world of performing arts. I was always very attracted to it. I just never thought about it as a career."[13] Ramírez passed it up, as he was in the middle of his thesis and was to attend Harvard National Model UN that year as a delegate from his school. Ramírez then decided to pursue his acting interests.[14]
Acting career
editRamirez's first recognition as an actor was the successful soap opera Cosita rica, for Venevisión which aired from September 2003 to August 2004, lasting 270 episodes. In 2005, he made his major motion-picture début playing Choco, Domino Harvey's love interest in the film Domino directed by Tony Scott.
He was in Vantage Point directed by Pete Travis. In this high-budgeted Sony Pictures political thriller, Ramírez joined an all-star international cast including Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, Eduardo Noriega, and Ayelet Zurer. Ramírez plays Javier, an ex-special forces soldier forced to kidnap the American President in order to get his brother back. Upcoming is Cyrano Fernandez, with Ramírez in the title role. This independent production was directed by Alberto Arvelo.
Ramírez has appeared in several other productions. Among those are the first part of the two film bundle Che by Steven Soderbergh, where he played the role of Ciro Redondo (a Cuban revolutionary who fought with Ché Guevara), La Hora Cero (The Magic Hour), a short film directed by Guillermo Arriaga; Plan B, directed by Alejandro García Wiederman (Venezuela); Yotama se va volando (Yotama Flies Away), directed by Luis Armando Roche (Venezuela-France); Punto y raya (Step Forward), directed by Elia K. Schneider (Venezuela-Spain-Chile-Uruguay), submitted by Venezuela for Oscar consideration for 2004 Best Foreign Film, in which he played Colombian soldier Pedro.[15]
In 2007, he played the role of Paz, a Blackbriar assassin, in The Bourne Ultimatum; in its source novel The Bourne Ultimatum, the villain is Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, a.k.a. Carlos the Jackal. Ramírez went on to play the role of the actual Carlos in the 2010 French-German limited series Carlos. At the French César Awards 2011, he was awarded, for the film version of the TV series, the César Award for Most Promising Actor.[3][4] Ramírez has also given his voice to language learning education, guest-starring on the audio CD supplement to the Fluenz Spanish 1 DVD software.
Ramírez appeared in the Clash of the Titans (2010) sequel, Wrath of the Titans (2012), playing Ares, the God of War. In 2012, he played Larry in the Kathryn Bigelow film Zero Dark Thirty. He played Bodhi in the 2015 remake of Point Break. In 2016, he played Dr. Kamal Abdic in the film The Girl on the Train.
On 18 November 2016, Hollywood Reporter interviewed Ramírez about his stolen watches. Thieves broke into Ramírez's apartment in Caracas and stole his watch collection including a Chanel J12 Chromatic titanium ceramic watch; a Cartier Santos; a TAG Heuer Aquaracer, a Montblanc TimeWalker Chronograph. Other watches in his collection are the Cartier Drive; a Montblanc "Homage to Nicolas Rieussec"; and the Harmony and Patrimony timepieces, both by Vacheron Constantin all worth about $150,000.[16]
In 2017, Ramírez played Gianni Versace in the second season of the anthology series American Crime Story.[17] In 2019, Ramírez joined the cast of the spy thriller film The 355,[18] which was released in 2022[19] and reunited him with ACS co-star Penélope Cruz.
Philanthropy
editRamírez supports the campaign "No Dispares" (Don't Shoot), by Amnesty International, the international human-rights organization. The campaign's purpose is to eliminate the number of injuries and deaths caused by the irresponsible use of guns.[20]
Ramírez was also part of "5 Senses in Action", an organization which benefits children with special needs. On 13 July 2008, he took part in an outdoor activity that stimulated sensory experience through gestures, playing and singing for congenitally deaf and/or blind children.[21]
Filmography
editFilm
editTelevision
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Cosita Rica | Cacique Chacón | 4 episodes |
| 2005 | Ser bonita no basta | Leonardo | Episode: "#1.1" |
| 2018 | The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story | Gianni Versace | 6 episodes Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2020 | The Undoing | Detective Joe Mendoza | Miniseries[22] |
| 2023 | Florida Man | Mike Valentine | Miniseries |
| Wolf Like Me | Anton | 2 Episodes | |
| Dr. Death | Paolo Macchiarini | Lead role, season 2[23] |
Music videos
edit| Year | Song title | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | "Desencuentro"[24] | Residente | Residente |
| "Mis Ilusiones"[25] | San Luis | SanLuis |
References
edit- ^ a b Biography Archived 25 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine. edgar-ramirez.com
- ^ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (25 August 2016). "Édgar Ramírez Salsa Dances onto Late Show Stage". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b "César : Edgar Ramirez, espoir masculin". Europe 1 (in French). 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Edgar Ramírez nominado a los premios César – Cine – El Universal". Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
- ^ "Edgar Ramirez: Awards and". Television Academy. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ "Cannes' Un Certain Regard Jury Includes Valeria Golino, Édgar Ramírez, Joanna Kulig and More". 27 April 2022. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022 – via Variety.
- ^ Rohter, Larry (10 October 2010). "A Sweeping Tale Of a Terrorist And His Time". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ http://www.rctvintl.com/eng/ Archived 22 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine date=December 2005
- ^ "Edgar Ramírez on Twitter". Twitter. Archived from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "About Edgar Ramirez". Edgar Ramirez Official site / Actor & Unicef Global Goodwill Ambassador (in European Spanish). 3 October 2007. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "Golden Globes bio". Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ "Dale al voto". Vimeo. 25 September 2010. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "From the Archives: Edgar Ramírez | Anthem Magazine". anthemmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "Edgar Ramirez Interview – Vantage Point". Collider.com. 18 February 2008. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ Edgar Filiberto Ramirez at IMDb
- ^ "'Girl on the Train' Star Edgar Ramirez on His Stolen Timepieces and His New Top-Tier Collection". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 30 July 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (15 February 2017). "Edgar Ramirez & Darren Criss To Star In 'Versace: American Crime Story' On FX". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (14 May 2019). "Sebastian Stan, Edgar Ramirez Join Jessica Chastain's Spy Thriller '355'". Variety. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (5 May 2021). "The 355: Simon Kinberg Femme Action Ensemble Going Earlier In 2022". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ maxdil says (19 December 2007). "Edgar Ramírez nueva imagen de Amnistía Internacional « Web Of Edgar Ramirez Your #1 Source 2007–2011 Official Website". Everythingaboutedgarramirez.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 27 April 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ Marcela (25 November 2008). ""5 senses in action" « Web Of Edgar Ramirez Your #1 Source 2007–2011 Official Website". Everythingaboutedgarramirez.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ Maas, Jennifer (27 March 2019). "Edgar Ramirez, Lily Rabe Join Nicole Kidman's HBO Limited Series 'The Undoing'". TheWrap. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ Cordero, Rosy (8 November 2022). "'Dr. Death': Edgar Ramirez To Lead Season 2 Of Peacock Anthology Series". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ Cobo, Leila (31 March 2017). "Residente Gets Romantic With Stunningly Beautiful 'Desencuentro' Video: Watch". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ Cobo, Leila (28 March 2017). "San Luis Gets Romantic With Stunningly Beautiful 'Mis Ilusiones' Video: Watch". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved 28 March 2017.[dead link]
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