Rafo Muñiz
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Rafo Muñiz (born 1956) is a famous Puerto Rican actor, comedian, director and, more notably, producer of television shows and concerts.
The son of legendary comic actor and producer Tommy Muñiz and brother of Pedro Muñiz; who is also a producer and actor, Rafo began acting as the young neighbor of M\"Miguel" in "Gloria y Miguel" in wapa Television then after graduating from high school, with his father as his father's son in law, in the legendary sitcom Los Garcia (The Garcias) on Puerto Rico's Canal 4' (channel 4) during the late 1970s.
From there on, Rafo had on and off work as an actor, but by 1985, he became a game show host at WAPA-TV. By that era also, he established a company named Promotores Latinos, where he performs as company President and main show producer. In 1989,
Since the 1980s, Muñiz has beeb one of the top music promoters/managers in Puerto Rico, and his firm represented such artists as Ruben Blades, Olga Tanon,Gilberto Santa Rosa and many others in their concerts in Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Panama. Tanon split from his company in 2002, Muñiz, however, kept busy and quickly signed another Merengue singer, Melina León and TV personality, Silverio Perez, to be represented by him. Currently represents Luis Raul, Puerto Rico's leading stand up comedian and internationally renowned singer Jailene Cintron. Some of his proyects in the mainland U.S. include "ViVa Puente" a star studded tribute to the late Puertorican superstar Tito Puente in New York, L.A.Miami and Dallas. He has produced concerts at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Jackie Gleason Theater among other venies.
