Édgar Ramírez
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| Born | Édgar Ramírez March 25, 1977 San Cristóbal, Táchira State, Venezuela |
Édgar Ramírez (born March 25, 1977) is a Venezuelan actor best known for his role as Javier, a man forced to assassinate the President in the movie Vantage Point.
[edit] Acting career
His first recognition as an actor was the successful soap opera Cosita Rica, for Venevisión which aired in September 2003 to August 2004 lasting 270 episodes.In 2005, he made his major motion picture debut playing Choco, Domino Harvey's love interest in the film Domino directed by Tony Scott.
He has just finished working on his next major feature film 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, Forrest Whitaker, Eduardo Noriega and Ayelet Zurer. Upcoming is Cyrano Fernandez, with Ramírez in the title role. This independent production was directed by Alberto Arvelo and is based on the French play Cyrano de Bergerac. In 2007, Ramírez appeared in The Bourne Ultimatum, playing Paz, "the asset" tracking down Jason Bourne.
Ramírez has appeared in several other productions. Among those are La Hora Cero (The Magic Hour), a short film directed by Guillermo Arriaga, the acclaimed screenwriter of Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel (Mexico); Plan B, directed by Alejandro Garcia 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.
[edit] Other work
Ramírez has also given his voice to language-learning education, guest-starring on the audio CD supplement to the Fluenz Spanish 1 DVD software.
