MARITAL STATUS
Professions Actor , Producer , Executive Producer more
Birth name Manuel Julián Cardona Molano
Nationality Colombian
Birth April 25, 1977 (Popayán, Colombia)
BIOGRAPHY
While studying finance and international relations, Manolo Cardona pursued a career as a model. One thing led to another, and he became interested in acting and made his first appearances in series. In the soap opera Carolina Barrantes , his character is the heroine’s first love. In vogue, the young actor, in the casting of multiple telenovelas ( Por qué diablos?, Amor a mil , Ladrón de corazones , Gitanas or even Marina ), was awarded the prize for Best Actor by TVyNovelas magazine and that of Best Latino Actor -American by the Hispanic community in the United States.
His popularity opened the doors of cinema to him. His first film, Rosario Tijeras , was nominated for Best Foreign Film in 2005 at the Goya Awards , the Spanish equivalent of the Oscars . The following year, he toured alongside Bárbara Mori and Christian Meier for La Mujer de mi hermano . And Enrique Renteria directs him in Madrid-Mexico , before he shares the poster with Jamie Lee Curtis and Piper Perabo in the first part of Chihuahua of Beverly Hills produced by Disney studios . He also found Piper Perabo, his wife in the film, a few years later in her series, Covert Affairs . Recurring in season 4, he plays Teo Braga, a CIA agent infiltrated within a Colombian terrorist group.
Dealer in 2008 in the series El Cartel de los Sapos , Manolo Cardona then lends his features to Santiago, a painter in love with a married man ( Cristian Mercado ), in Contracorriente . Screened at several festivals, the film received great reviews, notably at Sundance . After playing policeman Martin La Roca in season 3 of the Spanish series Sin tetas no hay paraiso , he produced and directed his first short film, Risas Inocentes .
Back to basics with the telenovela Aquel beso , Manolo Cardona joined the jury of Colombia tiene talento in 2012 , the equivalent of our show France has an incredible talent . That same year, he married his beloved Valeria Santos, the niece of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. And the public discovers it in theaters inBorder Run , an American production starring Sharon Stone and Billy Zane . A thief expert in cybercrime in Palabra de Ladrón , in 2015 he took on the role of future Deputy Minister of Justice Eduardo Sandoval in the hit Netflix series, Narcos .
Varying genres, the actor embarks on the futuristic 2091 , then tracks down those responsible for the death of his family in La Hermandad . In 2018, he slipped into the shoes of Porfirio Rubirosa, for the purposes of the trilogy on the journey of the Dominican playboy suspected of espionage. Viewers then recognize him in the guise of Jesus in the biopic dedicated to María Magdalena . Manolo Cardona is once again in the spotlight in 2021 thanks to the success of the Netflix series Who Killed Sara? He plays Alex Guzmán, a young man hungry for revenge after spending 18 years in prison to save the reputation of an influential family.
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