Luis Valderrama
Luis Valderrama is an actor, known for Broadcast News (1987), Rage - Furia primitiva (1988) and Miami Vice (1984).
Luis Valdez
Acknowledged as the founder of modern Chicano theatre and film, Luis Valdez was born to migrant farm workers Francisco and Armida Valdez and spent his early life traveling with the family, working in the fields himself. He eventually found himself at San Jose State College, where his play "The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa" was staged in 1964. He later joined the United Farm Workers and staged improvisational theatre with the help of union actors to further their causes. This work lead to the formation of his El Teatro Campesino, which produced most of Valdez' early plays in both the US and Europe. His account of racism in 1940s Los Angeles, Zoot Suit (1981), was released in 1982 to less than critical acclaim. Valdez continued to write and direct throughout the period; his film La Bamba (1987), the tragic story of Chicano singer Ritchie Valens, proved wildly successful and launched the screen careers of Lou Diamond Phillips and Esai Morales. He continues to travel extensively while remaining true to his Chicano theatrical roots.
Luis Valdez
Luis Valdez is an actor, known for From the Dead (2019).
Luis Valiente
Luis Valiente is an editor and actor, known for Azul como el cielo (2016), Burak Yeter & Montiego: Oh My My ft. Séb Mont (2021) and Maluma: 7 Días en Jamaica (2021).
Luis Valladares
Luis Valladares is known for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), The Tomorrow War (2021) and Project Power (2020).
Luis Van Rooten
Ethnic bald-domed character actor Luis Van Rooten was born November 29, 1906, in Mexico City, but raised in the United States and would become known in post-war Hollywood as a specialist in multiple dialects. Studying at the University of Pennsylvania, he received his B.A. and set up a sturdy practice as an architect before making a dramatic transition into acting sometime during WWII. He built up his reputation initially on stage at the Cleveland Playhouse, then in radio serials, notably playing the titular sleuth in "The Adventures of Nero Wolfe." He also did special French, Italian and Spanish broadcasts during the war After serving in the Armed Forces, he settled into post-war films, playing outright villains or slick, shady suspects. Interestingly, he bookended his film career impersonating the nefarious Nazi ringleader Heinrich Himmeler (1900-1945), who organized the extermination of millions of Jews during the Third Reich, in the films Hitler's Madman (1943) and Operation Eichmann (1961). In between he backed up the various studio's top stars including Alan Ladd in the rugged adventures Two Years Before the Mast (1946), Beyond Glory (1948) and Saigon (1947); Ray Milland and Charles Laughton in the exceptional film noir The Big Clock (1948);, Edward G. Robinson in Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) and Kirk Douglas in "Champion" (1949). One notable exception from the usual villainous typecast was his role as a plainclothes cop in the classic film Detective Story (1951). By the 1950's Van Rooten had moved with ease into TV drama, performing in a number of live dramas during its vital "Golden Age." His regular work in TV series included One Man's Family (1949) and _"Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers" (1951)._ He is remembered by 50s TV fans as the fight manager in "The Joe Palooka Story"(1954-55). His slick, cultivated tones were utilized quite frequently in various documentaries and narrative projects. In later years (the 1960s), Van Rooten was seen less and less. He eventually retired during the decade to become an author and expert on horticultural subjects. He also enjoyed painting as a creative sideline. He died in 1973 at the age of 66 of unreported causes in Massachusetts.
Luis Varela
Luis Varela was born on January 11, 1943 in Madrid, Spain. He is known for Camera café (2005), Crimen Ferpecto (2004) and Todo es posible en Granada (1982). He was previously married to Magdalena Durán.
Luis Vazquez
Luis Vazquez is an actor, known for The Trump Prophecy (2018).
Luis Vela
Luis Vela is known for Abnormality (2022), Redemption: Based on a true story and Sicarias: A New Type of Soldier Is Born (2024).
Luis Victor Jimenez
Luis Victor Jimenez is an actor and writer, known for The Adoption Agency (2010), The Mentalist (2008) and Henry Danger (2014).
