Braulio Castillo Jr.

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Braulio Castillo Jr. (born August 30, 1958) is a Puerto Rican actor and radio host. He is the son of Braulio Castillo, an actor across Latin America, and the brother of the lesser known Jorge Castillo, also a television and theater actor.

Biography

For a short time during the 1970s, he was first known in

WLII.[1]

Castillo reached national fame in Puerto Rico when he participated in the 1984

Tanairi, alongside actress Von Marie Mendez. That year (1985), Castillo was hired to co-host a game show named Adelante Juventud (Come on, Youth) alongside Myraida Chaves.[2] He also starred in three telenovelas alongside fellow Puerto Rican actress Millie Aviles
.

Castillo subsequently acted on numerous telenovelas in Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.

In the 1990s he starred in the

soap operas in Colombia
.

In 2003, Castillo starred in the film

Los Diaz de Doris, alongside Cordelia Gonzalez and Velda González, Kidany Lugo and former Major League Baseball player Cirilo Cruz
.

In 2006, he performed the role of Zacks in the musical A Chorus Line, at the Caguas Performing Arts Center, alongside Marian Pabón and Daniela Droz, among others. Castillo was acknowledged not only for his acting, but for his phenomenal attributes as a stage dancer.

Starting in 2007, he co-hosted a daily radio morning talk show alongside Mirayda Chaves while keeping on performing in numerous theatre productions in San Juan.

Also in 2007, Castillo performed the leading role in director

Ángel
.

In 2011 he starred in the Puerto Rican premiere of Yasmina Reza's play God of Carnage at the Tapia Theatre in San Juan.

He starred in the Puerto Rican production of Jerry Herman's La Cage Aux Folles as Georges, opening in August 2013 at the Luis A Ferré Performing Arts Center in San Juan.

Early in 2014, Castillo revealed that he had battled prostate cancer in 2011.[3]

On early October 2020, he revealed that he had gone through an emotional crisis, due to a personal situation as well as the uncertainty of the pandemic, which lead for him to seek help at the hospital for depression symptoms. [4]

Acting career

Year Title Role
2020
Subete a mi Moto
Edgardo Diaz
2012 El Talismán Renato Leduc
2010–2011
Aurora
 Dr. Gustavo Ponce de León
2010
El Fantasma de Elena
 Tomás Lafé
2006
Dueña y Señora
 Manuel Santarosa
2005 Fuego en el alma
1999 Cuando despierta el amor
1998 Cuentos para despertar Abelardo Díaz Alfaro
1995 Eternamente Manuela Francisco Grijalba
1994 Guadalupe Alejandro
1985
Tanairi
 Pedro Antonio
1984 Coralito

See also

References

  1. YouTube
  2. ^ "Myraida Chaves".
  3. ^ "Home - el Nuevo Día". Archived from the original on 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  4. ^ "Braulio Castillo, hijo, recibe ayuda emocional tras vivir momentos difíciles". Primera Hora. October 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-22.

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