Nelson Ascencio

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Nelson Ascencio
Born (1964-08-30) August 30, 1964 (age 59)
Havana, Cuba
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active1990–present

Nelson Ascencio (born August 30, 1964) is a Cuban-American actor and comedian. Ascencio is most notable for his membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series

MADtv and for playing Flavius in The Hunger Games film series
.

Life and career

Nelson Ascencio was born in

Los Angeles, California where he took classes at the Groundlings Theatre. Since then he has written, performed and produced his own sketch shows with the comedy group Unsafe Sketch at HBO Workspace, Luna Park, The Upfront and Theatre at the Improv. His television credits include appearances on The Larry Sanders Show and Seinfeld
.

Ascencio joined the cast of

MADtv
in 1999 as a feature performer, for the fifth season, becoming the show's first Cuban-American cast member, as well as the second one to be born outside of North America (after Bryan Callen), and the second Latino cast member at the time (after Pablo Francisco). However, Ascencio was later promoted to a repertory performer status at the beginning of the sixth season, but left at the end.

In February, 2012 Ascencio joined the cast of

Don't Tell My Mother! (Live Storytelling), a monthly showcase in which celebrities share comedic accounts of stories they would never want their mothers to know.[1]

Ascencio appeared in The Hunger Games (2012), as Flavius, a part of Katniss Everdeen's (Jennifer Lawrence) prep team. He reprised his role in the sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013).

Filmography

Television appearances

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Gabriel's Fire Kid 1 episode
1993 The Larry Sanders Show Xavier The Burglar 1 episode (as Nelson Lesmo)
1996 Party Girl Man 1 episode
1999–2001
MADtv
 		various 31 episodes
2003 Birds of Prey Craig Finn 1 episode
2004 Curb Your Enthusiasm Room Service Waiter 1 episode
2007 Imperfect Union Worker #1 TV movie
2023 White House Plumbers Virgilio "Villo" Gonzalez HBO limited series

Film appearances

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Paul Jorge
2012 The Hunger Games Flavius
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2016 Mucho Dinero Mateo
2020 Godmothered Mr. Clancy

References

  1. ^ "Don'T Tell My Mother! - Story Slam". Allevents.in. 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-07-09.

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