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Arturo Castro
Arturo Castro
	Castro in August 2016
Born	November 26, 1985 (age 39); Guatemala City, Guatemala
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present
Known for	Jaimé Castro on Broad City; David Rodríguez on Narcos; Pablo Escobar in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Arturo Castro (born November 26, 1985) is a Guatemalan actor best known for his portrayal of Jaimé Castro on the Comedy Central series Broad City, David Rodríguez on the Netflix series Narcos, and Pablo Escobar in The Roku Channel film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.

Career

Castro hosted his own show, Conexion, on Guatemala's national network, a year before moving to New York City. In New York, he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and where he met Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer and landed the role of Jaimé in Broad City.^[1] Castro had one of the leading roles in Ang Lee's war drama Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, playing Marcellino "Mango" Montoya, a member of Billy Lynn's Bravo Squad.^[2]

In 2017 Arturo landed a role as David Rodríguez, son of Cali Cartel kingpin Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, in season 3 of the Netflix series Narcos. He also played Jose in Bushwick, a film about 20-year-old Lucy and war veteran Stupe depending on each other for survival when a Texas military force invades their Brooklyn neighborhood.

Castro created and starred in Comedy Central's Alternatino with Arturo Castro, a sketch comedy show centering on life as a modern Latino man. The show premiered in June 2019 and ran for one season.^[3]

Influences

Castro cites Eddie Izzard,^[4] Robin Williams,^{[citation needed]} and Al Pacino^[5] as major acting and comedic influences.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Looking for Palladin	Nestor
2009	Taught to Hate	Antonio	Short film
	The Likes of Us	Mr. Franklin
	Lovebug	Dennis 492	Short film
	How to Come Home	Billy
	Cuando ya no me quieras	Felipe
	Behind Closed Doors	Boyfriend
	Adan	Miguel Correo
2010	Heaven Is Waiting	Driver
	Tiempo al tiempo	Cisco
	Fair Lawn	Jose Aviles
	The Troy Shawn Welcome Story	Raymond
	Apparition	Omar
2011	Tobi
	Yi's Story	Caesar	Short film
	Come Home Raquel	Luis
2012	Indigo Children	Armand
	Vivir Asi	Tito	Short film
	Caregiver	Ricky	Short film
2014	Sun Belt Express	Miguel
2014	Text Amy	Luis Eduardo	Short film
2015	Vicky & Jonny	Jonny Devitto	Short film
	Mi America	Ignacio
	Ghost Story Club	Gary	Short film
2016	Ace the Case	Juan
	Railway Spine	Vinny
	Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk	"Mango" Montoya
2017	Bushwick	Jose
	Deidra & Laney Rob a Train	McMillan
	Snatched	Dr. Armando
2018	Brand New Old Love	Charlie Cates
2019	The Informer	Daniel Gomez
	Semper Fi	"Snowball"
	Lady and the Tramp	Joe
2020	The Broken Hearts Gallery	Marcos
2021	Yes Day	Officer Jones
2021	Dating and New York	Bradley
2022	Weird: The Al Yankovic Story	Pablo Escobar
2022	The Menu	Soren
2023	Molli and Max in the Future	Walter
	White Men Can't Jump	Bobby
	Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie	Dudley, Robin's Dad (voice)	Direct-to-video
2024	Road House	Moe
	The Present	Dr. Polhemus
	Operation Taco Gary's	Tiago
2025	Tron: Ares	Seth	Post-production
	Getaway^[6]	Ernie Guerra	Post-production
	Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice		Filming
TBA	The Room Returns!	Steven	Post-production^[7]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009–2013	We Speak NYC	Jorge / Fredy	Episode: "Love and Money" & "The Storm"
2012	The Pack	Juan
2013	Lady Business	Tyler	2 episodes
2014	2040	Arturo Winthrop
2014–2019	Broad City	Jaimé Castro	25 episodes
2015	The Good Wife	Juan, The Dishwasher	Episode: "The Debate"
2015	Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll	Pizza Guy	Episode: "Doctor Doctor"
2015–2016	Alternatino	Arturo	Web series, 6 episodes
2016	Invented Today	Hamilton
2017	No Activity	Pedro	6 episodes
	Narcos	David Rodríguez	10 episodes
	No Activity	Miguel	7 episodes
2018	Ghost Story Club	Gary	8 episodes
2019	Dollar Store Therapist	Arturo	Episode: "Sharks"
	Alternatino with Arturo Castro	Various	10 episodes; also creator and executive producer
	Room 104	Craig	Episode: "Itchy"
	Silicon Valley	Máximo Reyes	3 episodes^[8]
2019–2020	Elena of Avalor	Felipe (voice)	2 episodes
2020	American Dad!	Colombian Villager (voice)	Episode: "100 Years a Solid Fool"
	Flipped	Diego	6 episodes
	At Home with Amy Sedaris	Castrodamus	Episode: "New Year's"
2021	Mr. Corman	Victor	8 episodes
2022	Is It Cake?	Himself (judge)	Episode: "Cake Crashers"
	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder	Neato Tito (voice)	Episode: "Get In"
	The Terminal List	Jordan Groff	3 episodes
	Entergalactic	Len (voice)	TV special
	The Recruit	Sandoval Luna	Episode: "I.C.I.N.C."
2023	History of the World, Part II	Private Martinez	Episode: "II"
	Archer	El Cambiante (voice)	Episode: "Face Off"
	Family Guy	(voice)	Episode: "Snap(ple) Decision"
	The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday	Himself (contestant)	TV special
2024	The Vince Staples Show	Police Officer	Episode: "Pink House"

References

^ Castro, Arturo. "Who I Am - Arturo Castro". arturo-castro.com. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
^ Lane, Laura. "Arturo Castro: 5 Things to Know About Broad City's Breakout Roommate". people.com. Time Inc. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
^ "'Alternatino With Arturo Castro' Review". The Hollywood Reporter. June 18, 2019.
^ Chow, Andrew R. (June 12, 2019). "Arturo Castro Thought There Weren't Enough Latino Characters on TV. So He Decided to Play Them All Himself". Retrieved December 8, 2022. But really the first person I loved in comedy was Eddie Izzard.
^ Roberto Buchelli; et al. (November 14, 2018). "Arturo Castro: From Broad City to Narcos to his own creation, Alternatino for Comedy Central, the versatile actor takes over the world". Retrieved December 8, 2022. Who would you want to share a screen with? Al Pacino. When I was that little kid in Guatemala, and someone showed me a copy of Scent of a Woman, I couldn't believe it, I could not believe that an actor could be this inspiring and still be so grounded.
^ Jason Biggs Making Directorial Debut With Action Comedy ‘Getaway’; Will Star Opposite Meaghan Rath, Arturo Castro, Justin H. Min & Anna Konkle
^ Housman, Andrew (April 14, 2023). "The Room Remake Starring Bob Odenkirk Was Shot In A Single Day". SlashFilm. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
^ "Silicon Valley: Season 6 | Official Trailer | HBO" – via www.youtube.com.

External links

Arturo Castro at IMDb
Arturo Castro on Twitter

[1] Castro, Arturo. "Who I Am - Arturo Castro". arturo-castro.com. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[2] Lane, Laura. "Arturo Castro: 5 Things to Know About Broad City's Breakout Roommate". people.com. Time Inc. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

[3] "'Alternatino With Arturo Castro' Review". The Hollywood Reporter. June 18, 2019.

[4] Chow, Andrew R. (June 12, 2019). "Arturo Castro Thought There Weren't Enough Latino Characters on TV. So He Decided to Play Them All Himself". Retrieved December 8, 2022. But really the first person I loved in comedy was Eddie Izzard.

[5] Roberto Buchelli; et al. (November 14, 2018). "Arturo Castro: From Broad City to Narcos to his own creation, Alternatino for Comedy Central, the versatile actor takes over the world". Retrieved December 8, 2022. Who would you want to share a screen with? Al Pacino. When I was that little kid in Guatemala, and someone showed me a copy of Scent of a Woman, I couldn't believe it, I could not believe that an actor could be this inspiring and still be so grounded.

[6] Jason Biggs Making Directorial Debut With Action Comedy ‘Getaway’; Will Star Opposite Meaghan Rath, Arturo Castro, Justin H. Min & Anna Konkle

[7] Housman, Andrew (April 14, 2023). "The Room Remake Starring Bob Odenkirk Was Shot In A Single Day". SlashFilm. Retrieved April 24, 2023.

[8] "Silicon Valley: Season 6 | Official Trailer | HBO" – via www.youtube.com.

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Arturo Castro (Guatemalan actor)