Modesto Lacen

ACTOR, DIRECTOR, WRITER

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Loíza, Puerto Rico, Theater, film, radio and television actor and producer with a history of 20 years of uninterrupted work in Puerto Rico, the United States, Spain and Colombia, among others. He began working professionally as a teenager and continued his training in the Drama Department of the University of Puerto Rico, where he earned his undergraduate degree with honors, and excelled in classical theater, as well as physical theater and dance. Fluent in Spanish, English, Portuguese and French. He was accepted by The Public Theater, and Circle in the Square in New York City, where he lived for 8 years. There, he was welcomed by the Latino theater circuit of the city, receiving several recognitions by Hola Awards (Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors), ACE (Asociación de Cronistas de Espectáculos de NY) and ATI (Asociación de Teatristas Independientes). His degrees also include a certificate in Arts Administration from the New York University School of Continuing Studies. His commitment to the Puerto Rican film industry has led him to work in more than twenty films in the island. His film credits include: Animal, alongside Oscar-nominated actor Terrence Howard; Back in the Day, where he worked as acting coach for actor and rapper Ja Rule; Any Kind of Infinite, alongside Goya Award-winner Celso Bugallo; and the leading role in films Desamores and Las dos caras de Jano, film adaptations of the legendary Puerto Rican writer of detective novels, Wilfredo Mattos-Cintrón. Three new films where he participated made their debut in 2015: Millie and the Lords, La textura de la luz and 3,000. On television, he's excelled in leading and supporting roles in productions by networks such as CBS, Telemundo, PBS, Telemicro Internacional and Fox Telecolombia. His discipline and physical malleability have secured important roles of historical figures, such as his theater interpretation of composer Rafael Hernández in Puerto Rico, and the legendary baseball player Roberto Clemente, for theaters in cities such as New York, San Juan, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh; a role he successfully reprised in the short film 3,000. Along the same vein, one of his most important works was his interpretation of Pedro Knight (Celia Cruz' husband) in the hit Off-Broadway play Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz; which ran for over a year, and traveled to cities ranging from Miami to Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Lacén reprises don Pedro Knight, from his early youth this time, in the new TV series Celia, produced by Fox Telecolombia and Telemundo, released in 2015. Celia has aired with a great amount of success in Colombia, Chile, the United States, Bolivia, Ecuador and Puerto Rico. Recently-concluded work in Colombia for Caracol TV is the new soap opera La Esclava Blanca, which has maintained the top spot in ratings since its debut in Colombia during January 2016. La Esclava Blanca has been sold to 28 countries, including Poland, the United States, South Africa, Panama and Puerto Rico. Netflix has also acquired streaming rights. In 2018, he'll be featured in the following Puerto Rican films: Sol de Medianoche, Chata, Angélica; as well as international films: La barbería, He matado a mi marido, starring María Conchita Alonso and Tu me manques, with award-winning actor Oscar Martínez. 2018 marks his debut as writer and director when his first short film, The aroma of pig, hits the festival circuit. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Modesto Lacen

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Modesto Lacen on average has worked on 2 movies per year from 2001 to 2021. See the full graphs of the number of Modesto Lacen movies released per year from 2001 till 2021.

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Modesto Lacen works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Comedy Genre flixes. 54% of Modesto Lacen movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Modesto Lacen worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Modesto Lacen has worked on is 6.7.

6.7 / 10

Modesto Lacen's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

El Chata is a story about survival in a hostile environment. It's about staying in the fight and how in the middle of it, some manage to get back up and others don't.

6.3/1075 min

Available in 4 platform(s).

El Cimarron is a love story about a young African couple, Marcos and Carolina, that takes place in the slavery era at the turn of the nineteen-century in a Caribbean island. After several ...

4.6/10102 min

Available in 1 platform(s).