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Raúl Castillo Biography

Raúl Castillo is an American stage and film actor and playwright, born in McAllen, Texas and educated at Boston University College of Fine Arts. 

 Raúl Castillo Age

Raúl Castillo was born in McAllen, Texas, United States on  August 30, 1977. He is currently 42 years old as of 2019.

Raúl Castillo Early Life

Raúl Castillo Jr. was born to father Raúl H. Castillo Sr. and mother Adela “Adelita” Rodríguez de Castillo. He has an older brother, Tony, and a younger sister. His parents are Mexican emigrants from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, who later moved to McAllen, Texas, where he and his siblings were raised

Raúl Castillo first became interested in acting in the third grade, after seeing his older brother in a school production of The Wizard of Oz as the Tin Woodman. Raúl Castillo older brother played guitar and is described as a hardworking musician. His dedication was seen by Castillo when he would sit and play scales for hours, which inspired him to use the same technique for his own performance. While in 6th grade at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School, he met and befriended future Mutemath bass guitarist Roy Mitchell-Cárdenas. Castillo states that he started acting when he was 14.

Raúl Castillo Gay

Although his role as Richie Ventura in Looking has garnered Castillo popularity among gay viewers, he is straight. Castillo has a girlfriend, who lived with him in Hell’s Kitchen until recently. She had no problem with him portraying a gay character and is a fan of the show.

Raúl Castillo Career

Acting career

Raúl Castillohas an extensive off-Broadway theater career.Right after college, Castillo performed in Austin, Texas in a 2000 production of “Santos & Santos”, loosely based on Jamiel Chagra and his brothers. It was during that production that Castillo solidified his confidence in being a professional actor.

Raúl Castillo joined the LAByrinth Theater Company as a writer shortly after moving to New York.His on-stage acting debut was with the LAByrinth Theater Company’s production of José Rivera’s play School of the Americas at New York’s Public Theater in 2006. There he met actress and later co-star Sandra Oh while she was performing in the Public Theater’s production of Satellites.

Raúl Castillo  first appeared in the 2005 short film Immaculate Perception. Raúl Castillo  acted in several other short films until his feature film debut role as Ignacio in the 2007 independent film, Amexicano. The film was screened at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and won the Jury Award for producer/director Matthew Bonifacio in the category of Narrative Film at the 2007 Sonoma Valley Film Festival.

The film was released theatrically in 2008.Raúl Castillo continued to appear in short films and independent films, such as My Best Day, and Bless Me, Ultima. His role in the 2011 independent film Cold Weather garnered favorable reviews and praise from critic Roger Ebert. In 2019, Raúl Castillo starred in the independent film El Chicano, drawing praise from The Hollywood Reporter, which noted that his “charismatic performance in the lead role carries much of the film’s weight”.

Television

During his acting career, Castillo has appeared in various TV roles, including shows such as Nurse Jackie, Blue Bloods, and Law & Order. He was cast in the lead role of the action-comedy web series The Traineeand also appeared in the web series East WillyB in a recurring role as Edgar. Castillo went through several auditions for both the part of Agustín and Richie, initially being passed on, before being offered the recurring role on the show.

To research his role as Richie, Castillo watched Looking executive producer Andrew Haigh’s 2011 film Weekend. His performance as Richie Donado was universally hailed as a break out role in the series.In 2015, Castillo appeared as Eduardo Flamingo, the emotionless, unfeeling villain on Fox Broadcasting Company’s drama series Gotham.

Raúl Castillo Movies

Movies

  • Army of the dead
  • Little Fish
  • Knives Out
  • El Chicano
  • Unsane
  • We the Animals
  • Permission
  • Special Correspondents
  • Staring in the Sun
  • Sweets
  • Bless Me, Ultima
  • #ImHere – THE CALL
  • Kiss Me
  • Local Tourists
  • My Best Day
  • Hated
  • Narcocorrido
  • Lorimer
  • Don’t Let Me Drown
  • Gareeb Narwaz’s Taxi
  • Paraíso Travel
  • Amexicano
  • The Negative
  • Immaculate Perception

TV Shows

  • Seven Seconds
  • Atypical
  • Riverdale
  • Easy
  • Looking: The Movie
  • Gotham
  • Looking
  • Blue Bloods
  • Murder in Manhattan
  • The Girl
  • East WillyB
  • The Trainee
  • Damages
  • All My Children
  • Law & Order
  • Nurse Jackie

Raúl Castillo Riverdale

Riverdale is an American teen drama television series based on the characters of Archie Comics. The series was adapted for The CW by Archie Comics’ chief creative officer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and is produced by Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios, in association with Berlanti Productions and Archie Comics. Raúl Castillo takes part in the series where he takes the role of Oscar Castillo.

Castillo Accolades

In 2012, Raúl Castillo was awarded an AFI Honorable Mention in Performance for his lead role in Narcocorrido. Raul Castillo won a special mention at the Ashland Independent Film Festival in 2012 for his role in My Best Day. In 2014, the National Association of Latino Independent Producers presented Castillo with the Lupe Award  named after the late, pioneering Latina actress Lupe Ontiveros in recognition of his breakout performance in Looking.

Raúl Castillo is the second actor to be awarded the Lupe Award since its creation. Raúl Castillo also won Best Performance – Comedy at the NAMIC Vision Awards for his performance in Looking. He has been nominated several times for his supporting role as Richie in Looking, including at the 2016 NAMIC Vision Awards and the 2015 and 2016 Imagen Foundation Awards. In November 2016 he received a Film Independent Spirit Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in We the Animals.

Castillo LGBTQ stance

Although his role as Richie Ventura in Looking has garnered Castillo popularity among gay viewers, he is straight. Castillo describes his role in Looking as important to the LGBTQ and Latino community. In an interview with Backstage, Castillo states “Especially being a straight guy, I wanted to honor this character

Raúl Castillo explains that on the show he definitely had some learning to do, being one of the few straight cast members. He said that he ended up “learning a lot about gay intimacy” while portraying the relationship between Richie and Patrick. Castillo told Out magazine that he hopes the show draws both a large gay and straight audience.

Raúl Castillo hopes that his character on the show will both enlighten and educate straight audiences, as well as shed light on some of the experiences of the gay Latino community. Further, Raúl Castillo described the show as starting an overall “positive, cultural dialogue”, not as having a specific political agenda

Castillo Net Worth

The famous American actor Raúl Castillo has earned himself a decent amount of money from his career. Raúl Castillo estimated net wort has not been disclosed its still under review and will be updated soon.

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Update: 2024-05-22