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Date of Birth

30 December 1975, San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina

Nickname

Claudes

Height

5' 7" (1.70 m)

Mini Biography

Dropped out of school at an early age and began to work so he and his family could move from a poverty-stricken neighborhood and into a better life. Years later he attended the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and studied the technical end of music and video business but decided to quit and go to film school instead. After some aimless wandering, he began acting professionally and has been doing so ever since. His very first paying job was as an extra in the 1996 hit The Birdcage (1996), something he considered a great success when compared to high school plays.

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Trivia

Despite the dark lyrics, he credits James Hetfield and Phil Anselmo for his strong and positive outlook on life.

On April 16th 2009 he celebrated 14 years clean from drugs.

Contrary to his versatility and range, he mostly gets cast in Latin character roles.

One of two original spokesman for the "Question It' campaign which was a public service announcement for a "Healthy Mississippi" after the state successfully won a record $91 million dollars against an undisclosed tobacco company. Ironically, the same attorneys who represented the state of Mississippi, were portrayed in the 1999 Michael Mann film The Insider when Russell Crowe's character Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, decides to blow the whistle and seeks legal help, thus leading towards the litigation.

Is an avid reader and book collector with over 500 titles in his personal library.

Early in his career he turned down the lead role in an independent film in which the character he was going to portray was a drug dealer who beat on his wife, degraded his mother and seduced underage girls.

Is an avid fan of Alex Jones.

Is friends with Mickey Rourke and Steven Bauer.

Founding member of the group DNA along with Jerry Ascione and Ethan S. Smith.

Filmed a TV pilot entitled "Miss Miami" in 2002 alongside Roselyn Sanchez. The pilot never aired.

On Sunday, June 4, 2006 he appeared on the cover of all South Florida news papers in celebration of Miami Heat's NBA championship.

Is a high school dropout with the 9th grade being the highest level of education.

At the age of 9 he was a student of Academic Excellence in the 4th grade at Miami Shores Elementary. The following year he turned down an invitation to attend gifted classes at a local high school.

Is a collector of vintage 8 millimeter cameras.

Since the very first day of school until present time, he still gets picked on for his last name.

As a young child he suffered from severe speech impediments with slurring, stuttering and a lisp which led to years of speech therapy.

Has 4 cats and 3 dogs.

Born in Argentina but moved to Florida at the age of 5.

Was given the nickname "Claudes" by Carbonell winning Playwright Ivonne Azurdia.

Played drums since the age of 15.

Is an expert and obsessed at finding movie mistakes in films.

Has a younger sister, Marcela.

Attended North Miami Senior High School before finally dropping out within the first six weeks.

His mother is Spaniard-Argentine and his father is Lebanese-Argentine.

Along with Jerry Ascione coined the acronym "didge" as in "digital" in reference to someone's digital skills. (e.g.; "you're so didge.").

Auditioned several times and was called back for a recurring role on the last season of "Dawson's Creek" (1998).

Early in his career while an extra on the set of The Substitute (1996), he approached the villain thinking he was an unknown local actor and asked him questions about agents and acting classes. Little did he know he was talking to Marc Anthony.

Back in 1998, he auditioned for "Sins of the City" (1998) for the role of Dj Dog Man and Daniel Tosh auditioned for the role of Jose. After producers saw both of their auditions, they asked them to switch scripts and read for the opposite roles.

Is a member of PETA.

Is a practicing Vegan.

Personal Quotes

In the advent of today's electronic social environment with sites like MySpace and YouTube, there's no reason for an actor to make poor excuses about not promoting him or herself. We see the world getting smaller and faster but I truly believe that publicists, agents and managers are now finding themselves in direct competition with the internet than with each other. I do more more for myself than what a $65,000 a year publicist can do for me because I know what I want and I know how to do it.

One of my biggest disappointments is when an actor complains about not getting work. Most of these actors are the kind of people that expect everything to be handed out to them and forget what it means to go through the struggle and have others do your dirty work.

[On school education] "I never liked school even as a young child. In junior high I developed an obsession to make my fellow students laugh their assess off even if it meant indoor suspension. When the suspensions came, I just skipped school all together and then eventually dropped out."

"You know you made it in this business when you have Producers and Directors who never want to see your face or work with you again." [In September 2006, on a video skit entitled "Hostage Situation" that was created along with Jerry Ascione about a behind the scenes look on a national commercial set and then uploaded on YouTube and MySpace which became a local media spectacle involving attorneys, executives, clients, ad agencies, cease and desist orders and threats of lawsuits.]

Salary

Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough (2005) (TV)

$590.00

Where Are They Now

(September 2006) Owner and Administrator for the very popular forum based website strugglingactor.net

(September 2006) Shooting a Hispanic National commercial for a Circuit City campaign.

(March 2007) Shooting an International commercial for Credit Suisse with the entire Switzerland National Soccer Team.

(December 2007) Shooting a national commercial for Gatorade with Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade.

(February 2008) Shooting his third episode appearance on Fox's America's Most Wanted.

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