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Adan Canto

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A CIA officer finds himself the target of a rendition operation after being scapegoated for the death of an interrogation subject.
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Adan Canto is a Mexican-American actor and director. He left home at the age of 16 to pursue a career as a musician. Canto wrote for and produced several songs for film and television while living in Mexico City. He began acting in a handful of commercials in Mexico City and was soon cast in a television series called Estado de Gracia. Canto eventually turned to the stage after being cast as a lead for the adaptation of Pedro Almodovar's All About My Mother.

In 2013, Canto made his debut in American television, playing the role of Paul Torres on the Fox drama series, The Following. In 2015 Canto played real life politician Rodrigo Lara Bonia in Netflix drama series Narcos. In 2016, he was cast in the ABC political drama series, Designated Survivor, playing White House Chief of Staff Aaron Shore opposite Kiefer Sutherland, Natascha McElhone, and Maggie Q. Canto wrote and directed his first short film Before Tomorrow in 2014. His short film The Shot earned several festival awards for Best Narrative Short Film in 2020.
BornDecember 5, 1981
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Adan Canto in The Shot (2020)
Elodie Yung and Adan Canto in The Cleaning Lady (2022)
Eva De Dominici and Adan Canto in The Cleaning Lady (2022)
Elodie Yung and Adan Canto in The Cleaning Lady (2022)
Adan Canto in The Cleaning Lady (2022)
Elodie Yung and Adan Canto in The Cleaning Lady (2022)
Adan Canto in The Cleaning Lady (2022)

Known for

Kiefer Sutherland in Designated Survivor (2016)
Designated Survivor
7.5
TV Series
  • Aaron Shore
Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Elliot Page, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Cudmore, Bingbing Fan, and Jennifer Lawrence in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
X-Men: Days of Future Past
7.9
  • Sunspot
  • 2014
Narcos (2015)
Narcos
8.8
TV Series
  • Minister Lara
Halle Berry in Bruised (2020)
Bruised
6.2
  • Desi
  • 2020

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Actor

  • Elodie Yung in The Cleaning Lady (2022)
    The Cleaning Lady
  • Mel Gibson, Dermot Mulroney, and Annie Ilonzeh in Agent Game (2022)
    Agent Game
  • Jonathan Sadowski, Adan Canto, Alicia Sanz, Chinaza Uche, and Zach Avery in The Devil Below (2021)
    The Devil Below
  • Radha Mitchell, Tiera Skovbye, Adan Canto, and Jacob Elordi in 2 Hearts (2020)
    2 Hearts
  • Halle Berry in Bruised (2020)
    Bruised
  • The Hypnotist's Love Story
  • Kiefer Sutherland in Designated Survivor (2016)
    Designated Survivor
  • David Arquette and Amy Acker in Amanda & Jack Go Glamping (2017)
    Amanda & Jack Go Glamping
  • Mireille Enos and Peter Krause in The Catch (2016)
    The Catch
  • Robert Kazinsky in Second Chance (2016)
    Second Chance
  • Don Johnson, Amber Valletta, Chace Crawford, and Rebecca Rittenhouse in Blood & Oil (2015)
    Blood & Oil
  • Narcos (2015)
    Narcos
  • Before Tomorrow (2014)
    Before Tomorrow
  • Pilot (2014)
    Hysteria
  • Sara Maldonado, Julio Bekhor, Manuel Balbi, Eiza González, Adan Canto, and Rodrigo Virago in Almost Thirty (2014)
    Almost Thirty

Producer

  • Linnea Magdamo and Stephanie Ann Canto in The Shot (2020)
    The Shot
  • Before Tomorrow (2014)
    Before Tomorrow

Director

  • Linnea Magdamo and Stephanie Ann Canto in The Shot (2020)
    The Shot
  • Before Tomorrow (2014)
    Before Tomorrow
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Agent Game
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Agent Game
Bruised
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Bruised
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2 Hearts
The Cleaning Lady: A Mother Trying To Save Her Son
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The Cleaning Lady: A Mother Trying To Save Her Son

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    • December 5, 1981
    • Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico

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    Was born in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila Mexico.
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    I never said that I wanted to be an actor when I was a kid. I didn't know. I thought I was going to be a singer and musician. That's what I had been doing, for a huge part of my life.

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