Cuban-American actor and model. He was born on August 29, 1980 in Cochimar, Havana, Republic of Cuba to a Cuban father and a Cuban Jewish mother. He immigrated with his mother to Miami, Florida in America when he was 14 years old. He studied business administration after receiving a scholarship. After studying business administration he moved to Los Angeles to study acting and went on to study acting in Miami and Mexico City. He was married to the Mexican-American actress Elizabeth Gutierrez in 2003 and had a son and daughter with her. His first television work is Olvidarte Jamas. Among his works: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016), Maria Choi (2006) and The Veil (2017).