Braulio Castillo Jr. (born August 30, 1958) is a Puerto Rican actor and radio host. He is the son of

Braulio Castillo Braulio Castillo Cintrón (March 30, 1933 – February 28, 2015) was a telenovela actor in Latin America. His two sons, Braulio Castillo, Jr. and Jorge Castillo, are also actors. He was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Castillo played in the ''O ...

, an actor across Latin America, and the brother of the lesser known Jorge Castillo, also a television and theater actor.

Biography

For a short time during the 1970s, he was first known in

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doing newsbreaks for WKBM-TV Channel 11 in

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, now

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O&O

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. Castillo reached national fame in Puerto Rico when he participated in the 1984 Spanish soap opera '' Coralito'' at

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-based WKAQ-TV Channel 2. There, he shared star billing with

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actor

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and with Puerto Rican actress Sully Diaz. Afterwards, Castillo reached teen idol status across Puerto Rico. In 1985, he was one of the stars of the successful telenovela'' Tanairi'', alongside actress

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. That year (1985), Castillo was hired to co-host a game show named ''Adelante Juventud'' (''Come on, Youth'') alongside

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. He also starred in three telenovelas alongside fellow Puerto Rican actress

Millie Aviles Milagros "Millie" Aviles (alternatively known as Milly Aviles; born November 20, 1964, in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican actress and singer. She is better known as a telenovela actress from the golden era of telenovelas in Puerto Rico, wh ...

. Castillo subsequently acted on numerous telenovelas in

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and

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. In the 1990s he starred in the

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,''Tres Hombres y...'', inspired by the movie '' Three Men and a Baby'', alongside

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and Alba Nydia Díaz on the WKAQ-TV Telemundo de Puerto Rico network. Castillo also was the leading man of the

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''Karina Montaner'', opposite Giselle Blondet, broadcast by

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Channel 4 in San Juan. For several years, Braulio starred in various

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. In 2003, Castillo starred in the film ''

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'', alongside

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and

Velda González Velda González de Modestti (April 10, 1933 – April 20, 2016) was a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, comedian, politician and former senator. She was a member of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1981 to 2005. Early years and studies Velda Gonzále ...

, Kidany Lugo and former

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player Cirilo Cruz. In 2006, he performed the role of Zacks in the musical '' A Chorus Line'', at the Caguas Performing Arts Center, alongside

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and Daniela Droz, among others. Castillo was acknowledged not only for his acting, but for his phenomenal attributes as a stage dancer. Starting in 2007, he co-hosted a daily radio morning

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alongside Mirayda Chaves while keeping on performing in numerous theatre productions in San Juan. Also in 2007, Castillo performed the leading role in director Jacobo Morales's film ''

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''. In 2011 he starred in the Puerto Rican premiere of Yasmina Reza's play

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at the Tapia Theatre in San Juan. He starred in the Puerto Rican production of Jerry Herman's La Cage Aux Folles as Georges, opening in August 2013 at the Luis A Ferré Performing Arts Center in San Juan. Early in 2014, Castillo revealed that he had battled

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in 2011. On early October 2020, he revealed that he had gone through an emotional crisis, due to a personal situation as well as the uncertainty of the pandemic, which lead for him to seek help at the hospital for depression symptoms.

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Biography

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