David Scott Lago (; born January 18, 1979, in

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) is a Cuban-American

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. He is best known for playing ''

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'' on ''

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'' from 1999 to 2004. He has also had a recurring role as Jeremy on '' 7th Heaven''.

Career

Film and television

He was nominated for a

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in 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004, before finally winning in 2005, his last year on the soap. He had not prepared a speech, so he left the audience stunned by simply repeating a line from the film ''

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'' about two mice falling into a bucket of cream. He also won a

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in 2000 for his portrayal of

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, having previously been nominated in 1999 for his role in the short-lived television series, ''

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''. He has since been in a number of independent films and has also been executive producer too. In May 2009, Lago briefly returned to ''

'' in the role of

. On February 3, 2010, David began starring as his idol Elvis Presley in the Broadway Production of ''Million Dollar Quartet'' in Chicago's Apollo Theater. He also starred in the erotic psychological thriller ''

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'' (2010), playing the role of Ryan, a bank teller who rents a room in a high rise building to spy on an attractive business woman who lives in an adjacent building. Lago played the police officer in the 2019 suspense-thriller Rendezvous. In 2019, he was also cast in the guest-starring role of Justin Ramos in '' The Bay''.

Theater

David played

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from 2010 to 2011 in ''

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'' at the

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. The 90-minute rock 'n' roll musical was performed 8 times a week to sold-out crowds. He played the lead in ''

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'' in 2016 at the Grove Theater in Upland, California.

References

External links

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David Scott Lago at Soap Opera Central
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lago, David American male soap opera actors 1979 births Living people Daytime Emmy Award winners Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series winners People from Downey, California