Hemky Madera (born January 26, 1977) is an American actor. He began his acting career in the

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television production ''Grandes Series Dominicanas'' in which he took the leading parts of the mini-series ''En La Olla'' and ''Trio en Alta Mar'', both by Dominican

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/ producer Alfonso Rodríguez. He also played Mr. Delmar in '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' and Carlos in Netflix original '' Kaleidoscope''.

Life and career

Madera was born in Queens, to Luis and Gisela Madera. He was born prematurely when his mother came to visit relatives in New York, and his family then moved him back to

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. After college, he decided to act full-time and moved to New York City where he worked on the production of ''The Bookie's Lament'' (2000) with

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, but later returned to the Dominican Republic, where he starred in the mini-series ''Asalto en la Lincoln'' as well as in the sitcoms ''Ciudad Nueva'' and ''Los Electrolocos'', in which he took the lead. After returning to the United States, he has appeared in the

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'' Dreaming of Julia'' (2003) with

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and

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, in '' The Lost City'' (2005) with

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, and

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, in ''The Wrath of Cain'' (2010) with

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as well as doing voice work in '' Rango'' (2011) alongside Johnny Depp amongst others. On stage, he first appeared in ''Pantallas'' at

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's ''Great National Theater''. In the United States he has appeared in Inverse Theater's production of ''Icarus and Aria'' and the New York Spanish Repertoire's production of '' Feast of the Goat'' as well as assorted other stage productions, i.e. '' Life is a Dream'', ''

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'', '' Chronicles of a Death Foretold'', ''Blood Weddings'', ''Midnight Brainwash Revival'', ''Burning the Bridges'', and ''Belisa's Capriciousness''. On television, he has appeared in single episodes of hit television series ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Brothers & Sisters'', ''

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'', and '' The Good Guys'' as well as 17 episodes of '' Weeds'' as Mexican

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criminal Ignacio, his best-known role. He also has a recurring role as a retired

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player on the IFC TV series ''

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''. He starred as Pote Gálvez in the USA Network television series ''Queen of the South''. He was originally asked to audition for the role of the father but he knew that he was too young for the part. "But I said, 'Let me just do my best, and see what happens.'” A few days later, they called him in to audition for the role of Pote. He had a minor role in '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'', which Madera has stated was one of his favorite roles.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Madera, Hemky 1977 births Living people American expatriates in the Dominican Republic American male film actors American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors American people of Dominican Republic descent Hispanic and Latino American male actors