Rene Lavan (born November 5, 1968) is a

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actor.

Early life

Lavan was born in

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, Cuba. In 1980, at the age of 11, he was part of the

Mariel boatlift The Mariel boatlift () was a mass emigration of Cubans who traveled from Cuba's Mariel Harbor to the United States between 15 April and 31 October 1980. The term "" (plural "Marielitos") is used to refer to these refugees in both Spanish and En ...

Career

In 1996, he appeared as Gustavo in the acclaimed independent film '' Azúcar amarga'' directed by Leon Ichaso. He has also appeared on the long-running ABC soap opera, ''

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'' as Javier Pérez (1995–96, 1997). He has also acted in the telenovela genre appearing in ''Morelia'' (1995), and in the Venevision produced ''Enamorada'' (1999). In 2001, he appeared as the male lead in

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's ''

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''. He has appeared in several publications such as ''People en Español'', ''Vanidades'' and ''Harper's Bazaar''. In the last few years, Lavan's television appearances have been on the popular CBS drama, ''

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'' (2003), on NBC's, ''

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'' (2004), and in the film '' Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights'' (2004). He also appeared in ''

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'' (2004) alongside

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and

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. He has also co-hosted programs such as the "Latin Billboard Music Awards", "the Latin Grammy's", among others. He also debuted on Broadway with the long running ''

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'' along with Rick Najera and Mexican actor

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. He is a producer working on various independent projects including music videos and Latin culture-themed films. Additionally, he was formerly named to the board of directors for Fuego Entertainment, a Miami-based Latin-entertainment company that is public under OTC:BB FUGO. He is in '' Guerrilla'' alongside

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coming in 2008 and is also filming an independent movie about Dr. Ricardo Saca, called ''Flights of Fancy'' also starring

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. He also starred in ''

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'' as Francisco Alonso.

Filmography

Film

Television

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lavan, Rene 1968 births American male film actors American male television actors Cuban emigrants to the United States Living people American entertainers of Cuban descent