Víctor Manuel Cámara Parejo (born June 10, 1959) is a Venezuelan American

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, cinema

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and politician.

Early life

Víctor is the son to actress Elisa Parejo and actor

Carlos Cámara Cárlos Cámara Lázaro (9 January 1934 – 24 February 2016) was a Dominican-born Mexican actor. Biography Cámara was born to a family of artists. He migrated to Venezuela where he married the actress Elisa Parejo, with whom he had three chi ...

, both natives of the

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. He has a brother named Carlos Cámara Jr. who is also an actor. He studied Electronic Engineering at the

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and parallel studies in theater and acting. He began his career helping his grandparents in the theater in both the artistic and technical department.

Career

His acting career in television and cinema began in 1978 when he joined

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. Since then, he has acted in various telenovelas in his home country

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and in

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and the

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. In 2011, he returned to Venezuela to participate in the telenovela '' Natalia del Mar'' to portray the villain for the first time ever since the start of his career in telenovelas.

Political career

Cámara is running for a seat in Doral City Council on 2020 election as independent. Also, he announced his intentions to be mayor of the city, and to defeat the incumbent mayor Juan Carlos Bermúdez. Cámara declared that he supported and participated in the campaign of the

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when he ran for mayor of Miami-Dade in 1996.

Personal life

Víctor is married to Ivette Planchard since 14 February 1977. They welcomed their first child, a daughter named Samantha in 1997.

Filmography

Telenovelas

Film

* ''The Celibacy'' (2010) as Bruno * ''La mujer de coronel'' (2010) * ''El secreto de Jimena'' (2009) as Adam * '' 13 segundos'' (2007) as Dr. Eduardo Valladares * ''Rosa de Francia'' (1995) as Roberto

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Camara, Victor Living people Male actors from Caracas 1959 births Venezuelan male film actors Venezuelan male telenovela actors Venezuelan people of Dominican Republic descent