Carlos Lacámara (born November 11, 1958) is a Cuban-born American actor and playwright who has had a long career on

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, making his first appearance in 1983 on the

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'' and mostly played in roles as Paco Ortíz on the

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'', and as Ray García, the family patriarch on ''

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''.

Early life

Lacámara was born in Havana,

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but moved to

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in 1960 because of the

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. After that, he moved to

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, and then to

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, where he resides now. He attended

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Career

His recent guest roles have shifted from the early trend to cast him as a waiter, valet, or other entry level worker. Although characters from ''Nurses'' occasionally appeared on ''

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'', from which their show had originated, Lacámara's only appearance on ''Empty Nest'' was in an unrelated role in 1995, after ''Nurses'' had ended its run. Lacámara's role in ''

'' reunited him with former ''Nurses'' co-star Ada Maris. In 2006, Lacámara's play '' Nowhere on the Border'' won first place of Repertorio Español's, a theatre company in New York, MetLife Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition. The play was produced at Repertorio Español in the fall of 2007. His second play ''Havana Bourgeois'' won Reverie Productions' Next Generations Playwriting Contest, and was produced by Reverie at 59E59 Theaters in New York in 2007, and later played in Los Angeles, California and Coral Gables, FL. Lacámara wrote the book and additional lyrics for the musical "Cuba Libre", which is first produced by Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, Oregon in October 2015. This Broadway-scale, contemporary musical features the internationally acclaimed, three-time Grammy nominated band Tiempo Libre with a company of 21 actors, dancers and musicians. Artists Repertory Theatre

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lacamara, Carlos 1958 births American male film actors American male television actors Cuban emigrants to the United States Hispanic and Latino American dramatists and playwrights Living people Male actors from Havana University of California, Los Angeles alumni