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Lazaro Perez Biography (1945-)

Name is pronounced Lah-za-ro Per-ez; born December 17, 1945, inHavana, Cuba; son of Emilio (a shoe shiner) and Josefina (Gazquez) Perez; married Dianne Reutter, 1970 (divorced, 1978).

Nationality

Cuban

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

December 17, 1945

Havana, Cuba

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) In the Jungle of Cities, Theatre Company of Boston,Boston, MA, 1964
• (Broadway debut) Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, Belasco Theatre, 1969
• The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria, La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, New York City, 1976
• Tito, G. R. Point, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1978
• Juan Riber, Animals, Princess Theatre, New York City, 1981
• The Life of Galileo, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, 1981
• Double, The Man and the Fly, Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, New York City, 1982
• Carlo, Balm in Gilead, Circle Repertory Company, Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, IL, then Minetta Lane Theatre, New York City, 1984-85
• Dark Rapture, Kalita Humphreys Theatre, Dallas Theatre Center, Dallas, TX, 1994
• Pops, Barefoot Boy with Shoes On, Primary Stages, New York City, 1999
• Also appeared in Dirty Hands, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Marat/Sade, and Picnic on the Battlefield, all Theatre Company ofBoston; Room Service and A Streetcar Named Desire, both Pittsburgh Public Theatre; Pericles, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT; Alive, And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers, Cabal of Hypocrites, Romeo and Juliet, Twelve Angry Men, and The Wonderful Years, all off-Broadway productions.
• Major Tours
• The Architect and Emperor of Assyria, European cities, 1977
• Double, The Man and the Fly, Spanish cities, 1983
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Catso, Fortune and Men's Eyes (also known as Aux yeux du sort et des humains), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970
• Jose, Gumball Rally, Warner Bros., 1977
• Dancing Danny, Night Flowers (also known as Night Angels),1979
• Enrique the guard, Desperately Seeking Susan, Orion, 1985
• Bill, Slaves of New York, 1989
• Uncle Reinaldo, Signs of Life (also known as One for Sorrow, Two for Joy), 1989
• Ramon, The January Man, 1989
• Raul, Fires Within (also known as Little Havana), 1991
• Pablo, The Mambo Kings, 1992
• Eddie Alvarez, The Girl in the Watermelon, 1994
• Armando "Papi" Perez, The Perez Family, 1995
• Pedro and Phil, Sue, Alta Films, 1997
• Homeless man, Once We Were Strangers, Stella Films, 1998
• Wishful Thinking, 1999
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Jax, Short Walk to Daylight (also known as The Night the EarthShook), ABC, 1972
• Eric Malabar, Wishful Thinking, 1999
• Specials
• Chico, Brotherly Love: The Trevor Farrell Story, HBO, 1994
• Also appeared in Liberty, PBS.
• Episodic
• (Television debut) The Name of the Game, NBC, 1969
• Peter Novarro, "Nag, Nag, Nag," The Partridge Family, ABC, 1972
• Bellman, Hometown, 1985
• Nazarrio, "Manhood," Law and Order, 1993
• Walter, The Cosby Mysteries, NBC, 1994
• New York Undercover, Fox, 1994
• Fredo, Matt Waters, CBS, 1996
• Luis Polanco, "Matrimony," Law and Order, 1997
• Interpreter, "Oh Come All Ye Faithful," Sex and the City, 1998
• Also appeared in All My Children, ABC; Baretta, ABC; TheEqualizer, CBS; Feeling Good, ABC; The Guiding Light, CBS;Ironside, NBC; Joe Forrester, NBC; Miami Vice, NBC; One Life to Live, ABC; Sarge, NBC; and The Streets of San Francisco, ABC.