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''David Villalpando'' (born January 2, 1959 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. His break out role was in the film ''El Norte'' (1983).〔(IMDb ) film data base.〕 Since then he's had small roles in American films such as ''The Arrival'', ''The Mask of Zorro'', and the John Sayles film ''Men with Guns'' (1997). He was also in an episode in the television series ''Acapulco H.E.A.T.'', and has done a lot of work in Mexican cinema. ==Career== A native of Mexico City, Villalpando started his career at the age of 14 in the theatre play ''El extraño jinete'' by Michelle de Ghelderode. After having worked in several amateur plays of all genres, in 1980 he starred for more than three years and 1700 performances in the play El Extensionista by Felipe Santander. This theatre play marks the beginning of a long professional career on the Mexican stage that includes about 30 plays spanning all genres and styles of drama, from the classics to popular entertainment. Among the plays he has starred are ''The two brothers'' by Felipe Santander, ''El pastelero del Rey, Alegría la lotería'' by Teresa Valenzuela, and ''Los empeños de una casa'' by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. He won a special award (Agrupación de Periodistas Teatrales APT) for his acting in this play in 1989. Throughout his career he has represented his country in many international events, like the International Theatre Festival in Sitges, Spain (1980), the Festival Latino de Nueva York (1982), the 6th Festival Iberoamericano de Cádiz (1992) in Spain and in the Expo Sevilla 92. In the cinema, in 1984 Villalpando was nominated as Best Actor by the Asociación de Cronistas de Espectáculos in the city of New York (ACE) for his outstanding acting as Enrique Xuncax in the multi-awarded film of Gregory Nava: ''El Norte''. ''El Norte'' was an Official American Selection in Section A 'Certain Regarde' of the 1984 Cannes Film Festival ''El Norte'' was also nominated for an Academy Award in 1985 as best script and a copy of the film is preserved in the UCLA film archive and in the Washington Congress Library. Villalpando has appeared in many international films like ''The Arrival'', ''Men with Guns'', ''Perdita Durango'', ''Nazca'', ''The Harvest'', ''The Mask of Zorro'', ''Daughter of the Puma'', ''Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7'' and ''American Family''. Villalpando has also worked as an actor and writer in television. He is the author of several well-known TV series like Cero en conducta, La casa de la risa, La escuelita Vip, Par de Ases, Fábrica de Risas y Al ritmo de la noche. He has portrayed for many years the professor Virolo in the little TV school ''Cero en Conducta'' and in ''La Escuelita VIP''. From 2007 to 2012 he was part of the Mexican TV show ''Se Vale''. At the present (2015) he is co-host of the TV show ''Noches con Platanito'' produced by Estrella TV in the USA. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Villalpando」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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