David Villalpando
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| David Villalpando | |
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| Born | January 2, 1959 (age 48), Mexico City, DF,  Mexico. |
| Notable roles | Enrique in El Norte. |
David Villalpando (born January 2, 1959 in Mexico City, D.F.) is a Mexican actor, whose break out role was in the film El Norte (1983).[1]
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.
Villalpando has also done a lot of work in Mexican cinema.
[edit] El Norte
Villalpando first role in El Norte meant a lot to him. He gave an interview to Lear Media about the film: what it meant to him and why the film was important. Villalpando said:
- Fifteen years ago, the indigenous people in Guatemala were living a cruel extermination that forced them to flee toward Mexico and the United States. This exodus lasted a decade and half a million Guatemalans made the journey to America seeking for asylum and refuge...El Norte became a powerful fighting element, grew an audience, searched audiences, and left the theatres to tell its truth.[2]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ IMDb film data base.
- ^ Villalpando, David. Lear Media, interview of Villalpando.
