Pedro Telemaco was born on October 13,1968 and is a Puerto Rican actor, model and comedian.
17 Facts About Pedro Telemaco
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Pedro Telemaco made his television debut in a telenovela named La Verdadera Eva.
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Pedro Telemaco was a drama student at the University of Puerto Rico, where he kept acting in theater.
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At the time, heavy rumors about Pedro Telemaco becoming the first Black actor to star in a Puerto Rican telenovela surfaced in such publications as Vea, Teve Guia and other Puerto Rican gossip magazines.
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Pedro Telemaco was close to achieve this goal; he was chosen to star in a mini-series instead: 1988's Color de Piel explored racial stereotypes in Puerto Rican society.
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Later that year, Pedro Telemaco moved to WAPA-TV, where he acted as a comedian in El Show del Mediodia, a variety show hosted by Luisito Vigoreaux.
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Pedro Telemaco recorded some television and cinema commercials, and, in 1989, he acted in five theater plays, including two musicals: Clemente, about Puerto Rican baseball star Roberto Clemente and where he acted together with Carmen Belen Richardson, and a Puerto Rican version of Annie.
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Pedro Telemaco made his Hollywood debut later that year, having a minor role in a low budget movie, Cat Chaser.
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Pedro Telemaco moved to Spain in 1991 to pursue a modeling career.
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Pedro Telemaco performed as an exotic dancer and released a music CD, Date Vida.
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Pedro Telemaco acted in some theater plays there, becoming popular among Spaniard play critics.
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Pedro Telemaco returned to Puerto Rico in 2001, to act in En Pelotas.
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In 2003, Pedro Telemaco played "Safio" in the made-for-television film, Bala Perdida.
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That same year, Pedro Telemaco got his second opportunity in Hollywood, when he played a Cuban man in Bad Boys II, which starred Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
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In 2004 Pedro Telemaco filmed El Cimarron, a movie about slavery in 19th century Puerto Rico.
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Pedro Telemaco plays the role of Marcos Xiorro, a slave who planned a slave uprising in 1821.
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Pedro Telemaco plays Osvaldo in Telemundo's 2010 telenovela, El Clon.