David Villalpando

David Villalpando
Born	January 2, 1959 (1959-01-02) (age 52), Mexico City, Mexico.

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).^[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., and has done a lot of work in Mexican cinema.

El Norte

Villalpando's 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]

Footnotes

1. ^ IMDb film data base.
2. ^ Villalpando, David. Lear Media, interview of Villalpando.

External links

• David Villalpando at the Internet Movie Database.

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Name	Villalpando, David
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Date of birth	January 2, 1959
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico.
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