Carlos Lacamara

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Carlos Lacámara (born November 11, 1958), sometimes credited as "Carlos Lacamara" or "Carlos LaCamara", is a Cuban-born American actor and playwright who has had a long career on American television, making his first appearance in 1983 on the sitcom "Family Ties". Lacamara has mostly played supporting characters and guest star roles, with the exception of his roles as Paco Ortíz on the sitcom "Nurses", and as Ray García, the family patriarch on "The Brothers García".

Biography

Early life

Lacámara was born in Havana, Cuba and moved to Washington D.C. in 1960, [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/98/Carlos-Lacamara.html Carlos Lacamara Biography (1958-) ] ] after the Cuban Revolution. After that, He moved to Puerto Rico, and then to California, where he resides now. He attended UCLA.

Acting roles

In the early 1990s, he played orderly Paco Ortiz on the NBC sitcom "Nurses". He also made recurring guest appearances on the crime series "Silk Stalkings" and "Close to Home". The latter series, in which Lácamara plays a medical examiner, is rare in casting the actor in the role of an highly educated professional, although his recent guest roles have shifted from the early trend to cast him as a waiter, valet, or other entry level worker. [imdb name|id=0479801|name=Carlos Lacamara]

In 1995, he played the assassin Retaya in the "" episode "Improbable Cause". In 1997, Lácamara also played one of the starring roles in the educational series "Connect With English", a fictional drama written for students of English as a Second Language.

Although characters from "Nurses" occasionally appeared on "Empty Nest", from which their show had originated, Lácamara's only appearance on "Empty Nest" was in an unrelated role in 1995, after "Nurses" had ended its run. Lácamara's role in "The Brothers García" reunited him with former "Nurses" co-star Ada Maris. He was also important in the Brother's Garcia Special (The Mayan Curse).

Personal life

In 2006, Lacámara's play "Nowhere on the Border" won first place of Repertorio Español's, a theatre company in New York, MetLife Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition. The play was produced at Repertorio Español in the fall of 2007. As well, his second play "Havana Bourgeois" performed in New York, and later played in Los Angeles, California.

He lives with his wife, Carol Barbee, and his sons Lucas Alberto Lacámara (b. 1993), and Diego William Lacámara (b. 1997), in Los Angeles, California.

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