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El General

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  • Producer
  • Soundtrack
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El General was born on 27 September 1969 in Panama City, Panama. He is an actor and producer, known for El General: Muévelo (1991), Grampa (1996) and In Search of a Dream (1997).
BornSeptember 27, 1969
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    El General in El General: Muévelo (1991)
    El General: Muévelo
    Music Video
    • El General
    • 1991
    Grampa
    • Grampa(as Edgardo Franco 'El General')
    • 1996
    In Search of a Dream (1997)
    In Search of a Dream
    7.5
    • Band Manager(as Edgardo Franco 'El General')
    • 1997
    El General: El Gran Pana
    Music Video
    • El General
    • 1991

    Credits

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    Actor

    • El General: Samurai
      Music Video
      • 2022
    • El General: La Pista Del Baile
      Music Video
      • El General
      • 2004
    • El General: Mami Sexy
      Music Video
      • El General
      • 2004
    • El General Feat. Celia Cruz: Ella Tiene Fuego
      Music Video
      • El General
      • 2003
    • El General: La Mecedora
      Music Video
      • El General
      • 2002
    • El General: Juana
      Music Video
      • El General
      • 2001
    • El General: Pata Pata
      Music Video
      • El General
      • 1998
    • In Search of a Dream (1997)
      In Search of a Dream
      7.5
      • Band Manager (as Edgardo Franco 'El General')
      • 1997
    • Grampa
      • Grampa (as Edgardo Franco 'El General')
      • 1996
    • El General: Jingle Belele
      Music Video
      • El General
      • 1995
    • El General: Latinos Funkete
      Music Video
      • El General
      • 1995
    • El General: Las Chicas
      Music Video
      • El General
      • 1994
    • El General: Latinos A Ganar
      Music Video
      • El General
      • 1994
    • El General: Rica Y Apretadita
      Music Video
      • El General
      • 1994
    • El General: El Maestro
      Music Video
      • El General
      • 1992

    Producer

    • Grampa
      • co-producer (as Edgardo Franco 'El General')
      • 1996

    Soundtrack

    • Elisabeth Moss in Shining Girls (2022)
      Shining Girls
      7.4
      TV Series
      • performer: "Pu Tun Tun"
      • writer: "Pu Tun Tun"
      • 2022
    • Las 100 canciones más grandiosas de los '90 en español
      TV Mini Series
      • performer: "Te vez buena"
      • 2008
    • Eric Roberts, Tori Spelling, Reginald VelJohnson, Alfonso Ribeiro, Anna Delvey Sorokin, Joey Graziadei, Ilona Maher, Stephen Nedoroscik, Dwight Howard, Julianne Hough, Phaedra Parks, Chandler Kinney, Danny Amendola, Jenn Tran, and Brooks Nader in Dancing with the Stars (2005)
      Dancing with the Stars
      5.0
      TV Series
      • writer: "Samba Hey" (uncredited)
      • 2008
    • Sofía Vergara, Roselyn Sanchez, Eduardo Verástegui, and Jaci Velasquez in Chasing Papi (2003)
      Chasing Papi
      4.8
      • performer: "Bad Girls"
      • 2003
    • Champions of Life (1999)
      Champions of Life
      6.4
      TV Series
      • performer: "Te ves buena" (uncredited)
      • 1999
    • Men with Guns (1997)
      Men with Guns
      7.6
      • performer: "Amor De Pobre"
      • 1997
    • Jon Seda and Luna Lauren Velez in I Like It Like That (1994)
      I Like It Like That
      6.8
      • producer: "Brinquen salten"
      • writer: "Brinquen salten"
      • 1994

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Edgardo Franco 'El General'
    • Born
      • September 27, 1969
      • Panama City, Panama

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Panamanian rapper who was one of the first breakout stars of the Latin music genre known as "Reggaeton". He retired from the music business in 2004 to return to his Jehovah's Witness faith.
    • Nickname
      • Father of Reggaeton

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