Biography

Cesar Leonardo (real name - Cesar Leonardo Aramburu) was born and raised in New York City in the Upper West Section of Washington Heights. He is the first born of Cesar Augusto Aramburu (an R.N. at Bellevue Hospital) and Milagros Aramburu (a Laundromat Manager). He has one sister, Enid Deja Aramburu (Actress) and two half - brothers, Alan Aramburu (a Retail Manager) and Alejandro Aramburu (a Columbia University Medical Researcher). At the age of 10, Cesar attended P.S. 187 and landed his first lead role in the school musical "Captain Corcoran", after which he stated, "I know what I want to do for the rest of my life". He attended Luminous Visions School of acting and graduated with a certificate in Drama and Film. After years of hardship, Cesar Leonardo attended West Side High School at the age of 17. There he met Barbara Marentette, a drama teacher at West Side High. She introduced him to his current manager, Sid Gold of Goldstar Talent Management and his career began to take off from there. He graduated from West Side High School with special honors in the Drama Department as well as an award for best screenplay at the 1997 Alternative High School Film Festival. However, after seven years as a professional actor, Cesar decided to put his career on hold in order to attend The Borough of Manhattan Community College. In 2002, he graduated with an Associates in Liberal Arts. He is now married to Maria Rodriguez, an aspiring Culinary Artist, and together they have three children, Cesar Nathaniel Aramburu(age 6), Lucian Christopher Aramburu(age 4) and Shyla Star Marie Aramburu(age 2). With the support of his family and friends, Cesar Leonardo now has a newfound confidence to restart his career. He has most recently portrayed the role of a "CSU Agent" on the CBS hit "Unforgettable" starring Poppy Montgomery and Dylan Walsh and is currently working on a screenplay of his own, The Young, in which he hopes to one day produce and star.
- IMDb mini biography by: CLA