Biography

Juan Carlos Arvelo is an American actor, photographer and music composer, born on May 24th in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Juan Carlos performed in Steven Spielberg's re-make of 'West Side Story', as a voice artist in the looping group. He also performed additional voices in the Oscar-winning film, 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse'.

His breakthrough was starring in Steven Soderbergh's film 'Che: Part One', performing alongside Benicio del Toro. Recently, he guest starred in the FX television series 'Snowfall', as Gabriel Jean. Juan Carlos is one of the lead characters in the musical 'Calle de la Resistencia'. He participates in the pilot 'Dee Jay Zee' , by Peter Basler starring Michael Monks & Elyse Mirto. He has also been part of numerous short films and national TV commercials.

Today, Juan Carlos Arvelo lives in Los Angeles, where he continues to pursue his acting and artistic endeavors.

Awards: In 2010 he received the 'Outstanding Achievement in Film Award', from the UNESCO Youth Commission. In 2011, Juan Carlos was recognized with the 'Distinguished Young Actor Award' for his lead performance in the short film 'Darwin's Thoughts'.
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