Biography

Valdes moved to Miami at age 5 from Colombia, then moved again at age 12 to Marietta, Georgia. He studied at the University of Michigan with the actors of the theater group StarKid Productions. In 2011, after graduating, Valdes was devoted entirely to the theater.Between 2009 and 2011, he participated in theatrical productions of High School Musical and The Wedding Singer before starring in the national tour of Jersey Boys.From March 2013 to March 2014, he played the role of Andrej in the musical Once, in which he also performed on piano, guitar, ukulele, bass and percussion. In 2013, the musical was nominated for a Tony Award.In 2014, Valdes made his television debut in the American series Arrow, before appearing in the spin-off series, The Flash, as a series regular in the role of Francisco "Cisco" Ramón, an engineering genius. Cisco is part of the S.T.A.R. Labs team, along with Dr. Harrison Wells and Caitlin Snow, that help Barry Allen with his superpowers.
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Carlos (David) Valdes (born on April 20, 1989) is an actor and singer, currently playing the role of Cisco Ramon on the hit series The Flash.

Valdes moved to Miami from Colombia at the tender age of 5, then moved again to Marietta, Georgia at the age of 12. He studied at the University of Michigan with actors from the theater group StarKid Productions. After graduating in 2011, Valdes became entirely devoted to theater.

Between 2009 and 2011, he participated in theatrical productions like High School Musical and The Wedding Singer He also was a stand-in in the national tour of Jersey Boys.

From March 2013 to March 2014, he played the role of Andrej in the musical Once, in which he also performed on piano, guitar, ukulele, bass and percussion. In 2013, the musical was nominated for a Tony Award.

In 2014, Valdes made his television debut in the American series Arrow, before appearing in the spin-off series, The Flash, as a series regular in the role of Francisco "Cisco" Ramón (Vibe), an engineering genius. Cisco is part of the S.T.A.R. Labs team, along with Dr. Harrison Wells and Dr. Caitlin Snow, that help Barry Allen with his superpowers.

In June 2015, it was revealed that Valdes lent his voice to Cisco Ramon in the animated web series Vixen
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He has played the same character (Cisco Ramon) in six different series: Arrow (2012), The Flash (2014), Supergirl (2015), Vixen (2015), Legends of Tomorrow (2016) and Freedom Fighters: The Ray (2017).

He played bass in A Very Potter Musical.

He once did a TEDtalk on writing a musical in 2010 with college classmates Aj Holmes and Ali Gordon at the University of Michigan.

He is fluent in Spanish.