Édgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano (born March 25, 1977) is a Venezuelan actor. He played Carlos the Jackal in the 2010 French-German biopic series Carlos. He also played Larry, a CIA operative in the film Zero Dark Thirty, Paz in The Bourne Ultimatum, and boxer Roberto Durán in Hands of Stone. In 2012, he won at the 2012 ALMA Awards for Ares in Wrath of the Titans.
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Édgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano (born March 25, 1977) is a Venezuelan actor. He played Carlos the Jackal in the 2010 French-German biopic series Carlos. He also played Larry, a CIA operative in the film Zero Dark Thirty, Paz in The Bourne Ultimatum, and boxer Roberto Durán in Hands of Stone. He received several award nominations for his portrayal of Gianni Versace in the 2018 miniseries The Assassination of Gianne Versace: American Crime Story.Ramírez studied communications at the Andrés Bello Catholic University. He then worked in media and considered becoming a diplomat. When Guillermo Arriaga praised a short film he had done, he decided to pursue his performing hobby as a career.
His first recognition as an actor was the successful soap opera Cosita rica, for Venevisión which aired in September 2003 to August 2004, lasting 270 episodes. In 2005, he made his major motion-picture début playing Choco, Domino Harvey’s love interest in the movie Domino directed by Tony Scott. He was in Vantage Point directed by Pete Travis. In 2012, he won at the 2012 ALMA Awards for Ares in Wrath of the Titans. He has appeared in several other productions, including the independent play Cyr de Bergerac. He is the son of Soday arellano, an attorney, and Filiber to Ramí Perez, a military officer.
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