Christian Camargo
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Christian Camargo is an American
actor
, perhaps best known for his role of Brian Moser in the Showtime drama Dexter
.
actress Victoria Wyndham
and grandson of actor Ralph Camargo
. He is a 1992 graduate of Hobart College
. He was the Program Director of WEOS
, the college's public radio station.
Camargo is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Drama (Group 25) and went on to perform in the Broadway production of David Hare's Skylight with Michael Gambon
(Theater World Award). From there, Camargo went to England
to join the inaugural company of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on the Southbank
. He met his future wife, English actress Juliet Rylance
, there.
, was a Mexican-American actor who talked his daughters into changing their names to something Anglicized
because he felt he had lost roles due to being Latino
. Camargo decided to change his name back from Minnick because of pride in his Mexican-American heritage and wanting to bring back a name that he felt was connected to his profession.
, and the title role of Theater For A New Audience's Coriolanus. In 2008 Camargo played opposite Dianne Wiest
, John Lithgow
and Katie Holmes
in Arthur Miller's All My Sons on Broadway
.
In early 2009 Camargo played the title role in the Theatre for a New Audience's production of Hamlet and garnered good reviews. He won an Obie award and Drama League nomination for his performance. The show ran until April 12, 2009.
Camargo portrayed the role of Orlando in The Bridge Project's presentation of Shakespeare's As You Like It
in Brooklyn, New York. Since February 2010, he is playing Ariel in the company's rendition of Shakespeare's The Tempest
. Both plays directed by British director Sam Mendes
.
As of September 30, 2010, he has been cast as Eleazar of the Denali Coven in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Parts 1 and 2.
reality show Fast Inc. follows the behind the scenes dealings of Fast Ashley's. His role in National Treasure: Book of Secrets was John Wilkes Booth
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, perhaps best known for his role of Brian Moser in the Showtime drama Dexter
Dexter (TV series)
Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...
.
Early life
Camargo was born Christian Minnick in New York City, New York, the son of former soap operaSoap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
actress Victoria Wyndham
Victoria Wyndham
Victoria Wyndham is an American actress best known for her role as Rachel Cory on the soap opera Another World.-Personal life:...
and grandson of actor Ralph Camargo
Ralph Camargo
Ralph Jaime Camargo was an American actor, best known for his work in theatre. He was also well known for being "the voice of Dynamic," narrating many short films in the 1950s and 1960s for the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.His daughters are actresses Victoria Wyndham and Felice Camargo...
. He is a 1992 graduate of Hobart College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, located in Geneva, New York, are together a liberal arts college offering Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in Teaching degrees. In athletics, however, the two schools compete with separate teams, known as the Hobart Statesmen and the...
. He was the Program Director of WEOS
WEOS
WEOS is a college radio station licensed to Geneva, New York, broadcasting primarily on 89.7 FM across the Finger Lakes region of New York. It also broadcasts on a smaller relay transmitter on 90.3FM in Geneva . The station is owned by The Colleges of the Seneca, Inc., the legal name of Hobart...
, the college's public radio station.
Camargo is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Drama (Group 25) and went on to perform in the Broadway production of David Hare's Skylight with Michael Gambon
Michael Gambon
Sir Michael John Gambon, CBE is an Irish actor who has worked in theatre, television and film. A highly respected theatre actor, Gambon is recognised for his roles as Philip Marlowe in the BBC television serial The Singing Detective, as Jules Maigret in the 1990s ITV serial Maigret, and as...
(Theater World Award). From there, Camargo went to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
to join the inaugural company of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on the Southbank
South Bank
South Bank is an area of London, England located immediately adjacent to the south side of the River Thames. It forms a long and narrow section of riverside development that is within the London Borough of Lambeth to the border with the London Borough of Southwark and was formerly simply known as...
. He met his future wife, English actress Juliet Rylance
Juliet Rylance
Juliet Rylance is an Obie Award-winning English actress.-Personal life:Rylance was born Juliet van Kampen in Hammersmith, London to Claire van Kampen, a composer and Chris van Kampen, an architect. Her stepfather is the British actor and director Mark Rylance...
, there.
Name change
Camargo's grandfather, Ralph CamargoRalph Camargo
Ralph Jaime Camargo was an American actor, best known for his work in theatre. He was also well known for being "the voice of Dynamic," narrating many short films in the 1950s and 1960s for the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.His daughters are actresses Victoria Wyndham and Felice Camargo...
, was a Mexican-American actor who talked his daughters into changing their names to something Anglicized
Anglicisation
Anglicisation, or anglicization , is the process of converting verbal or written elements of any other language into a form that is more comprehensible to an English speaker, or, more generally, of altering something such that it becomes English in form or character.The term most often refers to...
because he felt he had lost roles due to being Latino
Latino
The demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American descent."* "A Latin American."* "A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States."...
. Camargo decided to change his name back from Minnick because of pride in his Mexican-American heritage and wanting to bring back a name that he felt was connected to his profession.
Career
Camargo's New York theater work includes the Public Theater's Kit Marlowe, Steve Martin's Underpants at Classic Stage CompanyClassic Stage Company
Classic Stage Company, or CSC, is a classical Off-Broadway theater dedicated to reimagining the classical repertory for a contemporary American audience, presenting plays from the past that speak directly to today's issues. Founded in 1967, Classic Stage Company is one of Off-Broadway's...
, and the title role of Theater For A New Audience's Coriolanus. In 2008 Camargo played opposite Dianne Wiest
Dianne Wiest
Dianne Wiest is an American actress. She has had a successful career on stage, television, and film, and has won two Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Wiest has also been nominated for a BAFTA Award.-Early life:...
, John Lithgow
John Lithgow
John Arthur Lithgow is an American actor, musician, and author. Presently, he is involved with a wide range of media projects, including stage, television, film, and radio...
and Katie Holmes
Katie Holmes
Katherine Noelle "Katie" Holmes is an American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Joey Potter on The WB television teen drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003. Her movie roles have included the blockbuster Batman Begins along with art house films such as The Ice Storm and thrillers...
in Arthur Miller's All My Sons on Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
.
In early 2009 Camargo played the title role in the Theatre for a New Audience's production of Hamlet and garnered good reviews. He won an Obie award and Drama League nomination for his performance. The show ran until April 12, 2009.
Camargo portrayed the role of Orlando in The Bridge Project's presentation of Shakespeare's As You Like It
As You Like It
As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility...
in Brooklyn, New York. Since February 2010, he is playing Ariel in the company's rendition of Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Tempest
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place,...
. Both plays directed by British director Sam Mendes
Sam Mendes
Samuel Alexander "Sam" Mendes, CBE is an English stage and film director. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning work on his debut film American Beauty and his dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret , Oliver! , Company and Gypsy . He's currently working on the 23rd James Bond...
.
As of September 30, 2010, he has been cast as Eleazar of the Denali Coven in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Parts 1 and 2.
Other
He has also been the face of Fast Ashley's, a custom car company that specialized in customizing vintage and muscle cars for celebrities, models and millionaires. The MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
reality show Fast Inc. follows the behind the scenes dealings of Fast Ashley's. His role in National Treasure: Book of Secrets was John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. Booth was a member of the prominent 19th century Booth theatrical family from Maryland and, by the 1860s, was a well-known actor...
.
Filmography
- The Guiding Light (1998)
- Story of a Bad Boy (1999)
- Harlem Aria (1999)
- Plunkett & MacleanePlunkett & MacleanePlunkett & Macleane is a 1999 British historical action comedy film directed by Jake Scott, and starring Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller and Liv Tyler. It follows the story of Captain James Macleane , and Will Plunkett , two men in eighteenth century Britain who are both struggling to survive...
(1999) - Picture ThisPicture ThisPicture This may refer to:*"Picture This" , a song by Blondie from the album Parallel Lines*Picture This , a 1982 album by Huey Lewis and the News...
(1999) - Double Bang (2001)
- Lip ServiceLip ServiceLip service is an idiom meaning 'giving approval or support insincerely' .Lip service may also refer to:- Television :* Lip Service , a 2010 dramatic series broadcast on BBC Three...
(2001) - For the peopleFor the PeopleFor The People is the debut album from Hip Hop collective Boot Camp Clik, consisting of Buckshot from Black Moon, Cocoa Brovaz, formerly known as Smif-N-Wessun, Heltah Skeltah and O.G.C. The crew officially organized in 1995, with all eight members appearing on the song "Cession At Da Doghillee"...
(2002) - Presidio MedPresidio MedPresidio Med is an American Television series which aired 2002–2003, centering around a San Francisco hospital. It was created by John Wells and Lydia Woodward, who also created ER.-Series premise:...
(2002) - K-19: The WidowmakerK-19: The WidowmakerK-19: The Widowmaker is a movie released on July 19, 2002, about the first of many disasters that befell the Soviet submarine of the same name. The film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow...
(2002) - CSICSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
(2003) - Without a TraceWithout a TraceWithout a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...
(2003) - BoomtownBoomtownA boomtown is a community that experiences sudden and rapid population and economic growth. The growth is normally attributed to the nearby discovery of a precious resource such as gold, silver, or oil, although the term can also be applied to communities growing very rapidly for different reasons,...
(2003) - Karen SiscoKaren SiscoKaren Sisco is a television series about a fictional United States Marshal created by novelist Elmore Leonard.As a U.S. Deputy Marshal, based on Miami, Florida's Gold Coast, Karen must deal with the underbelly of South Beach nightlife and Palm Beach highlife while tracking down fugitives. She also...
(2004) - WantedWanted (TV series)Wanted is a 2005 American primetime police drama television series broadcast on the TNT network. The series was created by Louis St. Clair and Jorge Zamacona, and executive produced by Aaron Spelling, E...
(2005) - Ghost WhispererGhost WhispererGhost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts...
(2005) - Welcome to California (2005)
- Henry May Long (2006)
- The Picture of Dorian GrayThe Picture of Dorian GrayThe Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel by Oscar Wilde, appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine on 20 June 1890, printed as the July 1890 issue of this magazine...
(2006) - The CryThe Cry (2007 film)The Cry is a 2007 independent horror suspense film directed by Bernadine Santistevan and co-written with Monique Salazar.-Synopsis:...
(2006) - Find Love (2006)
- DexterDexter (TV series)Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...
(2006–2007, 2011) - National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
- The Hurt LockerThe Hurt LockerThe Hurt Locker is a 2009 American war film about a three-man United States Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team during the Iraq War. The film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow and the screenplay was written by Mark Boal, a freelance writer who was embedded as a journalist in 2004 with a US bomb...
(2009) - Happy TearsHappy Tears (film)Happy Tears is an American independent comedy-drama film by Mitchell Lichtenstein. It stars Parker Posey, Demi Moore, Rip Torn, Sebastian Roché and Ellen Barkin...
(2009) - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1 (2011)
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2 (2012)