Jesse Corti

Jesse Corti (born July 3, 1955) is an American actor and theater director known for playing Courfeyrac in the original Broadway show Les Misérables and for voicing LeFou in Beauty and the Beast.

Career Corti also voiced the Spanish Dignitary in Frozen and Mr. Manchas in Zootopia. He has appeared in numerous feature films, and in several popular television series such as 24, Heroes, Desperate Housewives, The West Wing, Judging Amy, and Law & Order. In 1990, he received a Clio Award for his Drug Free America commercial. Corti has also directed various stage productions in Los Angeles.

Personal life Corti was previously married to Laura Lyn Deberardino, whom he wed in 1986. Deberardino was killed a year later in a 1987 collision between an Amtrak train and a Conrail freight train in Chase, Maryland. At that time, Deberardino had been returning to New York City after having seen her husband perform in Les Misérables at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The crew of the freight train tested positive for marijuana, and Corti subsequently appeared in both an English-language and a Spanish-language public service announcement for Partnership for a Drug-Free America.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1986 Courage Chico Television film Florida Straits Guido 1987 Heart Herman's Trainer 1989 High Stakes Super Night Life Jose Television film 1990 Revenge Medero Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Firehouse Firefighter Emilio Direct-to-video 1991 Beauty and the Beast LeFou (voice) Also Latin Spanish Dub 2011 Call of Juarez: The Cartel Antonio Alvarez Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Colombian Citizens 2013 BioShock Infinite Additional voices Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII 2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 The Local Pedestrian Population Just Cause 4 People of Solis 2019 Death Stranding Deadman 2025 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Deadman 2025 Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Raul Menendez

Theme parks Year Title RoleNotes 2020 Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along Lefou Epcot attraction

Theatre Year Title RoleNotes 1981 El Bravo! Jose Ensalada 1982 Lullabye and Goodnight Deputy 1986 Lovers and Keepers Performer 1987 Les Misérables Courfeyrac 2016 Hairspray N/A Director