Jose Yenque

Jose Yenque is an American actor who appeared in the films The Blue Diner, Miss Bala (2011), won an ALMA Award for his role in Traffic (2000), and an Imagen Award for his role in Between (2007). Personal life Yenque was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Peruvian immigrant parents. His mother is actress Teresa Yenque, and he took up acting as a teenager after she enrolled him in theater classes. In 1999, on the set of The Blue Diner, Esra Gaffin said Yenque had prepped for a different role, mentioning he had the ability from previous roles to handle several types of firearms.

In 2001, Yenque and fellow actors Marisol Padilla Sanchez, Majandra Delfino, and Jacob Vargas won Outstanding Latino Cast in a Feature Film for Traffic at the ALMA Awards. In 2012, he founded Arts for a Better Tomorrow, bringing change to orphanages in Baja California. Yenque starred alongside Paco Mufote in Contratiempo.

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