Teófilo Torres

Teófilo Torres (born 6 March 1954 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican actor, director and professor of theatre. He has acted for both television as well the big screen, and has performed in Puerto Rico and internationally.

Early years

Teófilo Torres was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on 6 March 1954. He started into his acting career while he was still in high school in the town of Jayuya, Puerto Rico.

Early career In the early 1980s he participated in "A mis amigos de la locura", and "Papo Impala esta quita'o". In the mid-1980s, Torres partook in the Puerto Rican telenovela "Tiempo de vivir" starring Fernando Allende and Ivonne Goderich. In the late 1980s he had a role in the movie Glitz, produced by NBC and starring Jimmy Smits, and filmed in Puerto Rico. In this movie Torres played the role of a member of the police force fighting crime. Torres also particIpated in the telenovelas "Ave de paso", where he played the role of "Cheíto", a frustrated artist suffering from alcoholism, and in "Yara Prohibida" broadcast via Puerto Rico's Channel 11. Also during this time, Torres opened his own school of dramatic arts teaching courses in acting, dance and speech. Subsequently, Torres played roles in various other works such as "Contradanza", as Queen Isabel, and boasted 17 monólogs, including "El caso Dios", "La apología de Sócrates", "Papo Impala está quitao" and "A mis amigos de la locura". In 1993, Torres delved into the big screen in "La Guagua Aérea", directed by Luis Milona with a fairly good reception, both in Puerto Rico and internationally. He also worked on the monólogs "Pedro, el rojo", "Pepé Loló", "Maco" and later "El Maestro", where he plays the role of Don Pedro Albizu Campos, one of the most prominent Puerto Rican politicians of all times, and a leader in the Puerto Rican independence movement.

Education In 1994 Torres moved to New York City where he earned a MFA at Brooklyn College.

Teaching, drama, and acting In 1999, Torres returned to Puerto Rico where he worked on the telenovela "Cuando despierta el amor", presented via Puerto Rico's public television WIPR-TV. Later he appeared in the Puerto Rican Telemundo TV series titled "Después del adiós" where he played "Arturo Bolívar", a man ill with the Lou Gehrig's disease, and participated in the movie "Los Díaz de Doris" directed by Abdiel Colberg. In the same year he participated in the movie for television "Punto final", by Edwin Reyes. In that production, transmitted by Univision Puerto Rico Channel 11, Torres played the role of "Juaco", a nuyorican poet seeking to recover his identity. Torres also returns to teaching at the Drama Department of the University of Puerto Rico, in Río Piedras. In the early 2000s he plays the role of Antonio, a homosexual priest, in the movie 12 Horas by director Raúl Marchand. Torres's acting in 12 Horas was highly spoken of by the critics, marking one of his most prominent roles in the big screen. Since then, Torres has played the lead acting roles in the two most recent films by Jacobo Morales: "Dios los cría ll" and "Ángel", as well as in "Ruido", by director César Rodríguez and winner of the "Innovacion" award at the 2006 International Cinema Festival in Montreal, "Chiringa", "Desamores", "El sueño del regreso", and "Che" starring Benicio del Toro and directed by Steven Soderbergh and the 2010 "María", directed by Fernando Allende. He also developed the theatrical shows "Monogamia", "Bent", "Jav y Joss" (co-starring Francisco Capó) "Un enemigo del Pueblo", and "El caso Dios", among others.

Filmography

Theatre

Teatro Year Name Role 1975 Doce pares de negras Goyo 1977 La caja de caudales FM Fernando 1978 La jaula de las locas Travesti 1978 A mis amigos de la locura Umpierre 1979 Severa vigilancia Lefranc 1979 La plena murió en Maraguez Danny 1980 Morbos Rafael 1982 Había una vez y dos son tres Harry 1982 Esperando a Godot Pozzo 1983 Papo Impala está quitao (monólogo) Papo 1983 La fortuna y los ojos del hombre Rocky 1983 Walenda (monólogo) Armando 1984 La casa de los inmortales Ramón 1984 Colegtílogo (monólogo) Actor 1984 El caso Dios (monólogo) Actor 1984 Flores de papel Merluza 1984 Un ombligo para dos Lalo 1985 La apología de Sócrates (monólogo) Sócrates 1985 El doctor Moncho Loro (monólogo) Moncho Loro 1986 Contradanza Isabel I 1987 La perra de Darwin (monólogo) Darwin 1988 La pareja dispareja Guillo 1988 Máscaras Don José 1988 El arquitecto y el emperador de Asiria El emperador 1989 Papo Impala va palante (monólogo) Papo 1990 La noche que volvimos a ser gente (monólogo) El hombre 1991 Seguro Social David 1992 La bella y la bestia La bestia 1995 Pedro Dolores (monólogo) Pedro Dolores 1995 Maco (monólogo) Maco 1995 Pedro el rojo (monólogo) Pedro 1997 Sneakin’outa revolving door (monólogo) Chico 1998 El duende oculto(monólogo) Umpierre 2001 Bent Horst 2004 Monogamia Juan 2005 El Maestro (monólogo) Albizu Campos 2006 Jav y Jos Jav 2006 Un enemigo del Pueblo Pedro Stockman

Director and producer

2008 Todo es según el color 2007 Oh María 2005 El huésped vacio 2004 Voces 2004 Vegigantes 2003 La mirada del hombre oscuro 1998 El duende oculto 1997 Snekin’outa revolvin door 1995 Pedro el rojo 1995 Maco 1995 Pepe Dolores 1990 Hombre 1990 El Gfbar 1989 Papo Impala va palante 1988 Terrazo 1988 La perra de Darwin 1986 EL doctor Moncho Loro 1985 La apología de Sócrates 1984 El caso Dios 1984 Colectilogo 1983 Walenda 1983 En defensa de Natalie 1983 Papo Impala esta quitao 1982 A mis amigos de la locura 1982 Había una vez y dos son tres