Vladimir Cruz

Vladimir Cruz Marrero (born 26 July 1965) is a Cuban actor, screenwriter, playwright, film and theatre director. He is perhaps best known for his role in the film Strawberry and Chocolate.

Career Cruz made his acting debut on the stage as an amateur actor in 1981. He then began to study at the Instituto Superior de Arte in 1983 and graduated in 1988 with a licentiate degree in performing arts.

He became well known for his supporting role in the film Strawberry and Chocolate (1994), which received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and many awards.

He also wrote plays and screenplays as well as directed plays and films, notably Afinidades (2010).

He has an extensive career in film, theater and television. He has recently appeared in the film Los buenos demonios (2018) and the television series Narcos: Mexico (2018), the former of which earned him the Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actor at the Málaga Spanish Film Festival.

Filmography

Director 2005: ¿Soy yo acaso el guardián de mi hermano? 2010: Afinidades (co-directed with Jorge Perugorría)

Screenwriter 2005: ¿Soy yo acaso el guardián de mi hermano? 2010: Afinidades

Actor 1987: Capablanca 1987: Hoy como ayer 1990: La botija (1 episode - "Teo joven") (TV series) 1994: Fresa y chocolate a.k.a. Strawberry and Chocolate as David 1995: ¡Ay, Señor, Señor! (1 episode - "Cuestión de huevos") (TV series) 1996: Turno de oficio: Diez años después (2 episodes as Javier -- "Cabos atados", parts 1 and 2) (TV series) 1997: Cuba libre - velocipedi ai tropici as Carlos 1997: La deuda as Hildebrando Cardona, the groom 1997: Little Tropikana 1998: La rumbera 1998: La noche por delante (1 episode) (TV series) 1998: A las once en casa (1 episode as Fidel in "De mal en peor") (TV series) 2000: Un paraíso bajo las estrellas as Sergito 2000: The Waiting List as Emilio 2000: El comisario (1 episode—24 Horas") (TV series) 2001: Policías, en el corazón de la calle as Samuel Noriega (8 episodes) (TV series) 2003: De colores (TV movie) 2003: Viva Sapato! as Carlos 2003: Arcibel's Game as Arata 2004: Aquí no hay quien viva as Samuel (1 episode - "Érase un matrimonio de conveniencia") (TV series) 2005: ...al fin, el mar as Pablo 2005: ¿Soy yo acaso el guardián de mi hermano? 2006: The Wooden Box as Jorge 2006: La dársena de poniente as Martín (13 episodes) (TV series) 2008: Che -- as Ramiro Valdés Menéndez in Part One 2008: La mala as Chucho 2008: Horn of Plenty as Jacinto 2010: Afinidades 2011: Las razones del corazón as Nicolás 2012: 7 días en La Habana 2014: La ignorancia de la sangre 2014: The Human Thing (Cuba-Perú) Directed by Gerardo Chijona 2015: Winds from Havana (Cuba-Spain-Germany) Directed by Felix Viscarret 2016: The Good Demons (Cuba-Spain) Directed by Gerardo Chijona 2022: Love in the Dark (Cuba) Directed by Gerardo Chijona

Shorts 1999: Muertesita, una historia de amor as Vincent (short) 2004: Marco línea perdida (short) 2005: Civilizados (short) 2010: La ventaja del Sicario as Sicario (short) 2019: Habana me matas (Spain) directed by Patricia Luna

Theatre

Actor 1986: S.O.S, una situación terriblemente delicada, written by Jan Solovic and directed by Maria Elena Ortega 1988: El Alma buena de Tsé Chuang, written by Bertolt Brecht and directed by Maria Elena Ortega 1989: Accidente, written by Roberto Orihuela and directed by Carlos Pérez Peña. 1990: Tu parte de Culpa, written by Senel Paz and directed by Carlos Pérez Peña 1990: Calle Cuba nª 80 bajo la lluvia, written by Rafael González and directed by Carlos Pérez Peña 1991: Contar y Cantar, written by Onelio Jorge Cardoso and directed by Sergio González 1991: Fabriles, written by Reinaldo Montero and directed by Carlos Pérez Peña 1993: Asudiansam, written and directed by Ricardo Muñoz Caravaca 1994: A la vuela, vuela... año 1900 tanto, written and directed by Ricardo Muñoz Caravaca 1995: No le digas que la quieres, written by Senel Paz and directed by Vladimir Cruz 1995: El espejo en el espejo, written by Michael Ende and directed by Vladimir Cruz 1996: Fresa y Chocolate (I), written by Senel Paz and directed by Hugo Medrano 1998: Fresa y Chocolate (II), written by Senel Paz and directed by Carlos Díaz 2000: Hoy no puedo ir a trabajar porque estoy enamorado, written by Iñigo Ramírez de Haro and directed by Natalia Menéndez 2001: La Historia del Soldado, written by Stravinski-Ramuz and directed by José Luis García Sánchez 2003: El sueño de una noche de verano, written by William Shakespeare, directed by Miguel Narros 2004: Tirano banderas, written by Valle-Inclán and directed by Nieves Gámez 2006: Huis clos (sin salida), written by Jean-Paul Sartre, directed by Tony Suárez 2007: La divina filotea (auto sacramental), written by Calderón de la Barca, directed by Pedro Mari Sánchez 2009: Don Juan Tenorio, written by José Zorrilla, directed by Jesús Prieto 2009: Fuenteovejuna, written by Lope de Vega, directed by Liuba Cid

Awards Wins 1994: Won Golden Kikito for category "Best actor" at Gramado Film Festival for his role as David in Fresa y chocolate (joint award with Jorge Perugorría) 1994: Won UNEAC Award of "Best actor in a film" by Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba 1994: Won Panambí Award as "best actor" at the Festival de Asunción (Paraguay) 1995: Won for category "Cinema - Best Supporting Actor" at Premios ACE for his role in Fresa y chocolate as David 2009: Won Special Jury Award for his role in Horn of Plenty as Jacinto at Mar del Plata Film Festival (joint with 8 other cast members) Nominations 2008: Nominated for category "Supporting Performance, Male" at the Spanish Actors Union Awards