Edgar Ramírez

Edgar Ramírez Arellano is a Venezuelan actor He played Carlos in the 2010 FrenchGerman biopic series Carlos a role for which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor His first recognition as an actor was the successful soap opera Cosita Rica for Venevisión which aired in September 2003 to August 2004 lasting 270 episodes In 2005 he made his major motion picture début playing Choco Domino Harveys love interest in the film Domino directed by Tony Scott He was in Vantage Point directed by Pete Travis In this highbudgeted Sony Pictures political thriller Ramírez joined an allstar international cast including Dennis Quaid Matthew Fox William Hurt Forrest Whitaker Eduardo Noriega and Ayelet Zurer Ramírez plays Javier an exspecial forces soldier forced to kidnap the American President in order to get his brother back Upcoming is Cyrano Fernandez with Ramírez in the title role This independent production was directed by Alberto Arvelo and is based on the French play Cyrano de Bergerac Ramírez has appeared in several other productions Among those are the first part of the two film bundle Che by Steven Soderbergh where he played the role of Ciro Redondo a Cuban revolutionary who fought amongst Ché Guevara La Hora Cero The Magic Hour a short film directed by Guillermo Arriaga the acclaimed screenwriter of Amores Perros 21 Grams and Babel Mexico Plan B directed by Alejandro García Wiederman Venezuela Yotama se va volando Yotama Flies Away directed by Luis Armando Roche VenezuelaFrance Punto y raya Step Forward directed by Elia K Schneider VenezuelaSpainChileUruguay submitted by Venezuela for Oscar consideration for 2004 Best Foreign Film in which he played Colombian soldier Pedro In 2007 he played the role of Paz a Blackbriar assassin in The Bourne Ultimatum In the original Bourne Ultimatum the villain is Illich Ramirez Sanchez aka Carlos the Jackal Ramírez went on to play the role of the actual Carlos in the 2010 FrenchGerman limited series Carlos At the French César Awards 2011 he was awarded for the film version of the TV series the César Award for Most Promising Actor Ramírez appeared in the Clash of the Titans 2010 sequel Wrath of the Titans 2012 playing Ares the God of War Also in 2012 he played Larry in the Kathryn Bigelow film Zero Dark Thirty