Julian Scott Urena
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Julian Scott Urena is a Latin American actor. Born in Santiago, Dominican Republic
, and immigrated with his family to New York City
while in grade school.
Julian studied acting at the Lee Strasberg
Theater Institute in New York
and at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in California
. He has worked in a variety of media including feature films, appearing in "Mixed Blood"(debut) with Marilia Pera
, "Spike of Bensonhurst
" with Sasha Mitchell
, the James Ivory
directed "Slaves of New York
" with Bernadette Peters
, "The Bronx War", "Falling Down
" with Michael Douglas
, "Return of the Living Dead III" with Melinda Clarke
, Sal Lopez, "The Puppet Masters
" with Donald Sutherland
, "The Pest
" with John Leguizamo
, "Get Smart
" with Steve Carell
, Anne Hathaway
, and playing the lead in the highly anticipated "American Flyer" (aka North By El Norte)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zXaAtcETHA opposite Douglas Spain
and Danny Trejo
.
He has appeared on the small screen in episodes of "Jake and the Fatman", "The Shield
" opposite Michael Chiklis
and others. He can also be seen in the award winning short films making the festival circuit, Mike J. Cahill's directed "In the Company of Sinners" now playing at the Monaco Charity Film Festival http://www.monacofilmfestival.de/60-0-SHORT-FILMS-2010.html, John Vargas http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0889855/ directed "Glass Tops", April Rouveyrol's directed "Shy" and "Something About Jack" directed by Rylend Grant the writer of the upcoming Penelope Cruz
star vehicle "Haunted Heart" under the direction of the award winning director Fernando Trueba
. Julian has also recently completed two audio books for writer/director Paul Kyriazi, "McKnight's Memory" opposite Robert Culp
and Frank Sinatra Jr. and "Rock Star Rising" (aka "Hard Rock Lovers") opposite Russ Tamblyn
.
He has appeared on stage in both New York and Los Angeles in various productions, including Zeth Zvi Rosenfeld's http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742568/ "The Writing on the Wall", "Side Show", "Homeboy", "The King of Dominos", "He Who Gets Slapped", "The Watermelon Factory", "Hips", "The Have Little" opposite America Ferrara and most recently starred in Beverly Lloyd's "Shallow Breathing" to rave reviews.
Julian is married, has two sons and makes his home in Los Angeles
, California
.
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
, and immigrated with his family to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
while in grade school.
Julian studied acting at the Lee Strasberg
Lee Strasberg
Lee Strasberg was an American actor, director and acting teacher. He cofounded, with directors Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford, the Group Theatre in 1931, which was hailed as "America's first true theatrical collective"...
Theater Institute in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. He has worked in a variety of media including feature films, appearing in "Mixed Blood"(debut) with Marilia Pera
Marília Pêra
Marília Pêra is an award-winning Brazilian actress.-Biography:Pêra was born to actors Manuel Pêra and Dinorah Marzullo. Her sister is also an accomplished actress Sandra Pêra...
, "Spike of Bensonhurst
Spike of Bensonhurst
Spike of Bensonhurst is a 1988 comedy-drama and mafia film directed by Paul Morrissey and starring Sasha Mitchell. The film also features Ernest Borgnine, Maria Pitillo, Dave Bettge, and Talisa Soto.-Plot:...
" with Sasha Mitchell
Sasha Mitchell
Sasha Mitchell is an American actor best known for his television roles as James Richard Beaumont on Dallas and Cody Lambert on Step by Step. Mitchell also holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.-Personal life:...
, the James Ivory
James Ivory (director)
James Francis Ivory is an American film director, best known for the results of his long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, which included both Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant, and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala...
directed "Slaves of New York
Slaves of New York
Slaves of New York is a 1989 comedy-drama Merchant Ivory Productions film. It was directed byJames Ivory, produced by Ismail Merchant, and starred Bernadette Peters, Adam Coleman Howard, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt, Mercedes Ruehl, Madeleine Potter, and Steve Buscemi.Based on the stories Slaves...
" with Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters is an American actress, singer and children's book author from Ozone Park, Queens, New York. Over the course of a career that has spanned five decades, she has starred in musical theatre, films and television, as well as performing in solo concerts and recordings...
, "The Bronx War", "Falling Down
Falling Down
Falling Down is a 1993 crime-drama film directed by Joel Schumacher. The film stars Michael Douglas in the lead role of William Foster , a divorcee and unemployed former defense engineer...
" with Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas
Michael Kirk Douglas is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. He has won three Golden Globes and two Academy Awards; first as producer of 1975's Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and as Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. Douglas received the...
, "Return of the Living Dead III" with Melinda Clarke
Melinda Clarke
Melinda Patrice Clarke is an American actress who has primarily worked in television. Clarke is best known for playing Faith Taylor on the daytime drama Days of our Lives, the manipulative and cunning Julie Cooper-Nichol on The O.C., and the professional dominatrix Lady Heather on CSI...
, Sal Lopez, "The Puppet Masters
The Puppet Masters
The Puppet Masters is a 1951 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein in which American secret agents battle parasitic invaders from outer space...
" with Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland
Donald McNichol Sutherland, OC is a Canadian actor with a film career spanning nearly 50 years. Some of Sutherland's more notable movie roles included offbeat warriors in such war movies as The Dirty Dozen, , MASH , and Kelly's Heroes , as well as in such popular films as Klute, Invasion of the...
, "The Pest
The Pest
The Pest is a 1997 American comedy film inspired by the classic short story "The Most Dangerous Game". Comedian John Leguizamo plays a Puerto Rican con artist in Miami, Florida named Pestario Rivera Garcia Picante Salsa Vargas who agrees to be the human target for a racist German manhunter for a...
" with John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo
Jonathan Alberto "John" Leguizamo is an Colombian-American actor, producer, voice artist, and comedian.-Early life:...
, "Get Smart
Get Smart
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show starred Don Adams , Barbara Feldon , and Edward Platt...
" with Steve Carell
Steve Carell
Steven John "Steve" Carell is an American comedian, actor, voice artist, producer, writer, and director. Although Carell is notable for his role on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he found greater fame in the late 2000s for playing Michael Scott on The Office...
, Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway (actress)
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is an American actress. After several stage roles, she appeared in the 1999 television series Get Real. She played Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries...
, and playing the lead in the highly anticipated "American Flyer" (aka North By El Norte)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zXaAtcETHA opposite Douglas Spain
Douglas Spain
Douglas Spain is an American film and television actor, director and producer. In 1998 Spain was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in the category of Best Debut Performance for his role in the film Star Maps...
and Danny Trejo
Danny Trejo
Dan "Danny" Trejo is an American actor who has appeared in numerous Hollywood films, most notably in roles as an antagonist, or anti-hero.-Early life:...
.
He has appeared on the small screen in episodes of "Jake and the Fatman", "The Shield
The Shield
The Shield is an American television drama series starring Michael Chiklis which premiered on March 12, 2002 on FX in the United States and concluded on November 25, 2008 after seven seasons...
" opposite Michael Chiklis
Michael Chiklis
Michael Charles Chiklis is an American actor, voice actor, occasional director and television producer. Some of the previous roles for which he is best known include Commissioner Tony Scali on the ABC police drama The Commish, LAPD Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield, Thing in...
and others. He can also be seen in the award winning short films making the festival circuit, Mike J. Cahill's directed "In the Company of Sinners" now playing at the Monaco Charity Film Festival http://www.monacofilmfestival.de/60-0-SHORT-FILMS-2010.html, John Vargas http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0889855/ directed "Glass Tops", April Rouveyrol's directed "Shy" and "Something About Jack" directed by Rylend Grant the writer of the upcoming Penelope Cruz
Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón , to critical acclaim...
star vehicle "Haunted Heart" under the direction of the award winning director Fernando Trueba
Fernando Trueba
Fernando Trueba is a Spanish book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer.Between 1974 and 1979 worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper EL PAIS. In 1980, founded the monthly film magazine CASABLANCA, which he edited and directed during its first two years...
. Julian has also recently completed two audio books for writer/director Paul Kyriazi, "McKnight's Memory" opposite Robert Culp
Robert Culp
Robert Martin Culp was an American actor, scriptwriter, voice actor and director, widely known for his work in television. Culp first earned an international reputation for his role as Kelly Robinson on I Spy , the espionage series in which he and co-star Bill Cosby played a pair of secret agents...
and Frank Sinatra Jr. and "Rock Star Rising" (aka "Hard Rock Lovers") opposite Russ Tamblyn
Russ Tamblyn
Russell Irving "Russ" Tamblyn is an American film and television actor, who is arguably best known for his performance in the 1961 movie musical West Side Story as Riff, the leader of the Jets gang....
.
He has appeared on stage in both New York and Los Angeles in various productions, including Zeth Zvi Rosenfeld's http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742568/ "The Writing on the Wall", "Side Show", "Homeboy", "The King of Dominos", "He Who Gets Slapped", "The Watermelon Factory", "Hips", "The Have Little" opposite America Ferrara and most recently starred in Beverly Lloyd's "Shallow Breathing" to rave reviews.
Julian is married, has two sons and makes his home in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.