Claudio Sad
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| Born | December 30, 1975 San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán ,Argentina |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Website claudiosad.com Official Site strugglingactor.net Owner |
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Claudio Sad (born December 30, 1975) is an American actor who grew up admiring many films of the 1980s. He has co-starred alongside the likes of Roselyn Sanchez, Adrianne Palicki, Odette Yustman, Lee Thompson Young and Chris J. Johnson. He has appeared in over 30 commercials airing regionally, nationally, and internationally.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Sad was born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province, Argentina to a Spaniard/Argentine Mother and an Arabic/Argentine Father and moved with his family to Miami, Florida in 1980. Never liking school as a youth, he found himself skipping classes more often while staying home and watching movies on HBO all day long. Somehow, he still managed to attend his drama class only to go back home for the remainder of the day. It wasn't long before he finally dropped out of school and began working in restaurants at the age of 15 so he and his family could move from a poverty-stricken neighborhood and into a better life. Years later he attended the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and studied the technical end of music and video business but decided to quit and go to film school instead. After some aimless wandering, he began acting professionally and has been doing so ever since. One of his very first paying jobs was as an extra in both 1996 hits The Birdcage and Striptease (film) something he still considers a great success when compared to the high school plays he used to write and assemble to.
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- Shares birthdays with Eliza Dushku, Tyrese Gibson, Tracey Ullman, Matt Lauer.[1]
- Despite the dark lyrics, he credits James Hetfield and Phil Anselmo for his strong and positive outlook on life.
- Together with actor Jerry Ascione coined the acronym Didge (acronym) as in "digital" in reference to someone's digital skills. (e.g.; "you're so didge.").
- On 2006-04-16 he celebrated 11 years clean from drugs
- Contrary to his versatility and range, he mostly gets cast in Latin character roles.
- One of two original spokesman for the "Question It" campaign which was a public service announcement for a "Healthy Mississippi" after the state successfully won a record $91 million dollars against an undisclosed tobacco company. Ironically, the same attorneys who represented the state of Mississippi, were portrayed in the 1999 Michael Mann (film director) film The Insider when Russell Crowe's character Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, decides to blow the whistle and seeks legal help, thus leading towards the litigation.
- Is an avid fan of Alex Jones.
- Is friends with Mickey Rourke.
- Founding member of the group DNA along with actors Jerry Ascione and Ethan S. Smith.
- Filmed a TV pilot entitled "Miami Jonez" aka: "Miss Miami"[2] in 2002 for NBC with Roselyn Sanchez. The pilot never aired.
- On 2006-06-04 he appeared on the cover of all South Florida news papers in celebration of Miami Heat's NBA championship.
- Is a high school dropout with the 9th grade being the highest level of education.
- At the age of 9 he was a student of Academic Excellence in the 4th grade at Miami Shores Elementary. The following year he turned down an invitation to attend gifted classes at a local high school.
- Is a collector of vintage Super 8 mm film cameras.
- Since the very first day of school until present time, he still gets picked on for his last name.
- As a young child he suffered from severe speech impediments with a slur, stuttering and a lisp which led to years of speech therapy.
- Was given the nickname "Claudes" by Carbonell winning Playwright Ivonne Azurdia.
- Played drums since the age of 15.
- Attended North Miami Senior High School before finally dropping out within the first six weeks.
- Born on the same date and year as Tiger Woods.[3]
[edit] Filmography
- South Beach (2006 TV series)...2006
- Wild Things 3...2005 - Mr. Barajas
- America's Most Wanted...2004 - Gilad
- Miami Jonez: NBC TV pilot...2002 - Arturo Jimenez
- CSI: Miami...2002
- Sins of the City...1998 - Jose
- America's Most Wanted...1998 - Michael 'Mitch' Barerra
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