Braulio Castillo, hijo

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Braulio Castillo, Jr. (born c. 1958) is a Puerto Rican actor, radio host, and MC. He is the son of Braulio Castillo, a legendary actor across Latin America, and the brother of the lesser known Jorge Castillo, also a television and theater actor.

For a short time during the 1970s, he was first known in Puerto Rico doing newsbreaks for WKBM-TV Channel 11 in Caguas, now Univision O&O WLII.^[1]

Castillo reached national fame in Puerto Rico when he participated in the 1984 Spanish soap opera Coralito at San Juan-based WKAQ-TV Channel 2. There, he shared star billing with Mexican actor Salvador Pineda and with Sully Diaz. Castillo reached teen idol status across Puerto Rico after that soap opera. In 1985, he was the star of the Tanairi soap opera, alongside Von Marie.

Castillo subsequently worked on soap operas in different countries, such as Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.

As the 1990s came about he starred in the television sitcom broadcast by WKAQ: Tres Hombres y..., inspired by the movie Three Men and a Baby, alongside Raymond Arrieta and Alba Nydia Díaz. Castillo also was the leading man of the telenovela Karina Montaner, opposite Giselle Blondet, broadcast by WAPA-TV Channel 4, also in San Juan.

For several years, Braulio starred in various soap operas in Colombia.

In 2003, Castillo resurfaced, in the film Los Diaz de Doris, alongside co-star Cordelia Gonzalez, actress and senator Velda González, actor Kidany Lugo and former Major League Baseball player Cirilo Cruz.

In 2006, he performed the leading role in the musical: A Chorus Line, at the Caguas Performing Arts Center, alongside Marian Pabón and Daniela Droz, among others. Castillo was acknowledged not only for his acting, but for his phenomenal attributes as a stage dancer.

Presently (2007), he hosts a daily radio morning talk show alongside Mirayda Chavez, the daughter of Awilda Carbia and performs in numerous theatre productions in San Juan.

Also, Castillo performed the leading role of the new Jacobo Morales's action film titled Ángel.

He's currently performing on stage in the Puerto Rican premiere of God of Carnage at the Tapia Theatre in San Juan.

[edit] Acting career

Year	Title	Role
2012	El Talismán	Renato Leduc
2010-2011	Aurora	Dr. Gustavo Ponce de León
2010	El Fantasma de Elena	Tomás Lafé
2006	Dueña y Señora	Manuel Santarosa
1999	Cuando despierta el amor
1998	Cuentos para despertar	Abelardo Díaz Alfaro
1995	Eternamente Manuela	Francisco
1994	Guadalupe	Alejandro
1985	Tanairi	Pedro Antonio