Humberto Castro (actor)

Humberto Alejandro Castro Ward (born December 15, 1984) is a Mexican actor of films and television.[1] He has been a U.S. citizen since 2011.

Humberto Castro
Castro at a screening of El Sueño in June 2016
Born
Humberto Alejandro Castro Ward

(1984-12-15) December 15, 1984
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Citizenship
Occupation
  • Actor
  • cinematographer
  • director
  • editor
  • producer
  • writer
Years active2010-present
Spouse(s)Lorraine Sanchez (m. 2014)

Early life

Humberto Alejandro Castro Ward was born on December 15, 1984 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. He moved to El Paso, Texas at the age of 13 after his parents separated. On his 15th birthday he received his first video camera as a gift from his mother and immediately began to develop a passion for acting, screenwriting and filmmaking. He graduated from Father Yermo High School in 2003 and went on to attend The University of Texas at El Paso where he obtained his B.A. in Psychology and Minor in Criminal Justice in 2010.

Castro spontaneously enrolled into acting courses shortly after his college graduation and decided that he wanted to pursue a career in the film industry instead. He began by making a couple of short films entitled Reflection (2010) and The Beginning (2012) with the help of his longtime girlfriend (now wife), family members and friends. Leading and supporting roles in several other short independent films, music videos, TV series and web series soon followed.

Living in the U.S. as a former undocumented immigrant also inspired Castro to make his first feature film called El Sueño (2016); an action-drama that focused on and brought attention to the DREAM Act. Two and a half years later, he and his wife released the short psychological-thriller I Am Psycho (2018); connecting it with their first two short films to create a short film trilogy. By this point in his acting career, he wanted to test his versatility as an actor and challenged himself by playing more complex characters. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he creatively worked and co-starred alongside his wife and younger brother to safely make his fourth short film called The Confession Project (2020); a crime-thriller about a mental health awareness documentary project gone wrong.

Castro continues to live in El Paso, Texas and has been married to Lorraine Sanchez since August 23, 2014.[2]

He became a legal U.S. resident on July 12, 2006 and was sworn in as a naturalized U.S. citizen on December 15, 2011.

In 2016, Castro started his own film production company called Award Pictures. He came up with the name by combining the initial from his middle name (Alejandro) with his second last name (Ward).[3]

Selected filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Reflection Steven Actor, cinematographer, director, editor, producer, writer (short film)
2012 The Beginning Jimmy Actor, cinematographer, director, editor, producer, writer (short film)
2016 El Sueño Raul Actor, director, producer, writer
2018 I Am Psycho Psycho Actor, cinematographer, director, editor, producer, writer (short film)
2020 The Confession Project Alex Actor, cinematographer, director, editor, producer, writer (short film)

References
  1. "Humberto Castro". spoilercat.com.
  2. "Humberto Castro". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  3. "Humberto Castro". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.