Alejandro Puente

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Alejandro Puente
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Puente in 2019
Occupation
  • Actor
  • writer
  • director
Years active2015–present

Alejandro Puente is a Mexican actor, writer and director; best known in his native country on stage for his role of Todd Anderson in the Mexican play adaptation Dead Poets Society , [1] play starring Alfonso Herrera. [1] Although previously he debuted on television in the series El Dandy , [2] a series that also starred Herrera. [2] Puente in his short career as a director and writer has produced two films; Adiós, Hamburgo (2018), [3] and Verónica (2018). [3] He also starred in the play Yo soy Dios (2015). [4] He studied acting at the National School of Theater Art in Mexico. [4] In New York, United States he was a disciple of Darren Aronofsky, famous director and screenwriter. [3] [4] He currently plays Santiago, a homosexual teenager in the Netflix's series The Club . [5]

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