Jorge Lendeborg Jr.

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Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
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Lendeborg at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Jorge David Lendeborg Jr.

(1996-01-21) January 21, 1996 (age 28)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
OccupationActor
Years active2014–present

Jorge David Lendeborg Jr. (born January 21, 1996) is a Dominican actor.

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Early life

Lendeborg was born in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, and moved to Miami, Florida at around age four. [1]

Career

He made his theatrical acting debut in the 2016 film, The Land . Since then, he has appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) [2] and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), the romantic comedy Love, Simon (2018), [3] and the Transformers spin off Bumblebee (2018), in which he starred as Memo opposite Hailee Steinfeld. [4] Lendeborg also appeared in the James Cameron-produced Robert Rodriguez movie Alita: Battle Angel. [5] He featured as a recurring character, Jah Son, in Hulu's Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019).

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 The Land Cisco
2017 Brigsby Bear Spencer
Spider-Man: Homecoming Jason Ionello
Shot Miguel
2018 Love, Simon Nick Eisner
Bumblebee Guillermo "Memo" Gutierrez
2019 Alita: Battle Angel Tanji
Spider-Man: Far From Home Jason Ionello
2020 Critical Thinking [6] Ito Paniagua
2021 Bliss Arthur Wittle
Boogie Richie
Night Teeth Benny Perez
2022 American Carnage JP
Spider-Man: No Way Home Jason Ionello Extended cut of 2021 film [7]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Graceland ChihuahaEpisode: "Magic Number"
2019 Wu-Tang: An American Saga Jah Son

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