Rene Lavan
Born (1968-11-05) November 5, 1968
Artemisa, Havana Province, Cuba

Rene Lavan (born November 5, 1968) is a Cuban-American actor.

Early life

Lavan was born in Artemisa, Havana Province, Cuba. In 1980, at the age of 11, he was part of the Mariel boatlift.

Career

In 1996, he appeared as Gustavo in the acclaimed independent film Azúcar amarga directed by Leon Ichaso. He has also appeared on the long-running ABC soap opera, One Life to Live as Javier Pérez (1995–96, 1997). He has also acted in the telenovela genre appearing in Morelia (1995), and in the Venevision produced Enamorada (1999). In 2001, he appeared as the male lead in Televisa's María Belén.

He has appeared in several publications such as People en Español, Vanidades and Harper's Bazaar. In the last few years, Lavan's television appearances have been on the popular CBS drama, CSI: Miami (2003), on NBC's, Las Vegas (2004), and in the film Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004). He also appeared in Christmas with the Kranks (2004) alongside Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis. He has also co-hosted programs such as the "Latin Billboard Music Awards", "the Latin Grammy's", among others.

He also debuted on Broadway with the long running Latinologues along with Rick Najera and Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez. He is a producer working on various independent projects including music videos and Latin culture-themed films. Additionally, he was formerly named to the board of directors for Fuego Entertainment, a Miami-based Latin-entertainment company that is public under OTC:BB FUGO.

He is in Guerrilla alongside Benicio del Toro coming in 2008 and is also filming an independent movie about Dr. Ricardo Saca, called Flights of Fancy also starring María Conchita Alonso. He also starred in Every Witch Way as Francisco Alonso.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Miami Shakedown Dan Lorenzi
1994 Tollbooth Julio
1996 Azúcar Amarga Gustavo
2002 Red Bear Turco
2003 El Nominado Kune
2004 Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights Carlos Suarez
2004 Christmas with the Kranks Enrique Decardenal
2008 Che: Part One Cuban Diplomat #2
2008 In Plain View Roberto Turilli
2020 The Last Rafter Thomas

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 One Life to Live Javier Perez Episode #1.6860
1995 Oye Rene Television film
1995 Morelia 4 episodes
1996 Un Dia en Hollywood Television film
1999–2000 Enamorada Raimundo Alvarado 100 episodes
2001 The Suitor Mundin Television film
2001 María Belén Pablo Díaz Cortázar 94 episodes
2003 CSI: Miami Miguel Episode: "Hurricane Anthony"
2004 Las Vegas Brazilian Highroller Episode: "The Family Jewels"
2012 The Glades City Beach Worker Episode: "Endless Summer"
2012 Burn Notice Alejandro Lopez Episode: "Game Change"
2014 Graceland Immigration Officer Episode: "Magic Number"
2014–2015 Every Witch Way Francisco Alonso 58 episodes
2018 Hialeah Raul Sanchez 6 episodes
2019 El final del paraíso Osman Mesa 2 episodes
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