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Armando Riesco in Garden State

Armando Riesco

Born in Mayagüez to Cuban immigrants who resettled in Puerto Rico, Riesco was raised in San Juan where he attended Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola. After graduating from high school, he relocated to New York City where he began to work in local and off-Broadway productions before launching his film career. San Juan from outer space, July 1997 Flag Seal Nickname: The Walled City Location Location within the island of Puerto Rico Government Country Puerto Rico Mayor Jorge A. Santini Padilla (PNP) Geographical characteristics Area    - City 199. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World[1], Gotham Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area    - City 1,214. ...

Among the many memorable roles he has had, most of them have were in critically-acclaimed independent films such as Pieces of April starring Katie Holmes and Garden State, starring Natalie Portman. Besides making a name in the independent film industry, he has worked on major Hollywood films such as National Treasure and the controversial Oliver Stone film, World Trade Center which covers the lives of several New York City policemen and firefighters trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center after its destruction and eventual collapse that were a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Other major films includes the 25th Hour (directed by Spike Lee) and Fever Pitch, starring Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore. Pieces of April is a 2003 movie written and directed by Peter Hedges. ... Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes in the film Batman Begins (2005). ... Garden State is a 2004 film written and directed by and starring Zach Braff, with Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard and co-starring Sir Ian Holm. ... Natalie Hershlag (Hebrew: נטלי הרשלג) (born June 9, 1981), better known by her stage name, Natalie Portman (Hebrew :נטלי פורטמן), is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning Israeli-American actress. ... This is for the movie. ... Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known simply as Oliver Stone, is an Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter. ... World Trade Center, a film by Oliver Stone, tells the story of two Port Authority police officers, John McLoughlin (played by Nicolas Cage) and Will Jimeno (played by Michael Peña), the last two surviving rescue workers pulled from the remains of the World Trade Center after the September 11... , This article is about the former World Trade Center complex in New York City. ... The explosion resulting from the crashing of United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower. ... 25th Hour is a Spike Lee motion picture based on David Benioffs novel The 25th Hour. ... Spike Lee Shelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia), better known as Spike Lee, is a groundbreaking and controversial film director, producer, writer, and actor noted for his many films dealing with social and political issues. ... Fever Pitch, released as The Perfect Catch outside of the United States and Canada, is a Farrelly Brothers comedy film, a remake of a 1997 British film and loosely based on the Nick Hornby book Fever Pitch (while the book and 1997 film are about Football, this version is about... Fallon with Tina Fey on May 18, 2002 cover of Entertainment Weekly. ... Drew Blyth Barrymore (born February 22, 1975 in Culver City, California) is an American film and television actress and producer. ...

In addition to his film work, he has had small roles on such popular drama series as Third Watch and Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Presently he is filming 3 lbs., a new dramatic television series that takes place in a city hospital. The series, starring Stanley Tucci as a brain surgeon in a city hosital is scheduled to premiere on the CBS network as a midseason replacement for winter 2007. Third Watch was an NBC television drama set in New York City that ran from 1999 to 2005. ... Law & Order: Criminal Intent is a United States crime drama television series that began in 2001. ... Stanley Tucci was born on November 11, 1960 in Katonah, New York to Italian-American parents. ... CBS (formerly an acronym for Columbia Broadcasting System, the former legal name of the network) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ...

External Links

• Official Website
• Armando Riesco on the IMDb

Filmography