Víctor Cárdenas(I)
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Victor Cardenas was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. He is the
youngest son of Colombian parents (along with his twin brother) of a
six-sibling-family. He studied in several Catholic and military
schools. His acting career started when he was thirteen years old with
his high school version of Hitchcock's "Dial M for a murder." In his
teenager years he made three 8mm short films. Soon after that, he
enrolled at the College of Performing Arts "Juana Sujo", the best drama
school in Venezuela. He also graduated from law school. Having won the
Venezuelan National Theatre Award for best actor, he found himself
leading his own sitcom, TV dramas and the popular "Telenovelas". Fed up
with soaps, he took a long break before moving to the United States
where he was hired by Universal Pictures and Fortune Pictures to play
one of the leading roles in the movie "Dona Barbara" for which he got
rave reviews. The film adaptation was based on the popular Latin
American novel. He completed the Film and TV program at the University
of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension to shoot "The Groom", which
he wrote, produced, directed and starred in. It had a theatrical
release in Venezuela and stayed in theaters for seven weeks. HBO
released the short film on TV.