- Despite the dark lyrics, he credits James Hetfield and Phil Anselmo for his strong and positive outlook on life.
- On April 16th 2014 he celebrated 19 years clean from drugs.
- One of two original spokesman for the "Question It' campaign which was a public service announcement for a "Healthy Mississippi" after the state successfully won a record $91 million dollars against an undisclosed tobacco company. Ironically, the same attorneys who represented the state of Mississippi, were portrayed in the 1999 Michael Mann film The Insider when Russell Crowe's character Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, decides to blow the whistle and seeks legal help, thus leading towards the litigation.
- Is friends with Mickey Rourke and Steven Bauer.
- Founding member of the group DNA along with Jerry Ascione and Ethan S. Smith.
- Filmed a TV pilot entitled "Miss Miami" in 2002 alongside Roselyn Sanchez. The pilot never aired.
- On Sunday, June 4, 2006 he appeared on the cover of all South Florida news papers in celebration of Miami Heat's NBA championship.
- Is a high school dropout with the 9th grade being the highest level of education.
- Is a collector of vintage 8 millimeter cameras.
- Since the very first day of school until present time, he still gets picked on for his last name.
- As a young child he suffered from severe speech impediments with slurring, stuttering and a lisp which led to years of speech therapy.
- Born in Argentina but moved to Florida at the age of 5.
- Was given the nickname "Claudes" by Carbonell winning Playwright Ivonne Azurdia.
- Played drums since the age of 15.
- Has a younger sister, Marcela.
- Attended North Miami Senior High School before finally dropping out within the first six weeks.
- His mother is Spaniard-Argentine and his father is Lebanese-Argentine.
- Auditioned several times and was called back for a recurring role on the last season of Dawson's Creek (1998).
- Early in his career while an extra on the set of The Substitute (1996), he approached the villain thinking he was an unknown local actor and asked him questions about agents and acting classes. Little did he know he was talking to Marc Anthony.
- Back in 1998, he auditioned for Sins of the City (1998) for the role of Dj Dog Man and Daniel Tosh auditioned for the role of Jose. After producers saw both of their auditions, they asked them to switch scripts and read for the opposite roles.
- Former Owner and Administrator of forum based website strugglingactor.net (2006)
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