Víctor Cárdenas

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.