Marcus deanda biography
His previous TV credits include The Closer, Cougar Town, Modern Family, and Days of Our Lives.!
PRESIDIO – Marcus DeAnda always wanted to be an actor. When his family moved to Presidio in the s, he was only two, and as he grew up there, theatrical training and acting gigs were hard to come by.
Marcus DeAnda is known for Lioness (), Better Call Saul () and 13 Reasons Why ().
But this month, the Presidio-raised actor returned to the Big Bend for his latest role, playing getaway driver “Ernesto” in the forthcoming film Free Dead or Alive.
On set in Alpine last week, DeAnda recalled his very first role, playing one of the three little pigs in a stage production at Presidio Elementary School.
“Back then they didn’t have acting classes,” he remembers. But that little taste of the limelight gave him a hunger for performance that hasn’t diminished since.
His dedication to pursuing the career led him to study Radio, Television and Film at University of Texas in Austin after graduating from Presidio High School in By , he was living in Los Angeles and landing his first role on Cold Case.
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