- He was born in 1977 in San Cristóbal (Táchira) and graduated from the Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB) as a social communicator in 1999. His most recent success on Netflix is Yes Day, a film with which he feels identified as Venezuelan
The actor and social communicator, Edgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano, turns 44 years old this March 25. By this time he has already reaped a great number of successes in national and international cinema and has traced a unique career that defines him as the most internationally recognized Venezuelan actor.
An example of this is the film recently released on Netflix and starring him with Jennifer Garner: Yes Day / ¡Today Yes!). This humorous feature film focuses on the family and highlights its importance. The actor identifies with the migratory situation that has separated millions of Venezuelans and expressed his desire that this film give hope to all his compatriots.
Since 2010 he has had a notable participation in the entertainment world, reflected in audiovisuals such as Carlos (2010), Greet the devil on my part (2011), Wrath of the Titans (2012), Open heart (2012), Liberator (2013), Deliver us from evil (2014), Breaking point (2015), Bright (2017), The stillness (2018), The Wasp Network (2019), Endurance (2020), among others.
A native of San Cristóbal –the capital of the Táchira state–, Venezuela, Ramírez has won several awards: Best Actor in a Miniseries at the 2011 Monte Carlo Television Festival (film Carlos), Best New Actor at the 2011 César Awards (film Carlos) and Best Supporting Actor of the 2012 ALMA Award (film Wrath of the Titans).
Nominations
With Carlos he was also nominated for Best Actor in a Miniseries at the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards and Emmy Awards, Best Actor at the Lumières Awards and Actor of the Year from the London Film Critics Circle. With The Last Days of American Crime (2020) he was also nominated multiple times.
Beginnings of Edgar Ramírez
Son of the lawyer Soday Arellano and the military Filiberto Ramírez, Edgar Ramírez made a lot of trips due to his father’s profession.
His acting career began to have relevance with the telenovela Little thing rich (2003) by Venevisión, where he played the character Cacique. The duration of this project was extended until 2004, compiling a total of 270 chapters. Yotama is flying away (2003) and Dot and Stripe (2004) were two significant films for his growth due to the leading role he played, especially the second, which represented Venezuela at the Oscars of his year.
Professional. Edgar Ramírez has a degree in Social Communication, graduated in 1999 from the Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB). There he began to delve into the cinema, through student short films.
Then in 2005 he had the opportunity to hit Hollywood with the film Domino, by director Tony Scott.
Since then he has worked on large projects such as The Don (2006), Plan B (2006), Ellipse (2006), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Cyrano Fernández (2007) and Vantage Point (2008).
Dream in multiple languages
Thanks to trips with his father, Edgar Ramírez learned to speak German, French, Italian and English fluently. In an interview for Jimmy Kimmel’s program, Ramírez explained that depending on the country where he is, he dreams in a language that is consistent with where he is.
“My dreams depend on where I am. For example, here in the United States I dream in English; if I’m working in France, I dream in French, ”he said in the interview that aired in 2017.
There he detailed that his second language, after Spanish, is German.
Ramírez considered that dreaming in a language other than one’s mother tongue is a firm sign that the person has really adopted and mastered it. “That’s when you realize that you are immersed in it.”
For me, living in different cultures and changing from one language to another is something that has been part of my development. Basically I live my daily life in two or three languages, depending on what is happening in my life, but definitely living in a city like Los Angeles, obviously I am speaking English and Spanish constantly, “he told the Los Angeles Times on another occasion.
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Magazines icon
On March 14 of this year, Ramírez spread on his Instagram account that he was chosen for the cover of the prestigious magazine People in spanish, and expressed his pride in this regard, along with the joy of the reception he has had Yes Day.
“What pride to be on the cover of People in spanish! What pride to have played the Latino family in!Today Yes!, the number one movie in the world this Sunday! What pride to be part of the “Torres” family, along with Jennifer Garner, Jenna Ortega, Julian Lerner and Everly Carganilla… the new American family! “, He wrote in the post.
Activist.
The “catire”, as he has also been nicknamed, is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef). Likewise, it has supported the campaign “Don’t Shoot / No Dispares” of Amnesty International, an organization another violence. It is also part of 5 Sentidos en Acción, another association dedicated to the care and benefit of children with special conditions.
In 2020 it was also the cover of magazines such as GQ Mexico Y L’Officiel Men Italia. By GQ, He was considered one of the personalities that has broken schemes in the world of culture and entertainment, while the Italian brand highlighted his style and elegance.
In 2016, Edgar Ramírez was considered one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People in spanish and the only Venezuelan on the list.
Yes Day, the recent film that identifies him
The Venezuelan actor recently had, in March 2021, a interview with film critic Sergio Burstein for Los Angeles Times in Spanish, where he talked about one of the recently released movies on Netflix and his starring role in it.
Tape, Yes Day, was directed by Miguel Arteta and is about Carlos (Edgar Ramírez) and Allison (Jennifer Garner), two parents who come to feel that they only say “no” to the requests of their three children, so they decide to give them a day complete to accept your wishes and conditions; This sets off an adventure through the American city of Los Angeles. This film has a comedy approach of great interest to Ramírez, who admires many comedians and wanted to work on a project of this nature.
Growth comes when you step out of your comfort zone. I am a very curious person and I will always be looking for new experiences, both in the cinema and in my life. It is the reason why I am an actor, why I was a journalist, why I wanted to be a diplomat … everything has to do with new experiences, “he said.-
Ramírez considered that working in Yes Day It was a way of celebrating his “so immense” love for his family and addressing the pain of their family breakdown, which he claims to feel and the majority of Venezuelans today who have been “forced” to flee the country.
Through this film I was working on that pain of having to leave Venezuela, of having to make my home elsewhere, and now with the pandemic, which just began two weeks after the film ended, the reflection is even greater and deeper because I haven’t been able to see my family since it started. So this film recovers a broader meaning for me and many people who cannot be in the same physical space with the people they love the most, ”Ramírez said.
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For him, this film project is also a symbol of hope regarding the covid-19 pandemic. “I wish that people could feel the same hope that the film makes me feel,” he said, and considered that eventually, all people will be able to reunite with their loved ones to share in person and physically.
Edgar Ramírez, a humble and simple man who has known how to take advantage of the opportunities that life has given him, continues to reap success and stay at the top of the cinematographic world at his 44th birthday. In addition, he has built his career with “new experiences”, as he has already said, without forgetting his roots and expressing his deep love, support and nostalgia for his birthplace: Venezuela.
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