Ismael Cruz Córdova
Ismael Enrique Cruz Córdova (born April 7, 1987) is a Puerto Rican actor from Aguas Buenas. He studied at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he was a resident assistant for a freshman dormitory in his senior year. He first gained national attention by playing Mando on Sesame Street.
Córdova has appeared in many TV shows and films, including The Good Wife, Ray Donovan, Berlin Station (as Rafael Torres), The Mandalorian (Chapter 6: The Prisoner), The Undoing, Miss Bala, Mary Queen of Scots, In the Blood, Exposed, Settlers, and Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. He also appears in Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities.
His breakout film role today is as elf Arondir in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which premiered on Amazon Prime in September 2022 and continues to air.
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