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Born on April 25, 1977, Manuel âManoloâ Julian Cardona Molano is a Colombian actor who started modeling at a very young age. At the age of 14, he shot his first television commercial and began modeling professionally for TV commercials. He also did several runways for a variety of agencies in Colombia. In 1995, he made his television debut with the series âPadres e Hijos and garnered a lot of success.
Cardona gained a wider prominence after doing numerous projects in the early 2000s. However, his moment of glory came in 2009 when his movie âContracorientteâ achieved a lot of success across the globe. The film was also selected as the Peruvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.
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May 19, 2021
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Manolo Cardona has come a long way since “Beverly Hills Chihuahua.” The Colombian actor had a recurring stint on Netflix’s “Narcos” and has now returned to the streamer headlining one of its hottest Spanish language series: “¿Quién Mató a Sara?” (“Who Killed Sara?”).
There, he plays Álex Guzmán, an ex-convict, a hacker extraordinaire and the titular character’s brother. Cardona is by no means a stranger to being a leading man, having starred in San Sebastian International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival and Goya Award-winning Spanish language and indie films, as well as playing notorious playboy Porfirio Rubirosa and Jesus on TV back to back. But this is the first time Cardona has entered the glo