David Castañeda
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Castañeda in 2019
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| Born | (1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 (age 34)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| Alma mater | California State University, Fullerton (BA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2009–present |
David Castañeda (born October 24, 1989) is an American actor. In 2019, Castañeda began portraying Diego Hargreeves in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy.
Castañeda was born October 24, 1989,[1]inLos Angeles[2] and was raised in Sinaloa, Mexico.[3][a] He returned to the United States when he was 14 and attended William Workman High School in California.[2] Castañeda initially studied civil engineering in college with the intention of taking over the family business after he finished his studies.[4] However, he became interested in film direction and switched to major in film production and international business in 2007 at California State University, Fullerton.[3][5] Castañeda then moved into acting and started auditioning for roles. He studied part-time while pursuing an acting career, eventually graduating in 2015.[5][6]
He has been dating his Umbrella Academy co-star Ritu Arya since 2019.[citation needed]
Castañeda has been involved in acting since he was 17,[4] but only started taking acting more seriously after he volunteered for a role when a director asked for actors to participate in his film during a seminar while at university.[5] He played various minor roles in a number of productions, such as End of Watch, and also acted as a main character in a short film Maddoggin', which won the audience award at the NBC Universal Short Cut Film Festival.[5] In 2013, he landed a role playing Jorge on ABC Family's TV series Switched at Birth.[7] In late 2016, he was cast in the role of Hector in the film Sicario: Day of the Soldado released in 2018.[8] He also has a major role in an independent film El Chicano, a supporting role in Jean-Claude Van Damme's We Die Young as well as minor roles in films such as the Billy Crystal's film Standing Up, Falling Down.[4]
In 2017, he was cast in his most prominent role yet playing Diego Hargreeves / Number 2inThe Umbrella Academy,[9] which was released on Netflix in February 2019.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Drive-By Chronicles: Sidewayz | Saul | |
| 2011 | Maddoggin | Pedro González | Short film |
| 2012 | End of Watch | Mexican Cowboy | |
| 2015 | Freaks of Nature | Tony Cerone | |
| Human Behavior | Mark | Short film | |
| 2016 | Love Sanchez | Rene | |
| 2017 | The Ascent | Louis Medina | |
| Corrida | Jefe | Short film | |
| Why? | He | Short film | |
| 2018 | Sicario: Day of the Soldado | Hector | |
| El Chicano | Shotgun | ||
| 2019 | Standing Up, Falling Down | Ruis | |
| We Die Young | Rincon | ||
| 2020 | The Tax Collector | Vargas | [4] |
| 2021 | The Guilty | Officer Tim Geraci | |
| 2025 | Ballerina | TBA | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 | Lie to Me | Boyfriend | 1 episode |
| 2009, 2012 | Southland | Tough Kid, Carlos | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Switched at Birth | Jorge | 7 episodes |
| 2014–2015 | Jane the Virgin | Nicholas | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Bound and Babysitting | Eddie | TV movie |
| The Player | Listo Salvado | 1 episode | |
| 2016 | Blindspot | Carlos | 1 episode |
| Going Dark | Sam | Unaired TV pilot | |
| 2017 | The Legend of Master Legend | Mandy Mandujano | Unaired TV pilot[10] |
| 2019–present | The Umbrella Academy | Diego Hargreeves | Main cast |
| 2022 | Robot Chicken | Interrogator / My Strange Addiction Narrator (voice) | Episode: "May Cause Involuntary Political Discharge" |
| 2023 | Poker Face | Jimmy | Episode: "Escape from Shit Mountain" |
| Most Dangerous Game | Victor Suero[11] | Main cast (season 2)[12] |
