Colombian actor born in Cali in 1977, Andres Parra broke through with his career-defining turn as Pablo Escobar in the series Pablo Escobar, el patron del mal (2012), a performance that redefined the drug-lord archetype on Latin American television. He built on that with the political thriller El comandante (2017), playing a fictionalized Hugo Chavez, and the drama series Sitiados (2015). His film work includes Pescador (2011) and El paseo 3 (2013), and more recently the Netflix hit El robo del siglo (2020). Parra is regarded as one of the most versatile leading men of Colombian screen drama.
Andrés Parra
Actor · TV star
49 years (Sep 18, 1977)Cali, Colombia
Colombian actor born in Cali in 1977, Andres Parra broke through with his career-defining turn as Pablo Escobar in the series Pablo Escobar, el patron del mal (2012), a performance that redefined the drug-lord archetype on Latin American television. He built on that with the political thriller El comandante (2017), playing a fictionalized Hugo Chavez, and the drama series Sitiados (2015). His film work includes Pescador (2011) and El paseo 3 (2013), and more recently the Netflix hit El robo del siglo (2020). Parra is regarded as one of the most versatile leading men of Colombian screen drama.
Andrés Parra was born in Cali on September 18, 1977. With more than 20 years of experience in the field of acting, he has had the responsibility to prove himself as an actor in theater, film and television, leaving an impression on the public and critics with which he is gradually consolidating as one of the most versatile and enigmatic actors in the country and Latin America, something that has allowed him to be awarded with different prizes both nationally and internationally.