Yul Vázquez

Padre Hidalgo

Padre Hidalgo is an Augustinian Recollect Friar and a citizen of Spain.

Yul Vazquez is currently starring on Broadway in the Tony nominated The Motherf**cker with the Hat opposite Chris Rock, Bobby Cannavale, Annabella Sciorra and Elizabeth Rodriguez.  He was nominated for a Tony Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award for “Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play” for his portrayal of the eccentric ‘Cousin Julio.’

Before the release of AMIGO, Vázquez will next be seen in the upcoming Salvation Boulevard opposite Jennifer Connolly, Pierce Brosnan, Marisa Tomei and Greg Kinnear.  Based on the book by Larry Beinhart (Wag the Dog), the comedic thriller is set in the world of mega-churches, in which a former Deadhead-turned-born-again-Christian finds himself on the run from fundamentalist members of his church who will do anything to protect their larger-than-life pastor. The film is slated for release July 15, 2011.

Vázquez has appeared in over 30 films, working with directors such as Ridley Scott, Steven Soderbergh, and Steven Spielberg. Other film credits include The A-Team opposite Bradley Cooper and Liam Neeson, Little Fockers with Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller, Ridley Scott’s American Gangster alongside Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington (a 2008 SAG nominee for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture), Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds, opposite Tom Cruise, Bad Boys II, opposite Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, Runaway Bride, opposite Julia Roberts and Nick of Time opposite Johnny Depp. He reunited with director Steven Soderbergh to star opposite Benicio Del Toro in Che.  Soderbergh first cast him in Traffic, for which he and his fellow cast members won the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

He has had numerous roles on some of television’s most popular shows. From his recurring character ‘Bob,’ the “angry gay Puerto Rican,” on Seinfeld, to one of Samantha’s love interests on HBO’s Sex and the City, to ‘Rueben the Cuban’ on HBO’s The Sopranos.  Other television credits include Law & Order: SVU (NBC) and Fringe (Fox).

Seamlessly moving between film, television and stage, Vázquez is co-artistic director and a founding member of the LAByrinth Theatre Company. Theater credits include The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (The Public Theater) opposite Sam Rockwell, directed by Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Stendhal Syndrome (Primary Stages) with Isabella Rossellini and Richard Thomas, and The Floating Island Plays (Mark Taper Forum), to name a few.