David Castañeda (born October 24, 1989) is a Mexican-American actor.
In 2019, Castañeda began portraying Diego Hargreeves in the Netflix
series The Umbrella Academy.Castañeda was born in Los Angeles, but
raised in Sinaloa, Mexico. He returned to the United States where he
attended high school when he was 14. Castañeda initially studied
civil engineering in college with the intention of taking over the
family business after he finished his studies. However, he became
interested in film direction, and switched to major in film production
and international business at California State University, Fullerton,
where he had attended since 2007. Castañeda then moved into acting
and started auditioning for roles. He studied part-time while pursuing
an acting career, eventually graduating in 2015.Castañeda has been
involved in acting since he was 17, 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. 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. In 2013, he landed a role playing Jorge on
ABC Family's TV series Switched at Birth. In late 2016, he was cast in
the role of Hector in the film Sicario: Day of the Soldado released in
2018. 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.In 2017, he was cast in his most prominent role yet
playing Diego Hargreeves / Number 2 in The Umbrella Academy, which was
released on Netflix in February 2019.
In 2019, Castañeda began portraying Diego Hargreeves in the Netflix
series The Umbrella Academy.Castañeda was born in Los Angeles, but
raised in Sinaloa, Mexico. He returned to the United States where he
attended high school when he was 14. Castañeda initially studied
civil engineering in college with the intention of taking over the
family business after he finished his studies. However, he became
interested in film direction, and switched to major in film production
and international business at California State University, Fullerton,
where he had attended since 2007. Castañeda then moved into acting
and started auditioning for roles. He studied part-time while pursuing
an acting career, eventually graduating in 2015.Castañeda has been
involved in acting since he was 17, 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. 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. In 2013, he landed a role playing Jorge on
ABC Family's TV series Switched at Birth. In late 2016, he was cast in
the role of Hector in the film Sicario: Day of the Soldado released in
2018. 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.In 2017, he was cast in his most prominent role yet
playing Diego Hargreeves / Number 2 in The Umbrella Academy, which was
released on Netflix in February 2019.
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