Edgar Rodriguez

Southern California native Edgar Rodriguez is an actor known for The Christ Slayer 2019 The Long Walk 2019 Voyages of the San Salvador Cabrillos Journey 2017 and Envenenado 2013 At a young age Edgar discovered his love for performance appearing in school productions ballet folklórico and later earning Best Actor honors in high school While briefly attending SDSU he continued acting and performing original music before eventually rejoining the workforce with several odd jobs then shifting his focus to graphic design earning an Associates Degree from Platt College in San Diego Immediately after graduation Rodriguez began a career as a graphic artist landing a job at the local paper During this time he also joined a couple of bands before reigniting his passion for acting with background work on Into the Wild 2007 He went on to appear in numerous film and television productions eventually booking speaking roles including pilot Bartolomé Ferrer in Voyages of the San Salvador Cabrillos Journey for Cabrillo National Monument He also worked both behind and in front of the camera on The Christ Slayer and earned a Best Actor award at SDSUs Emerging Filmmakers Film Festival for his role as Bo in the short film The Long Walk In addition to oncamera work Rodriguez is an experienced bilingual voice actor performing character and commercial voices and narrating audio tours including The Musei Capitolini the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum USS Bowfin Submarine Museum Park Battleship Texas State Historic Site and his favorite Mission San Juan Capistrano He has also designed awardwinning posters for independent films for the local and regional film communities When time and life allows he enjoys camping hiking woodworking riding his beach cruiser animating GIFs learning new languages working with his power tools or just tinkering in the garage Rodriguez is also credited for having designed a few movie posters for local filmmakers including Pulp Friction 2021 Lisas World 2019 The Dating Artist 2018 Motherly Advice 2018 When Howie Met Ronnie 2018 and 92115 2018 which won an award at the Oniros Film Festival A multidisciplinary creative Rodriguez continues to pursue acting and voiceover while continuing to do design work and even the occasional translation or sidehustle among other projects With the goal of landing representation and voicing an animated character in a major series or feature film he continues to develop and polish his resume At a young age he did a lot of writing songwriting music and poetry and is hoping to one day use his abilities and imagination to bring one of his own stories to life Future endeavors focus on developing original stories of his own for stage or screen behind or in front of the camera as well as expanding his graphic design business mini bio E Rodriguez