Mario Limonta

His involvement in the arts began in his native province as a declamationist on the radio station In 1955 he finished high school and moved to Havana to study law although he only completed the first year He made his debut on the amateur programme La corte suprema del arte where he achieved the status of Rising Star In 1959 he began working on the Circuito Nacional Cubano today Radio Rebelde as Radio drama voice Until 1965 he joined to the Guernica theatre group of the National Theatre where he played leading roles in García Lorcas Bodas de sangre Miguel de Carrións Las impuras and Abelardo Estorinos Las vacas gordas He has had a long and successful career in television with acting roles in soap operas comedies adventures and serials His character of Sergeant Arencibia in the show San Nicolás del Peladero is his most remembered role by the public In 1964 he got his first leading role featuring in the film La decisión directed by José Massip