Cast & Crew

The Mano Dancers


Laz Alonso "Angel"

Laz made his movie debut in "Jarhead" and since then starred in Spike Lee's "Miracle at Santa Ana", "Stomp the Yard" and the most recent "Fast and the Furious". Watch for Laz in one of the most anticipated movies of 2010 - James Cameron's "Avatar".


Giancarlo Esposito "Nino"

Giancarlo is a veteran in Hollywood. He is known by all as "Buggin Out" in "Do the Right Thing". He also starred in "Carlitos Way"; "Rise the Power"; "The Usual Suspects" and "Derailed". He is currently working with Nicole Kidman in Fox Searchlight's "Rabbit Hole".


Anthony Nardolillo "Victor"

MANO is Anthony's debut film both as an actor and director. Anthony is currently in pre-production on a feature titled "The Spanish Harlem Project" as both an actor and director.


Yesenia Adame "Angelica"

Yesenia has made many guest appearances on television including "Dancing with the Stars", "Dance Your Ass Off" and "National Bingo Night". She recently earned her first supporting role in Ron Howard's "Angels and Demons".


Lee Thompson Young "Machito"

You can catch Lee in this fall's new ABC Drama "Flash Forward" working opposite John Cho and Brían F. O'Byrne . Lee also starred in Peter Berg's "Friday Night Lights" as well as "Akeelah and the Bee" and "The Hills Have Eyes 2".


Cristian Oviedo "Cristian"

Cristian is one of the world's best salsa dancers, and made his acting debut in "Mano". He has choreographed the feature film "Miami Vice" and is currently working with Eddie Murphy on another film.


Roberto Sanchez "Ismael"

Roberto made his acting debut in "2 Fast 2 Furious" and from there has continued to build his name with appearances in "Desperate Housewives", "Criminal Minds", "Arrested Development" and "The District".


Alan Jacoby Director of Photography

Alan has worked on over 20 films including "Crash", "Terminator 3", "Windtalkers", "Spiderman 2" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End". Alan is the man who gave "Mano" the great lighting and powerful choreography. He guided a fierce lighting and grip crew of 40, 3 top of the line 35mm Panavision cameras and leveraged the use of the steadicam and 25ft technocrane.


Javier Alvarez Editor

Javier is known for his eclectic mix of projects including his first feature film credit on the critically acclaimed global warming/Al Gore documentary, "An inconvenient Truth." Along with various music videos, Javier's spot work has earned 3 Telly Awards for editing in 2006 for ESPN, Starbucks and the Human Rights Coalition.


Alfredo de La Fé "Alfredo"

Alfredo is a Cuban-born and New York-based violinist has performed in concert and participated in more than one hundred albums by such top-ranked Latin artists as Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Jose Alberto "El Canario", Cheo Feliciano, The Fania All Stars and Santana.

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