Jacobo Morales

Jacobo Morales (born 12 November 1934) is a Puerto Rican actor, poet, writer, playwright, filmmaker, and author. His work in television include ''Desafiando a los Genios'', ''Esto no tiene Nombre'', ''La Tiendita de la Esquina'', among many others. During this time, he also started working with the political satire and comedy group Los Rayos Gamma, together with journalist Eddie López. The group still performs at theaters occasionally, and in the '80s and '90s had several shows on television. In theatre, he has starred in over 30 plays, and he has written and directed five.

Many consider him the most influential film director in Puerto Rico's history. His first directing work was the film ''Dios los cría...'' in 1980. The film was an important event in the Puerto Rican film history and received several awards. It was also selected as one of the 25 most significant films of Latin America. He followed it with ''Nicolás y los demás'' in which he also had the starring role. For this performance he received the Best Actor Award at the Cartagena de Indias Festival in Colombia, 1986. His third film, ''Lo que le pasó a Santiago'', was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990. Provided by Wikipedia