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Isaías Badilla
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Isaías Badilla is a Costa Rican-American actor and filmmaker. He trained at the Taller Nacional de Teatro in Costa Rica and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
As an actor, he has appeared in films that have screened at international festivals including the Tribeca Festival (world premiere), the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (Short Film Market Picks), the Festival de Málaga, the Austin Film Festival, and the Miami Film Festival, where the film received the Best International Short Film award, among others.
His theatre credits include work with the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Teatro LATEA, The Tank, and the American Theater of Actors. Internationally, he appeared …
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Isaías Badilla is a Costa Rican-American actor and filmmaker. He trained at the Taller Nacional de Teatro in Costa Rica and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. As an actor, he has appeared in films that have screened at international festivals including the Tribeca Festival (world premiere), the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (Short Film Market Picks), the Festival de Málaga, the Austin Film Festival, and the Miami Film Festival, where the film received the Best International Short Film award, among others. His theatre credits include work with the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Teatro LATEA, The Tank, and the American Theater of Actors. Internationally, he appeared as Connor Murphy in Querido Evan (Dear Evan Hansen). In 2024, he co-founded Purple Duck LLC, an independent production company through which he develops, writes, and directs film projects, including a recent 16mm piece exploring the experiences of immigrant artists in New York City.
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Isaías Badilla's Filmography
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B for Boys
as Simon
The Other Woman
Threnody
as Subway Man
Good Mourning
as Carlos
Ñaños
as Diego
West Side Story
as Pachanga Dancer
Un Regalo Esencial
as Josué
Vertigo
as Fede
III
No Poster
A Yarn.
as Dante
No Poster
The Act of Seeing
as Operator
No Poster
Second Avenue
as Jairo
No Poster
Strangers
as Peter