Antonio Muñoz (born Jose Rafael Antonio Muñoz, January 2, 1966, in

Guatemala City Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, ne ...

) is a Guatemalan

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and three-time national

motocross Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom. History Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competi ...

champion. He started racing motorcross when he was eleven. During his third year of racing, he suffered a major accident, leaving him with major

facial trauma Facial trauma, also called maxillofacial trauma, is any physical trauma to the face. Facial trauma can involve soft tissue injuries such as burns, lacerations and bruises, or fractures of the facial bones such as nasal fractures and fractu ...

and permanent loss of taste and smell called

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. Muñoz competed for twenty years as a motorcross racer and held three national titles. In 2002, he decided to pursue a career in acting, although he had no previous experience and within days he became a member of the

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. Antonio had his first break after six months. Desmond Gumbs, the director of '' Straight Out'' (2003), (his first film) took a great risk on Muñoz's raw talent and cast him in a major plot-driver role. Since then, he has worked on top-rated shows, as well as in the feature films, ''

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'', ''

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'' with Adam Sandler, and ''

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''. He has been in television and editorial commercials including

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and Infinity Insurance. He then tried to pursue an acting career in the Hispanic-Latin market and he was soon given a feature role in the

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production, ''

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'' as a

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for

Gabriel Porras Gabriel Porras (born Carlos Gabriel Porras Flores, February 13, 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. He began his acting career working for TV Azteca in telenovelas like "Tres Veces Sofia" along with Mexican diva Lucía Méndez and " ...

as Ricky Montana. In June 2010, Antonio is worked in ''Petén'' with Dr

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, providing all the logistic and helicopters for the exploration of

El Mirador El Mirador (which translates as "the lookout", "the viewpoint", or "the belvedere") is a large pre-Columbian Middle and Late Preclassic (1000 BC - 250 AD) Mayan settlement, located in the north of the modern department of El Petén, Guatem ...

, the largest Mayan ruins.

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