David Castañeda (born October 24, 1989) is an American actor. In 2019, Castañeda began portraying
Diego Hargreeves in the
Netflix series ''
The Umbrella Academy''.
Early life
Castañeda was born October 24, 1989,
in
Los Angeles and was raised in
Sinaloa
Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...
, Mexico.
He returned to the United States when he was 14 and attended
William Workman High School in California.
Castañeda initially studied
civil engineering in college with the intention of taking over the family business after he finished his studies.
However, he became interested in film direction and switched to major in film production and international business in 2007 at
California State University, Fullerton.
Castañeda then moved into acting and started auditioning for roles. He studied part-time while pursuing an acting career, eventually graduating in 2015.
Career
Castañeda has been involved in acting since he was 17,
but only started taking acting more seriously after he volunteered for a role when a director asked for actors to participate in his film during a seminar while at university.
He played various minor roles in a number of productions, such as ''
End of Watch'', and also acted as a main character in a short film ''Maddoggin'', which won the audience award at the NBC Universal Short Cut Film Festival.
In 2013, he landed a role playing Jorge on
ABC Family
The American cable television, cable and satellite television network that is now known as Freeform (TV channel), Freeform was originally launched as the CBN Satellite Service on April 29, 1977, and has gone through several different owners (and s ...
's TV series ''
Switched at Birth''. In late 2016, he was cast in the role of Hector in the film ''
Sicario: Day of the Soldado'' released in 2018. He also has a major role in an independent film ''
El Chicano'', a supporting role in
Jean-Claude Van Damme's ''We Die Young'' as well as minor roles in films such as the
Billy Crystal's film ''
Standing Up, Falling Down''.
In 2017, he was cast in his most prominent role yet playing
Diego Hargreeves / Number 2 in ''
The Umbrella Academy'',
which was released on
Netflix in February 2019.
Filmography
Film
Television
Notes
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Male actors from Los Angeles
21st-century American male actors
California State University, Fullerton alumni
American male actors of Mexican descent