Joshua Ernesto Okamoto Brambila (born 17 July 1995) is a Mexican actor. He is known for his roles in ''
Control Z'' (2022) as Gibrán, ''Sexo, pudor y lágrimas 2'' (2022) as Fichas, and ''
Narcos: Mexico'' (2018) as Manuel.
Early life
Okamoto was born on 17 July 1995 in
Saitama, Japan, the son of a Japanese father and Mexican mother, the actress Elizabeth Brambila. Okamoto was registered in the Mexican foreign service, thus obtaining Mexican nationality.
Shortly after he was born, he and his family moved to Mexico, where they settled in
Guadalajara
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, Jalisco.
It was here that he became interested and involved in the performing arts. When he grew up, he emigrated to the
State of Mexico
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, and settled in the city of
Tlalnepantla de Baz
Tlalnepantla de Baz ( Otomi: ) is one of 125 municipalities of the state of Mexico, north of Mexico City. The municipal seat and largest city in the municipality is the city of Tlalnepantla. ''Tlalnepantla'' comes from the Náhuatl words ''tlall ...
, where he studied acting at the CasAzul Artes Escénicas Argos school.
Career
Okamoto worked under the direction of Alex Sánchez in the drama ''Sonriendo con el corazón'' (2019). In 2021 he starred in the film ''Muerte al verano''. He appeared in the
Netflix
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series ''
Control Z'' (2022) as Gibrán, and in the film Sexo, pudor y lágrimas 2 (2021) as Fichas. He made his Hollywood debut in 2023 with the tenth film in the ''
Saw
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Saws began as serrated materials, and when man ...
'' franchise entitled ''
Saw X
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'' as Diego.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
People from Saitama (city)
21st-century Mexican male actors
Mexican people of Japanese descent
Mexican male film actors
Mexican male television actors