Leandro Taub is an Argentine actor, author, and motivational speaker who was born on May 5, 1983, in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

and raised in

Bariloche San Carlos de Bariloche (from the Mapuche name ''Vuriloche'', meaning "people from the other side of the mountain"), commonly known simply as Bariloche (), is the largest city in the Argentine province of Río Negro and the seat of the departm ...

. As an actor, he debuted as the poet

Enrique Lihn Enrique Lihn Carrasco (3 September 1929 – 10 July 1988) was a Chileans, Chilean writer, Literary criticism, literary critic, and cartoonist, mostly known as a poet, but who also wrote Essay, essays, Short story, short stories, Novel, novels, Pla ...

Alejandro Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean and French Experimental film, avant-garde filmmaker. Known for his films ''El Topo'' (1970), ''The Holy Mountain (1973 film), The Holy Mountain'' (1973) and ''Santa Sangre'' ...

's film Endless Poetry. He wrote 6 books, and one of them is Sabiduría Casera.

Early life and education

Taub comes from a Polish-Jewish family. He got his degrees as a Bachelor in Economics and a Master in Finance from the

University of CEMA The University of CEMA is a private university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded by Carlos Rodríguez, along with Roque Fernández and Pedro Pou, as the Center for Macro-economic Studies of Argentina (CEMA) University Institute in 199 ...

. He also studied numerology, yoga, kabbalah, shamanism, tarot and alchemy.

Career

Taub started his career as a financial analyst. By the age of 23, he had begun working as an investment advisor. He has also worked for a

hedge fund A hedge fund is a Pooling (resource management), pooled investment fund that holds Market liquidity, liquid assets and that makes use of complex trader (finance), trading and risk management techniques to aim to improve investment performance and ...

and for organizations in several countries, such as the US and the

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal elective monarchy made up of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi serving as i ...

. By the age of 24, after a life crisis, he left Argentina and travelled around the globe before finding his purpose in life. In 2011, he worked with the Argentine musician

Fito Páez Rodolfo Páez, popularly known as Fito Páez (; born 13 March 1963), is an Argentine rock and roll musician and filmmaker. He was member of the "Trova Rosarina" and is known as "The Troubadour of Argentine Rock", and is considered an important ...

for the music video London Town. In the same year, Taub published his first book, ''Sabiduría Casera'' (Homemade Wisdom), with the Jnana Yogi, Lou Couture, and it became a bestseller that year. Following the publishing of his first book, he became a friend of Chilean-French filmmaker

who wrote the introduction to Taub's third book, ''La Mente Oculta'' (The Hidden Mind), and invited Taub two years later to play the role at Endless Poetry, that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016. During his career, Taub wrote 6 books and 27 audiobooks on the topics of Kabbalah, Buddhism, Yoga, Shamanism, Tarot, and Numerology and gave lectures in Argentina, Mexico, and Chile about his books and work. In 2021, he made his feature film directorial debut with the drama film ''Externo,'' which earned a 100% approval rating on

Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee ...

based on 5 reviews.

Filmography

Featured

Documentary

Short films

Upcoming

* The Dream of the Guest: with the actors

Amanda Plummer Amanda Michael Plummer (born March 23, 1957) is an American actress. She is known for her work on stage and for her film roles, including '' Joe Versus the Volcano'' (1990), ''The Fisher King'' (1991), ''Pulp Fiction'' (1994), and '' The Hunge ...

Jean-Marc Barr Jean-Marc Barr (born September 27, 1960) is a French-American film actor and director. He is best known for working on several films from Danish film director and frequent collaborator Lars von Trier since '' Europa'' (1991). Early life and ed ...

, John Robinson,

Lizzie Brocheré Elizabete D'Clouassam Brocheré (, born 22 March 1985) is a French actress, writer and producer. Her English language credits include '' American Horror Story: Asylum'' (2012–2013), ''The Strain'' (2015), ''Versailles'' (2015–2017), '' Falli ...

and

Udo Kier Udo Kierspe (born 14 October 1944), known professionally as Udo Kier, is a German actor. Known primarily as a character actor, he has appeared in more than 220 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe and the Americas. He has ...

, co-produced by the German producer Peter Rommel.

Books

Personal life

In 2015 he was the boyfriend of the Argentine actress

Celeste Cid María Celeste Cid (born 19 January 1984) is an Argentine actress. Early life María Celeste Cid was born on January 19, 1984, and grew up in the San Cristóbal, Buenos Aires, San Cristóbal neighborhood of the City of Buenos Aires. Career ...

References

External links

Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taub, Leandro 1983 births Living people Male actors from Buenos Aires Argentine male film actors Argentine people of Polish-Jewish descent Jewish Argentine male actors