Carlos Valdes (actor)

Carlos David Valdes (born April 20, 1989) is a Colombian-American actor, singer, and dancer. He is best known for his role as Cisco Ramon / Vibe on The CW television series The Flash and other Arrowverse-related projects.

For other people named Carlos Valdes, see Carlos Valdes (disambiguation).
Carlos Valdes
Valdes at the 2015 WonderCon
Born
Carlos David Valdes

(1989-04-20) April 20, 1989
Cali, Colombia
NationalityAmerican
Colombian
EducationPebblebrook High School[1]
Alma materUniversity of Michigan[1]
Occupation
  • Actor
  • singer
Height5'6 ½ (1.69 m)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • piano
  • bass guitar
  • ukulele
  • percussion
  • keyboard
  • synthesizer
  • vocals

Early life

Valdes was born in Cali, Colombia and raised in Miami, Florida by the age of 5, then moved again to Marietta, Georgia at the age of 12.[1][2] He studied at the University of Michigan with roommate Darren Criss and other actors from the theater group StarKid Productions, and co-wrote their 2009 musical Me and My Dick.[3] Additionally he played the bass for that show as well as for A Very Potter Musical,[4] and was featured on the track "A Thousand and One Nights (Pop Version)" which played during the end credits of Twisted and appeared on the cover album Twisted: Twisted.[5]

After graduating in 2011, Valdes became entirely devoted to theater. Between 2009 and 2011, he participated in theatrical productions like High School Musical and The Wedding Singer. He also was a stand-in in the national tour of Jersey Boys.[1] From March 2013 to March 2014, he played the role of Andrej in the musical Once,[6] in which he also performed on piano, guitar, ukulele, bass, and percussion.

Career

In 2014, Valdes made his television debut in the American series Arrow, before appearing in the spin-off series, The Flash, as a series regular in the role of Francisco "Cisco" Ramón,[7] an engineering genius. Cisco is part of the S.T.A.R. Labs team, along with Dr. Harrison Wells and Dr. Caitlin Snow, that help Barry Allen with his superpowers. Ramon is later revealed to have metahuman powers of his own, and takes on the name Vibe. Valdes also plays Ramon's Earth-2 doppelganger, who goes by Reverb. In the dreamworld set up by Music Meister in the third season episode "Duet" Valdes played Pablo, a waiter. Valdes later played Ramon's Earth-19 doppleganger, who goes by Echo.

In June 2015, Valdes voiced the character Cisco Ramon in the animated web series Vixen.[8]

Carlos is also an accomplished songwriter, instrumentalist, and recording artist. In the fall of 2015, Carlos independently released his EP "Night Off", under his music pseudonym Tha Los.[9][10]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2014–2018 Arrow Cisco Ramon 6 episodes
2014–present The Flash Cisco Ramon / Vibe[lower-alpha 1] Series regular; 2014–present
2015–2016 Vixen Cisco Ramon 7 episodes
2016 The Flash: Chronicles of Cisco Cisco Ramon Web series
2016 Superhero Fight Club 2.0 Cisco Ramon Short
2016–2017 Legends of Tomorrow Cisco Ramon 3 episodes
2016–2018 Supergirl Cisco Ramon 3 episodes
2017 Freedom Fighters: The Ray Cisco Ramon Web series; 8 episodes
2018 Tom and Grant Lady Passerby Short
2019 The Stew Jerry Short
2020 Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye Dr. Henry Edwards Web series; 9 episodes

Theater
Year Production Role Notes
2011–2012 Jersey Boys Swing Second National Tour; covered five parts including Frankie Valli [11] [12]
2013–2014 Once Andrej Broadway [13]
2015 ZORBA! Pavli Encores! New York City Center [14]
  1. Is also credited as Reverb and Pablo.

References
  1. "The Marietta Daily Journal – Pebblebrook grad goes back in time with 'Jersey Boys'". Marietta Daily Journal. May 8, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
  2. Sarabia, Martha (October 6, 2014). "Súper héroe The Flash necesita a actor latino". La Opinión (in Spanish). Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  3. "'My Dick' Rises To Become First Charting Student Musical". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
  4. "A Very Potter Musical". StarKid Productions. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  5. "StarKid twists 'Twisted' tracks for pop cover album". Hypable. December 19, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  6. Valdes, Carlos. "Carlos Valdes". Playbill. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  7. Montes, Jason. "Broadway Actor Carlos Valdes Will Be Shaking Things Up On 'The Flash' As Vibe". sciencefiction.com. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  8. Lam, Steve. "SDCC 2015: Comic-Con Schedule For Saturday, July 11, 2015". bamsmackpow.com. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  9. "Night Off - EP, by Tha Los". Tha Los.
  10. "RUMOR: This Flash Star Could Be Leaving the Show". CBR. February 10, 2019.
  11. dmosley@mdjonline.com, Davia L. Mosley. "Pebblebrook grad goes back in time with 'Jersey Boys'". MDJOnline.com.
  12. Gans, Andrew (November 16, 2011). "Casting Announced for Second National Tour of Jersey Boys, Launching in December". Playbill.
  13. "Carlos Valdes". Playbill.
  14. Gans, Andrew (April 15, 2015). "Casting Now Complete for Encores! Zorba!, Starring John Turturro". Playbill.
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