Wilson Jermaine Heredia

Wilson Jermaine Heredia

Infobox actor
name = Wilson Jermaine Heredia



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birthdate = Birth date and age|1971|12|2
birthplace = Brooklyn, New York, USA
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occupation = Actor
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tonyawards = Best Featured Actor in a Musical
1996 "Rent"

Wilson Jermaine Heredia (born December 2, 1971, Brooklyn, New York) is a Dominican-American actor perhaps best known for his portrayal of Angel Dumott Schunard in the musical "Rent", for which he received a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor.

Biography

Heredia has appeared in several films, including his portrayal of Cha-Cha, the drag queen, in 1999's "Flawless", where he worked opposite former "Rent" cast mate Daphne Rubin-Vega. The film also stars Robert DeNiro and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Heredia also appeared in the "" episode "Nocturne".

Along with five other principal members of the original Broadway cast, Heredia appeared in the film release of "Rent", directed by Chris Columbus. Heredia stated that he enjoys the transformational process involved in assuming the persona of the cross-dressing Angel, but dislikes having makeup on his face and found the high heels he had to wear as part of his costume extremely painful. Heredia says he enjoyed the blackly comedic parody of "Rent" in the film "",Fact|date=April 2008 which features a fictional Broadway musical called "Lease". He enjoys filming because the close up shots allow him to "cut loose" and go wild a lot more than the stage allows.Fact|date=April 2008

On January 9, 2006, he presented an award at the Critics' Choice Awards with Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, and Tracie Thoms, his costars from the "Rent" motion picture. He appeared along with Dawson and Thoms on the 2007 film "Descent", playing the character of Diego.

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