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Actor

1987-04-07 · Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico · Male

6 series in the catalog

Ismael Enrique Cruz Córdova (born April 7, 1987) is a Puerto Rican actor who gained national attention for his role as Mando on Sesame Street. Other credits include The Good Wife (2011), In the Blood (2014), Exposed (2016), Ray Donovan (2016), Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016), Mary Queen of Scots (2018), Miss Bala (2019), Settlers (2021), Berlin Station (2018), The Mandalorian episode "Chapter 6: The Prisoner" (2019), The Undoing (2020), Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities episode "The Dreams in the Witch House" (2022), and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022–present).

Early years

Cruz Córdova transferred to and attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts and was a resident assistant for a freshman dormitory in his senior year.

Career

Cruz had a role in the Showtime original series Ray Donovan, and in the third season of Berlin Station, as Rafael Torres, an SOG operative.

He plays the elf Arondir in the TV series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, released in September 2022 on Amazon Prime.