Future Hispanic History Month: Oscar Isaac's Broad Horizons
Fuse is celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month with Future Hispanic History Month, highlighting rising stars who are creating history before our very eyes. Today we honor Oscar Isaac, the 37-year-old actor who's begun skyrocketing with work like Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis, the sci-fi indie Ex Machina and HBO's political true-story miniseries Show Me a Hero.
Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada was born in Guatemala to a Guatemalan mother and Cuban father; they relocated to Miami when he was a baby. He played guitar and bass in several bands and ultimately ended up at Juilliard's acting program. His recent interviews have featured an important insistence for actors of color to be defined by more than their race. "They define you—'Latino actor, we'll just bring him in for Spanish commercials,'" Isaac told Rolling Stone in a May cover story. "I'm interested in telling stories about the human experience that are not necessarily just about my personal circumstances."
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