Nelson Ascencio
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Nelson Ascencio | |
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| Born | August 30, 1964 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1990–present |
Nelson Ascencio (born August 30, 1964) is a Cuban-American actor and comedian. Ascencio is most notable for his membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv and for playing Flavius in The Hunger Games film series.
Life and career
[edit]Nelson Ascencio was born in Guayos, Cuba but fled his homeland when he was very young. He then immigrated to Tarrytown, NY, where he started acting in his early teens with local theater and school productions. He continued his acting training after high school at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the HB Studios. While living in Manhattan, Ascencio performed stand up. Then he moved to Los Angeles, California where he took classes at the Groundlings Theatre. Since then he has written, performed and produced his own sketch shows with the comedy group Unsafe Sketch at HBO Workspace, Luna Park, The Upfront and Theatre at the Improv. His television credits include appearances on The Larry Sanders Show and Seinfeld.
Ascencio joined the cast of MADtv in 1999 as a feature performer for the fifth season, becoming the show's first Cuban-American cast member as well as the second one to be born outside of North America (after Bryan Callen) and the second Latino cast member at the time (after Pablo Francisco). Ascencio was later promoted to a repertory performer status at the beginning of the sixth season, but left at the end.
In February, 2012 Ascencio joined the cast of Don't Tell My Mother! (Live Storytelling), a monthly showcase in which celebrities share comedic accounts of stories they would never want their mothers to know.[1]
Ascencio appeared in The Hunger Games (2012), as Flavius, a part of Katniss Everdeen's (Jennifer Lawrence) prep team. He reprised his role in the sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013).
Filmography
[edit]Television appearances
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1990 | Gabriel's Fire | Kid | 1 episode |
| 1993 | The Larry Sanders Show | Xavier The Burglar | 1 episode (as Nelson Lesmo) |
| 1996 | Party Girl | Man | 1 episode |
| 1999–2001 | MADtv | various | 31 episodes |
| 2003 | Birds of Prey | Craig Finn | 1 episode |
| 2004 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Room Service Waiter | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Imperfect Union | Worker #1 | TV movie |
| 2023 | White House Plumbers | Virgilio "Villo" Gonzalez | HBO limited series |
Film appearances
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2011 | Paul | Jorge | |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Flavius | |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | ||
| 2016 | Mucho Dinero | Mateo | |
| 2020 | Godmothered | Mr. Clancy |
References
[edit]- ^ "Don'T Tell My Mother! - Story Slam". Allevents.in. 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
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