Join us for a cafecito with Modesto Lacén on Sunday, April 14. Register here.

Actor, entrepreneur, tv host and teacher with a history of 30 years of uninterrupted work in Puerto Rico, the United States, Spain, Colombia and Dominican Republic. 

His commitment to the Puerto Rican film industry has led him to work in more than forty five films in the island.

One of his most important works was his interpretation of Pedro Knight (Celia Cruz’ husband) in the hit Off-Broadway play Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz; which ran for over a year, and traveled to cities ranging from Miami to Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Lacén reprises don Pedro Knight, from his early youth this time, in the TV series Celia, produced by Fox Telecolombia and Telemundo, released in 2015. Celia has aired with a great amount of success worldwide through Netflix.

His latest projects are Blue Beetle (Warner Bros), The Plane (Lionsgate), the reboot of Fantasy  Island (FOX TV), Perfecto Anfitrión (Pantaya) and Puerto Rican films La Pecera (Sundance), Érase una vez en el Caribe and the soap opera Devuélveme la vida (Caracol TV).