Juan Carlos Arvelo is an American actor, photographer and musician from Puerto Rico, resident in Los Angeles, California. 
 

With over a decade of experience in the audiovisual arts,

Juan Carlos recently performed in Steven Spielberg’s remake of

‘West Side Story’, as a voice artist. He also performed as a voice artist in the Oscar-winning film,‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’,

and Guest Starred in the FX television series ‘Snowfall’, as Panamanian Banker Gabriel Jean.
 

His breakthrough big-screen role was in Steven Soderbergh's film

'Che: Part One', performing alongside Academy-Award-winning actor Benicio del Toro.
Juan Carlos has also appeared on other television productions, as well as multiple short films and dozens of national TV commercials. 
 

He also performed as a foreign Mexican lead character in the pilot ‘Dee Jay Zee’, by Peter Basler starring Michael Monks.

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Awards:
‘Outstanding Achievement in Film Award',

from the UNESCO Youth Commission (2010).
‘Distinguished Young Actor Award’,

for lead performance in the short film ‘Darwin's Thoughts’ (2011).