David Norona
{{short description|American actor (born 1972)}}
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David Noroña, usually simplified as David Norona, (born December 14, 1972) is a Cuban American actor and director who has appeared in films including Though None Go with Me, TV series including The Mentalist and Jack Ryan, and various theatre works. He is co-creator and co-lyricist for Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings and has directed two short films.
Biography
David Noroña was born in Hialeah, Florida to Cuban parents Jorge Noroña and Edith Iglesias. He began his acting career at Coral Gables Senior High School in Coral Gables, Florida with roles in The Sound of Music and The Fantasticks. After receiving his BFA with honors from Carnegie Mellon University, he set off for New York City where he made his Broadway debut in Love! Valour! Compassion!.{{Cite news|last=Dunlap|first=David W.|date=1995-02-04|title=Naked on a Broadway Stage: A Dream? No, a Debut|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/04/theater/naked-on-a-broadway-stage-a-dream-no-a-debut.html|access-date=2021-04-07|issn=0362-4331}}
He has acted in films, like shorts Maggie Moore and Soledad, and has appeared in many television series, including Six Feet Under,Akass, Kim & McCabe, Janet (2005) Reading Six Feet Under: TV to Die For, I.B. Tauris, {{ISBN|978-1-85043-809-0}}, p. 123 Inconceivable,"[https://books.google.com/books?id=kmIEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22David+Norona%22&pg=PA62 Fertile Ground]", Out, September 2005, p. 62, retrieved 2011-07-10 Mister Sterling and Lipstick Jungle.
Noroña has also landed roles on theatre stages. He played role of Irving Berlin in The Tin Pan Alley Rag both on the Pasadena Playhouse theatre and the Coconut Grove Playhouse. The role landed him a nomination at the Los Angeles Ovation Award.[http://www.filmbug.com/db/309009 Filmbug: David Norona biography] He also had the lead role of Frankie Valli in the original run of Jersey Boys on La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California.[https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117925327?refCatId=33 Variety: Jersey Boys - La Jolla Playhouse] On January 24, 2005, he received the prize for "Lead Performance in a Musical, Male" for his role during the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle 2004 awards{{Cite web |url=http://sdcriticscircle.org/2004.htm |title=San Diego Theatre Critics Circle: 2004 Awards |access-date=2011-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826220212/http://sdcriticscircle.org/2004.htm |archive-date=2011-08-26 |url-status=dead }} He also played the role of George in a Latin remake of Of Mice and Men at the Pasadena Playhouse.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/116787-Of-Mice-and-Men-Laborers-Will-Be-Latino-in-Pasadena-Playhouses-Fresh-Look-at-Classic Playbill: Of Mice and Men Laborers Will Be Latino in Pasadena Playhouse's Fresh Look at Classic]
David Noroña is co-writer and co-lyricist of Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings, a groundbreaking piece that combined classical singing with ambient, trance and dance electronica. It received rave reviews, critical acclaim and nominations to ten Ovation Awards including "Best New Musical".
Personal life
He is married with three sons and a daughter, and resides in Redding, California.
Works
=Film=
Feature
- 1993: Money for Nothing as US Air Ticket Clerk
- 1996: Mrs. Santa Claus as Marcello Damaroco
- 1997: Twisted as Angel
- 2000: The Expendables as Ramone
- 2000: Alligator Alley as Jay Taylor
- 2001: Bailey's Mistake as Father Miguel
- 2006: Though None Go with Me as Will Bishop
- 2011: A Crush on You as Gabe
Short
- 2000: Maggie Moore as Alex
- 2000: Soledad
=Television=
(Selective. For a comprehensive list, see [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0635728/ IMDb])
- 2000: Popular as Nurse Dan Murphy (3 episodes)
- 2001–2002: Six Feet Under as Gary Deitman (8 episodes)
- 2001: Frasier as Lance (1 episode - "Forgotten But Not Gone")
- 2003: Monk as Lt. Plato (1 episode - "Mr. Monk Goes to Mexico") (as David Noroña)
- 2003: Mister Sterling as Leon Montero (10 episodes)
- 2005: Inconceivable as Scott García (9 episodes)
- 2005: CSI: Miami as Joshua Greenfield (1 episode)
- 2007: In Case of Emergency as Paul (4 episodes)
- 2007: Ugly Betty as Tyler Blake (1 episode)
- 2008–2009: Lipstick Jungle as Salvador Rosa (18 episodes)
- 2009: Bones as Derek DaFonte (1 episode)
- 2010: The Defenders as ADA Andrew Gomez (2 episodes)
- 2011–2014: The Mentalist as D.D.A. Osvaldo Ardiles (8 episodes)
- 2012: One Tree Hill as Dr. Alvarez (6 episodes)
- 2016: Designated Survivor as Governor Rivera (1 episode)
- 2017–2018: The Gifted as Senator Matthew Montez (3 episodes)
- 2019: Jack Ryan as José Marzan (6 episodes)
=Theatre=
As writer/lyricist
- Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings (co-creator and co-lyricist of musical)
As actor
- 1995: Love! Valour! Compassion! (Understudy: David Noroña [Bobby Brahms, Ramon Fornos]){{Cite web|title=David Noroña – Broadway Cast & Staff {{!}} IBDB|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/david-noroa-72310|access-date=2021-04-07|website=www.ibdb.com}}
- 2004: Jersey Boys as Frankie Valli (lead role - original run on La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California)
- 2008: Of Mice and Men as George
- 2009: The Tin Pan Alley Rag as Irving Berlin
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.davidnorona.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|0635728}}
- [https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/david-noroa-72310 David Noroña] at the Internet Broadway Database
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Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:Hispanic and Latino American male actors
Category:Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni