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Actor in West Hollywood, California, United States

Casper Martinez first appeared on screen as C.O. Vilar alongside Danny Hoch, Mary J. Blige and Q-Tip in the feature, “Prison Song”. Casper was just seen in “Carlito's Way-Rise to power” as Colorado from 105th, Carlito's (Jay Hernandez) childhood friend. Also cast in the feature are Mario Van Pebbles, P. Diddy and Luis Guzman. The other feature is “El Vacilon-The Movie” a comedy inked by the popular New York morning radio show personalities Luis Jimenez and Moo... Morenshadow from Mega 97.9 fm. “Carlito’s Way-Rise to power” was released on DVD through Universal and Rogue films and “El Vacilon” distributed through Televisa.

In 2002, Casper’s lifelong love for films shone through in “Manito”, an independent film in which he co-produced and starred in as Enrique Junior Morenos (Franky G.) best friend. A surprise hit at Sundance, “Manito” garnered the Best Ensemble Cast in a Feature Award and since then has picked-up over 12 awards at film festivals around the globe to include Tribeca’s Best Emerging Filmmaker Award.

In addition to film, Casper Martinez showcases his versatility as a writer, producer and talent on the small screen. You can catch him on ESPN’s Pro Domino association tournaments, airing on ESPN Deportes as well as on its teams dominoes tournaments airing on both ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes where he serves as an analyst on the game of dominoes. These shows are already on rotation check your local listings on the ESPN Networks.

Past television credits include the award winning national program “Urban Latino TV” in which Casper segment produced and served as special correspondent and BET Jazz network’s “Viva America” which he produced. He also was a staff writer on “The Rosie Perez Show” (HBO Downtown Productions) and Telemundo’ comedy series “WEEPA” which Casper wrote, produced and acted in.

Casper Martinez resides in New York City.

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