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name: "Ángel Salazar"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 March 1956"
died: "11 August 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-16T21:19:56.171890+00:00"
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# Ángel Salazar

Actor. Born 2 March 1956 in Cuba. Died 11 August 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 March 1956, Cuba
- **Died:** 11 August 2024
- **Active:** 1983–1993
- **Also known as:** Angel Salazar

## Biography

Ángel Salazar (2 March 1956 – 11 August 2024) was a Cuban-American actor and comedian. Born in Cuba, he left as a teenager, swimming to the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base before settling in New York City, where he began performing stand-up comedy at the age of eighteen.

He was best known for playing Chi Chi in the 1983 film *Scarface*. Other film roles included appearances in *Boulevard Nights* (1979), *Punchline* (1988), *Maniac Cop 2* (1990) and *Carlito's Way* (1993). Salazar also performed stand-up on television, including *Last Comic Standing* and HBO comedy specials.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Carlito's Way* (1993), Fi1m 86, as Walberto — [page](https://film.one/film/carlitos-way.md)
- *Scarface* (1983), Fi1m 79, as Chi Chi — [page](https://film.one/film/scarface.md)

## Also known for

- *Maniac Cop 2* (1990), Traffic Officer
- *Punchline* (1988), Rico
- *Comedian* (2002), Self
- *The Wild Life* (1984), Benny
- *Boulevard Nights* (1979), 11th Street Gang
- *Hot to Trot* (1988), Snake
- *Terror in the Aisles* (1984), Featured Moviegoer

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