---
name: "Daniel Valdez"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-valdez"
fi1m_id: "daniel-valdez"
imdb_id: "nm0883639"
tmdb_id: 14850
wikidata_id: "Q23058848"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "27 April 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-04T20:19:05.624128+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Daniel Valdez

## Identity

Daniel Valdez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-valdez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-valdez
- **IMDb ID:** nm0883639
- **TMDB ID:** 14850
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23058848
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Valdez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23058848, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0883639/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14850

Producer. Born 27 April 1949 in California.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 27 April 1949, California
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Valdez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23058848, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0883639/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14850

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*La Bamba*](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md) (72)

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## Biography

Daniel Valdez is an American actor, musician, composer and activist. Born on 27 April 1949 in California, he is the younger brother of writer and director Luis Valdez. He co-founded the theatre group Teatro Campesino with his brother and joined Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers union in 1966.

Valdez is known for his film roles as Hector Salas in *The China Syndrome* (1979), Henry Reyna in *Zoot Suit* (1981) and Lelo in *La Bamba* (1987), on which he also served as associate producer. He appeared as part of the Norteno Trio in *Born in East L.A.* (1987) and as Chuy Estrada in *Which Way Is Up?* (1977). He has also worked as a composer and musical director for stage and screen.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *La Bamba* (1987), Fi1m 72, as Lelo — [page](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *La Granja* (2008), Actor
- *The Planet of the Hippies* (1999), as Bultoni
- *Silvia Prieto* (1999), as Policía
- *...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him* (1995), as Bartolo
- *Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution* (1987), as Lavaplatos
- *Born in East L.A.* (1987), as Norteno Trio
- *La Bamba* (1987), as Lelo · Associate Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/la-bamba.md)
- *Working* (1982), as Singer "Un Mejor Dia Vondra" (voice)
- *Seguin* (1982), Music
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Singer – 'Un Mejor Dia Vondra' (voice)
- *Zoot Suit* (1981), as Henry Reyna · Music
- *The China Syndrome* (1979), as Hector Salas
- *Which Way Is Up?* (1977), as Chuy Estrada
- *El Corrido: Ballad of a Farmworker* (1976), as Beto
- *Fighting for Our Lives* (1975), Music
- *The Sellouts* (1972), as Music Director

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