---
name: "Vladimir Cruz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vladimir-cruz"
fi1m_id: "vladimir-cruz"
imdb_id: "nm0190489"
tmdb_id: 72642
wikidata_id: "Q5613853"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 July 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:37:25.951275+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."
---

# Vladimir Cruz

## Identity

Vladimir Cruz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vladimir-cruz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vladimir-cruz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0190489
- **TMDB ID:** 72642
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5613853
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Cruz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5613853, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0190489/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72642

Actor. Born 26 July 1965 in Placetas, Cuba.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 July 1965, Placetas, Cuba
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Cruz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5613853, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0190489/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72642

## Biography

Vladimir Cruz Marrero is a Cuban actor, screenwriter, playwright, film director and theatre director. Born on 26 July 1965 in Placetas, Cuba, he began acting as an amateur on stage in 1981 and studied at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana from 1983, graduating in 1988 with a degree in performing arts.

He is known for his role as David in the film *Strawberry and Chocolate* (1993). Other film credits include Ramiro Valdés Menéndez in *Che: Part One* (2008), Angelito in *7 Days in Havana* (2012) and Rubén in *Los buenos demonios* (2018). Television work includes Juan Matta Ballesteros in *Narcos: Mexico* (2018) and Jimmy Tejero in *The Day of the Jackal* (2024). He has also written and directed plays and films, notably *Afinidades* (2010), and received the Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actor at the Málaga Spanish Film Festival for *Los buenos demonios*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Che: Part One* (2008), Fi1m 72, as Ramiro Valdés Menéndez — [page](https://film.one/film/che-part-one.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Comandante Fritz* (2025), Actor
- *The Day of the Jackal* (2024), series, as Jimmy Tejero
- *Oscuros Amores* (2022), as Ivan
- *On Death Row* (2019), series, as Tanya's father
- *Narcos: Mexico* (2018), series, as Juan Matta Ballesteros
- *The Good Demons* (2018), as Rubén
- *Four Seasons in Havana* (2016), series, as Fabricio
- *Winds of Havana* (2016), as Fabricio
- *The Human Thing* (2016), as Justo
- *7 Days in Havana* (2012), as Angelito (segments "El Yuma" - "La tentación de Cecilia" and "Dulce amargo")
- *Afinidades* (2011), Director, Writer
- *The Reasons of the Heart* (2011), as Nicolás
- *Residencia El Milagro* (2011), Actor
- *Horn of Plenty* (2008), as Alfonso
- *Che: Part One* (2008), as Ramiro Valdés Menéndez — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/che-part-one.md)
- *The Bad Girl* (2008), as Chucho
- *Intermezzo* (2008), as Bolaños
- *The Wooden Box* (2006), as Jorge
- *Finally, the Sea* (2005), as Pablo
- *No One Could Live Here* (2003), series, as Néstor
- *Arcibel's Game* (2003), as Arata
- *Viva Sapato!* (2003), as Carlos
- *De Colores* (2003), Actor
- *The Waiting List* (2000), as Emilio
- *A Paradise Under the Stars* (2000), as Sergito
- *La rumbera* (1998), Actor
- *Little Tropikana* (1997), Actor
- *Cuba libre - Velocipedi ai tropici* (1997), as Carlos
- *Strawberry and Chocolate* (1993), as David
- *Capablanca* (1987), Actor
- *Una novia para David* (1987), Actor

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