Rene Lavan

Character: EDDY VALDERAMA

Rene Lavan made his Broadway debut in late 2005 in Rick Najera’s Latinologues. During the long Miami run of the hit immersive play, The Amparo Experience, in 2019, he stepped into the roles of both Havana Club Rum scion Ramon Arechabala and Bacardi sales manager Juan Prado.

His lengthy resume includes: Breakout movie star in director Leon Ichaso’s tragic Cuban film Azucar Amarga, Bitter Sugar); Hollywood actor (Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights and Christmas with the Kranks); TV performer (CSI: Miami, The Glades, Burn Notice, Every Witch Way) and soap opera and telenovela leading actor (One Life To Live, Morelia, Enamorada and Maria Belen). Most recently, Lavan appeared in the 2020 indie movie, El Ultimo Balsero, which is now on HBO Max.