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Orestes Matacena (born August 29, 1941) is a Cuban–American actor, director, producer and writer. His most notable appearance is Niko from The Mask. In 1973, Matacena appeared as Olimpio in the Duo Theatre production Francesco: The Life and Times of the Cencis at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village of Manhattan.
Orestes Matacena is a Cuban-American filmmaker who has worked in Hollywood and New York. He is known for his roles in The Mask, Diggstown, and Tainted, and for his activism against the Cuban regime.
Orestes Matacena is a Cuban-born actor, filmmaker and playwright who worked with Hollywood directors and produced his own movies. He escaped from Cuba, founded theaters in New York and Miami, and wrote about the Cuban tyranny.
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ORESTES MATACENA was born in Cuba to Italian immigrants. Aracelli , Orestes' mother, was 50 years old when she noticed her stomach growing disproportionately. Everyone thought it was a tumor. No one, much less her husband, Rafael, 53, could believe the diagnosis made at the hospital.
Cuban emigré Orestes Matacena originally planned to be a plantation owner, like his father, but the rise of Communist leader Fidel Castro in the late 1950s made this impossible. Matacena fought with the anti-Communist resistance for a time, but eventually he abandoned the struggle and came to the United States , speaking no English and without ...
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