Biography

Jorge Luna was born into a family of artists in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His mother wrote children's stories and his father was a requinto and guitar player. They both worked as health-care consultants while raising Monchi, Noris, and Jorge. Being the youngest of the three siblings, Luna was determined to be the first to realize his artistic dream. At the age of seven he was inspired by a virtuoso circus performance by a troop called Circolo. A few years later Luna discovered his love for performing arts when he started off as a DJ, and continued spinning in nightclubs and venues until he discovered his central passion, acting.

He is drawn to roles that require a physical challenge and is particularly adept at radically reinventing himself from role to role. Some of Luna's favorite theater roles have been Marat in The Promise, Felisardo in Los Melindres de Belisa, and Trissotin in Moliere's The Learned Ladies, in which he played full tilt the character's flamboyance. His roles have been far reaching, ranging from antagonist Iachimo in Cymbeline to the visionary Vlass in Summer folk. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Other roles have included Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Cassius in Julius Caesar and Trinculo in The Tempest. In film he has played characters that demand a full emotional engagement. Recently Luna played one of the four leads in John D. Harkrider's All the Beautiful Things, a role he developed with the director. He can also be seen in a national commercial for Radio Shack. He is multilingual, fluent in Portuguese, and native in both English and Spanish. He is also a photographer and a guitar player.

- IMDb mini biography by: George Rosario

Jorge Luna was born into a family of artists in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His mother wrote children's stories, and his father was a requinto and guitar player. His sister is a dancer and his older brother is a concert guitar player. This creative household propagated an ideal environment to grow up in.

At the age of seven he was inspired by a virtuoso circus performance by a troupe called Círcolo. A few years later Luna discovered his love for performing art when he started off as a DJ, and continued spinning in night clubs and venues. He particularly loved being smuggled into nightclubs at a young age to spin a vinyl (or ten) before midnight. He continued djing for several years until he discovered his central passion - acting.

Luna can be seen on Netflix's The Week Of with Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi, Rachel Dratch, and Chris Rock. Plus, Guest Starring roles on the TV series The Blacklist, Elementary, Lisey's Story, The Code, and Law & Order SVU.

Luna is drawn to roles that require a physical challenge and is particularly adept at radically reinventing himself from role to role. Some of Luna's favorite theater roles have been Marat in The Promise, Felisardo in Los Melindres de Belisa, and Trissotin in Moliere's The Learned Ladies, in which he played full tilt the character's flamboyance. His roles have been far reaching, ranging from antagonist Iachimo in Cymbeline to the visionary Vlass in Summerfolk. He trained in acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and holds a MFA in acting from Brooklyn College in NYC. Other roles have included Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Cassius in Julius Caesar and Trinculo in The Tempest. In film he has played characters who demand a full emotional engagement. Recently Luna played one of four leads in John Harkrider's feature film, All the Beautiful Things, a role he developed with the director. More recently, Luna wrote and produced a feature film called planet b234 where he plays a father that struggles with living far away from his son. The film will make its world premiere at Vail Film Festival.

He is multilingual, fluent in Portuguese, and native in both English and Spanish. He is also a photographer, a regular DJ in New York and a guitar player.



Awards:

~Best Supporting Actor- Downbeach Film Festival for Angelo

~Victoria Espinosa Award for talent, dedication, and commitment to Fine Arts

~Recognized by the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Honorary Russian Consulate in PR for contribution to strengthening artistic ties between Russia and Puerto Rico for the production of Aleksei Arbuzov's The Promise

- IMDb mini biography by: George Rosario