Renny Arozarena

Outstanding Cuban actor. He has worked in renowned theater groups. Very popular for his acclaimed and award-winning portrayal of Benny Moré in the film El Benny. Graduate of the National School of Art Instructors.

He has worked in the theater groups Hermanos Ruíz Aboy, Olga Alonso, Teatro de Arte Popular and Teatro Caribeño directed, respectively, by Julio González, Humberto Rodríguez, Tito Junco and Eugenio Hernández Espinosa.

He has taught various acting workshops and courses in the main theaters and cultural centers of Havana and has worked in television with the popular program Tras la huella.

He has directed the theater group Talismán and directed the theater company Arozarena, as well as the acting, dance and singing workshop Infinito

In cinema

2000 Raíces de mi corazón (CM fiction). Dir. Gloria Rolando.

2003 Entre ciclones (LM. Fiction). Dir. Enrique Colina.

Bajo Habana (CM fiction). Dir. Terence Piard.

2004 El loco soñador (Italy). Dir. Angelo Rizzo.

El rey del mundo (Cuba-Belgium). Dir. Guido Hendrik.

2006 El Benny. Dir. Jorge Luis Sánchez.

2007 Camino del Edén. Dir. Daniel Díaz Torres.

2008 Kangamba. Dir. Rogelio Paris.

Awards and Recognition

Award for Best Male Performance, awarded by the Association of Independent Critics. Locarno Film Festival. Switzerland, 2006 for the film El Benny.