Bernardo Badillo in Emily The Criminal and This Fool

Bernardo Badillo, a Latin performer of Mexican descent. He started acting at his high school in Santa Ana, California, before receiving his B.A. in theater from UCLA. Bernardo Badillo followed it up with a master’s program at the prestigious Actors Studio Drama School in New York City. Throughout his education he trained under notable teachers such as Moctesuma Esparza, Jose Luis Valenzuela, Jacque Heim at UCLA and Ron Leibman, Barbara Poitier, and Susan Aston among others in New York.

Since returning to Los Angeles, Bernardo Badillo has steadily worked in film, television, commercials, and print. Highlights from his TV career include recurring roles on FX Network’s Snowfall, where he was directed by John Singleton. USA Network’s Queen of the South as the right-hand man of a drug kingpin and TNT’s Animal Kingdom.  Bernardo Badillo has also guest starred in hit series such as Dexter, Weeds, Dead To Me, and Insecure, among others.

His most notable film role is in the Clint Eastwood directed Warner Bros. film Sully starring Tom Hanks. Bernardo trained with a Navy Seal to portray real-life NYPD scuba diver Robert Rodriguez. Robert was on the front lines rescuing passengers from the plane once it had safely landed in the Hudson River. 

Growing up, Bernardo considered himself dramatic and eccentric, participating in numerous school plays and pageants, singing and dancing. That passion turned into a true respect for the craft as a professional. He enjoys putting all the pieces of a character together from body language and speech to the emotional core, studying the script and finding clues to who the character is meant to be. As a Latin actor he is proud to be part of the turning of the tide as Hollywood expands its representation of what it means to be a Latin actor.

Outside of acting, he enjoys travelling, having gone to Brazil for the World Cup, backpacked through Spain, and even attended a traveling acting school in Italy. Growing up, books were his escape, and he passes that on by reading to children in his spare time. He is also passionate about workers’ rights and union’s protective services.

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