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- At the age of 3 Hechter moved to New York from Puerto Rico with his mother and two sisters. He grew up in an environment of music and movies. His mother, a former singer on Puerto Rican radio often had musicians at the home. His grandmother was a huge fan of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies which also had a huge influence on Hechter, until he discovered Elvis Presley. He tried desperately to imitate "The King" in his youth. By his own admission he didn't imitate him well.
His family moved to West Harlem where many of his friends got involved with the wrong crowd. Knowing that this was a bad thing Hechter kept to what he refers to as his own gang, a group of singers that he had befriended. In another attempt to stay away from the gangs he spent many hours at the local movie theaters, where he dreamed of one day leaving the Harlem gangs behind him.
Being a part of Harlem had made him uncomfortable with his Latino image but watching Latino movies with stars such as Arturo de Cordoba, Jorge Negrete and Miguel Aceves Mejía made him more comfortable. These became his heroes and heavily influenced his future career.
Gaining more confidence in his acting and singing abilities he decided to audition for the High School of Performing Arts. Perhaps a little over confident he chose a monologue from Macbeth as his audition piece, having never seen any Shakespeare performed on stage. After the audition he was asked who his favorite performer was and he replied "Elvis Presley". Hechter was accepted.
He felt at home at the High School for Performing Arts as he was in among people who had similar drives and talents as his own. Ben Vereen was among his classmates while he was there. He started to develop interests in classical music and with the help of a friend who's family came from Trinidad he also became interested in Calypso music. During this time he performed outside of the school, most notably in "Ye Olde Triple Inn" where Freddie Prinze was performing comedy.
Three months after High School he started performing on Broadway. Here he was encouraged to study Opera. Although not always able to pay for his singing lessons he was still encouraged by his mentor to carry on. Hechtor eventually payed every penny he owed whenever he could.
From there his movie career started to bloom and many roles came forward for him. His most memorable role would probably be that of drug king "Rico" in Crocodile Dundee II. Hechtor was offered many roles after his powerful performance.
Eventually returning to Broadway he managed to join an old friend, Raul Julia in "Man of La Mancha". He still continues to perform live both on Broadway and in his own cabaret show which has been running since the year 2000.
Hechter enjoys any roles that stretch him both as an actor and as a singer. He feels particularly grateful for being able to rise above his humble beginnings and do what he has always loved to do, to perform in front of an audience whether on stage or screen. - Actress
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Fabiola Andújar was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. She is an actress, known for Love & Death (2023), Walker (2021) and The Chosen (2017).- Mateo was born in Puerto Rico, relocating in 2001 to Orlando, Florida, where he worked as a dancer and performer at Disney World.
He began his drag career in 2006, eventually wining several gay pageants as well as performing at venues and events both locally and throughout the United States.
In addition to his drag career, he is a fashion designer, winning the 2001 'Inter Fashion Award' for Best Fashion Designer, and an AIDS awareness activist, being featured in a biopharmaceutical company's ad titled "Red Ribbon Runway". - Lorenzo Soto was born on 31 January 1965 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. He was an actor, known for Beat Street (1984), Rock Steady Crew: (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew (1983) and Rock Steady Crew: Uprock (1984). He died on 9 December 1991 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA.
- Juan Gonzalez was born on 20 October 1969 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
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Mirta Silva was born on 11 September 1927 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. She was an actress, known for Las canciones unidas (1960), Esclavitud (1944) and Conga bar (1944). She died on 2 December 1987 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Actor
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Alfred D. Herger was born on 4 November 1942 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. He is an actor and writer, known for Una mujer sin precio (1966), La Pandilla en apuros (1976) and You, My Love (1972).- Director
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Luis Morales is a Director, Producer & Screenwriter, born and raised in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. With three short films under his credits, some music video and commercials, his short films range from dramas to Action.
The short film "Fire & Blood" is the winner in Florence Films Awards and New York Movie Awards as the "Best Action". Luis Samuel Morales Molina (aka Luis Morales) spent his whole life trying to study film.
Luis grew up in his Family hometown in Arecibo where he graduated from high school. He is a filmmaker with two acclaimed short films, TV commercials and music videos.
His directorial debut was a drama short film "My Sure Heaven" (2010) which projects the deterioration of a mother in a children's hospital, In 2015 he made a second short film "Trace of Oblivion", a story based on a true story, in 2022 he finishes his third short film Fire & Blood, making a jump to the action genre, being his most ambitious project.
He obtain great achievements with the most experienced professors during his training in the theater and cinema in the city of San Juan. in 2014 he launched his company Tree of Light Films Inc. in Puerto Rico, a film production house in which he currently works, he is currently in the production of his fourth short film and on what will be his first commercial movie.- Composer
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Gale was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. She is known for Fast X (2023), Father of the Bride (2022) and Gale: Respirar (2017).- Luis Olmo was born on 11 August 1919 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. He was an actor, known for 1949 World Series (1949), Este señor de negro (1975) and Baseball from Puerto Rico (1962). He was married to Emma Paradis. He died on 28 April 2017 in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Vic Power was born on 1 November 1927 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. He died on 29 November 2005 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
- Sixto Lezcano was born on 28 November 1953 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
- René Marqués was born on 4 October 1919 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. René was a writer, known for Olas y Arenas (1968), El secreto (1958) and ¿Qué opina la mujer? (1957). René died on 22 March 1979 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.