Tony Dalton

Tony Dalton
Born Álvaro Luis Bernat Dalton
(1975-02-13) February 13, 1975
Laredo, Texas, United States
Occupation Actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
Height 6' (1.83 m)

Álvaro Luis Bernat Dalton (born February 13, 1975) is a Mexican-American theater and TV actor as well as an accomplished screenwriter and producer.

Career as an actor

Tony Dalton studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. During this period he participated in small Off Broadway productions such as The Ballad of the Sad Café and A Streetcar Named Desire, among others. He acted as an extra in the movies Minotaur and Scriptfellas. Back in Mexico, Dalton gained notability for having produced and acted in the TV series No te Equivoques (2001), as well as in the soap operas Ramona (2000), Clase 406 (2002), and Rebelde (2004–2006). His first successful film venture was Matando Cabos (2004), the first production of Lemon Films, where he enjoyed a starring role and also co-authored the screenplay. From there, he continued as an actor, appearing in Volver, Volver (2005), Mujer Alabastrina (2006), Efectos Secundarios (2006) and an episode of the TV series 13 Miedos (2007). He also landed roles in 2008's Love, Pain and Vice Versa and 2009's Amar. In 2010, he landed a part in the short film Mano a Mano, directed by Jose Barrera. Among the many roles he had during this time period, he places emphasis on Sultanes del Sur (2007), an action movie shot in Mexico City and Buenos Aires in Argentina, where besides playing the main character, Dalton also wrote the screenplay. A notable work on television was the hit series Los Simuladores, where he played one of the protagonists Mario Santos (logistics and planning) along with Alejandro Calva, Arath de la Torre and Ruben Zamora. In theater, his most recent work was the play El Año Próximo a la Misma Hora, where he worked with Alejandra Barros. The play was a great success and reached over 200 performances in Mexico City (2011). Dalton was the antagonist of the telenovela Flor Salvaje alongside Mónica Spear, Roberto Manrique, José Luis Reséndez, Norkys Batista, and Gregorio Pernía. The telenovela was recorded at Colombia. In 2015 he was the co-protagonist of Telemundo's series Dueños Del Paraiso.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997MinotaurCollege Student
1999Scriptfellas Development Executive
2004Matando cabosJavier "Jaque"Writer
2005Volver, volverAlex QueirozShort film
2006Efectos secundariosGerardo
2007Sultanes Carlos SánchezWriter
2008Amor, dolor y viceversa Marco
2009Amar Joel
2009CodiciaHombre 1
2010Mano a manoMiguelShort film
2010El infiernoGringo
2011ColombianaAmerican Embassy 1
2011Amar no es querer Samuel
2012La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas John
2014La dictadura perfecta Director TV MX

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000RamonaTom
2000Mi destino eres tú
2002Clase 406Dago García
200406RebeldeGastón Diestro
2007Trece miedosJorge SánchezSeason 1, Episode 3: "Esquela"
200809Los simuladoresMario SantosProtagonist
200810CapadociaAugusto MateosSeason 1, Episode 13: "Paraíso perdido"
Season 2, Episode 2: "Cordero de Dios"
Season 2, Episode 8: "Expiación"
Season 2, Episode 13: "Y llorarán su muerte todas las naciones"
2011Flor SalvajeDon Rafael UrrietaProtagonist
201318Sr. ÁvilaRoberto ÁvilaProtagonist
2015Dueños del paraísoRenato MaldonadoCo-protagonist
201617Sense8Lito's Agent3 episodes
2018Better Call SaulEduardo "Lalo" Salamanca3 episodes

Theater

  • El año próximo a la misma hora (2009)
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