Jose Yenque is an American actor who appeared in the films The Blue Diner (2001), Miss Bala (2011), won an ALMA Award for his role in Traffic (2000), and an Imagen Award for his role in Between (2007). Personal life Yenque was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Peruvian immigrant parents. His mother is actress Teresa Yenque, and he took up acting as a teenager after she enrolled him in theater classes.
Career Yenque co-founded East Los Angeles Society of Film & Arts.
In 1995, Yenque did a play called El Cano with Ed Trucco. In 1999, on the set of The Blue Diner, Esra Gaffin said Yenque had prepped for a different role, mentioning he had the ability from previous roles to handle several types of firearms.
In 2001, Yenque and fellow actors Marisol Padilla Sanchez, Majandra Delfino, and Jacob Vargas won Outstanding Latino Cast in a Feature Film for Traffic at the ALMA Awards. In 2007, Yenque won Ambassador of the Year at the 11th International Hispanic Awards. He said that because the acting roles he was doing gave latinos bad representation, he began to donate money to a Tijuana orphanage. In 2012, he founded Arts for a Better Tomorrow, bringing change to orphanages in Baja California.
In 2020, Yenque helped raised funds during a virtual reading of Flowers Behind the Mountain by Barbara Bennion, benfiting the Artes Para un Mejor Mañana foundation. Yenque starred alongside Paco Mufote in Contratiempo.
Filmography YearTitleRoleNotes1997FallScasse2000TrafficSalazar Soldier2001The Blue DinerTito2002The Zeta ProjectSecurity Guard (voice)Episode: "The Wrong Morph" A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.2002–2003Justice LeagueCopperhead (voice)4 episodes2004Justice League UnlimitedCopperhead (voice)Episode: "Kids' Stuff"2004Puños RosasGerman CoronaWednesday AfternoonAlbertoShort film, Student Academy Award winner2005BetweenDet. Gustavo Campos2006BrokenLuis MoralesWaist DeepAgent Lopez2007I Believe in AmericaLeo2010BeginnersRobert2011Miss BalaKike Camara2017All About the MoneyJuan Armando Garcia2022ContratiempoTaylor
Accolades EventYearTitleAwardResultRef.ALMA Award2001TrafficOutstanding Latino Cast in a Feature FilmInternational Hispanic Awards2007Sol Azteca Award – Ambassador of the YearMaverick Movie Awards2009BloomBest Supporting Actor: ShortHighland Park Independent Film Festival2010Humanitarian AwardHOLA AwardsHOLA Ilka Award of HumanitarianCalifornia State University San Marcos2011Doctorate of Fine Arts Honorary DegreeImagen Awards2007BetweenBest Supporting Actor - Television2012Miss BalaBest Supporting Actor/Feature Film
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External links
Official site