Frank Pando
Encyclopedia
Frank Pando is a Chilean American
actor. Pando's acting career debuted in 1999 in the TV series The Sopranos
as Agent Frank Grasso. Also, he is scheduled to appear in the 2012 movie Man on a Ledge
as a cameraman for Kyra Sedgwick
's role, a newsperson.
, Chile
, to Francisco Pando and Marta Gomez. When his family moved to the United States
, he started his acting career. He distinguished himself as playing the character Agent Frank Grasso in the Television series The Sopranos
. Pando also portrayed Pablo in the 2005 version of A Streetcar Named Desire
at Studio 54
. Four years later, he made the auditions for the 2012-releasing movie Man on a Ledge
in which he plays a cameraman.
basketball
player Francisco Pando, who lives in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
.
Chilean American
Chilean Americans are United States citizens or residents of Chilean origin. They number about 124,116 in 2009.In 2000, close to 14,000 lived in the states of Florida and California, while around 16,330 lived in the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and other New England states...
actor. Pando's acting career debuted in 1999 in the TV series The Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
as Agent Frank Grasso. Also, he is scheduled to appear in the 2012 movie Man on a Ledge
Man on a Ledge
Man on a Ledge is an upcoming 2012 thriller film directed by Asger Leth, starring Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell and Ed Harris...
as a cameraman for Kyra Sedgwick
Kyra Sedgwick
Kyra Minturn Sedgwick is an American actress.Sedgwick is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the TNT crime drama The Closer. Sedgwick's role in the series won her a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010...
's role, a newsperson.
Acting career
Frank Pando was born in ValparaísoValparaíso
Valparaíso is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region...
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, to Francisco Pando and Marta Gomez. When his family moved to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, he started his acting career. He distinguished himself as playing the character Agent Frank Grasso in the Television series The Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
. Pando also portrayed Pablo in the 2005 version of A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire (play)
A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was...
at Studio 54
Studio 54
Studio 54 was a highly popular discotheque from 1977 until 1991, located at 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan, New York, USA. It was originally the Gallo Opera House, opening in 1927, after which it changed names several times, eventually becoming a CBS radio and television studio. In 1977 it...
. Four years later, he made the auditions for the 2012-releasing movie Man on a Ledge
Man on a Ledge
Man on a Ledge is an upcoming 2012 thriller film directed by Asger Leth, starring Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell and Ed Harris...
in which he plays a cameraman.
Personal Life and Family
In 2005, Frank Pando married Sandra Tillet at Nag's Head, North Carolina. They currently reside in Brooklyn, New York. Pando is also the son of former ChileanChilean people
Chilean people, or simply Chileans, are the native citizens and long-term immigrants of Chile. Chileans are mainly of Spanish and Amerindian descent, with small but significant traces of 19th and 20th century European immigrant origin...
basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player Francisco Pando, who lives in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
Atlantic Highlands is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey in the Bayshore Region. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 4,385...
.