Age: 47
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Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada (born March 9, 1979) is an American actor. Recognized for his versatility, he has been credited with breaking stereotypes about Latino characters in Hollywood. He was named the best actor of his generation by Vanity Fair in 2017 and one of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century by The New York Times in 2020. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2016, he featured on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Born in Guatemala, Isaac moved with his family to the United States as an infant. As a teenager, he joined a punk band, acted in plays and made his film debut in a minor role. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Isaac was a character actor in films for much of the 2000s. His first major role was that of Joseph in the biblical drama The Nativity Story (2006), and he won an AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying political leader José Ramos-Horta in the Australian film Balibo (2009). After gaining recognition for playing supporting parts in Robin Hood (2010) and Drive (2011), Isaac had his breakthrough with the eponymous role of a singer in the musical drama Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. Isaac's career progressed with leading roles in the crime drama A Most Violent Year (2014), the thriller Ex Machina (2015) and the superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse (2016). He became a global star with the role of Poe Dameron in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019). Isaac starred in the historical drama Operation Finale (2018)—which marked his first venture into production—the science fiction films Annihilation (2018), Dune (2021), and Frankenstein (2025), the crime drama The Card Counter (2021), and the animated superhero film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). On television, Isaac was the lead in three miniseries: Show Me a Hero (2015), in which his portrayal of Nick Wasicsko won him a Golden Globe Award, Scenes from a Marriage (2021), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Moon Knight (2022). His stage work includes title roles in Romeo and Juliet (2007), Hamlet (2017) and The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Oscar Isaac, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Rivera family history is told, explaining that its patriarch Isaias was the husband of a musician who left him and his son Coco to pursue a career in music. To support both of them, he turned to shoemaking which became the family business, and began a tradition which to this day bans music in the Riveras. His great-great-granddaughter, 12-year-old Mira, lives with Coco, who is his elderly great-grandfather, and the rest of his descendants in the small, fictional Mexican village of Santa Cecilia. She secretly dreams of becoming a musician like her idol, the late Eliana de la Cruz, a popular singer and film star who died in a performance when a stage worker accidentally dropped a giant bell on hier Mira keeps a secret hideout with many memorabilia from de la Cruz and she is everyday discouraged by her family about becoming a musician. When Mira tries to enter a talent show for the Day of the Dead, her Abuelito destroys her guitar when she tried to convince him to see her play. Hurt, Mira runs off to the talent show to perform anyway. While finding a guitar to use, Mira then discovers something hidden in the photo of Isaias – taken with his wife and an infant Coco – at the center of the family ofrenda: his wife (whose face is ripped out) was holding the guitar famously used by Eliana.
