Mário Lara

A native of San Francisco, California, Mario Lara received his artistic training in Drama & Musical Theatre at Carnegie Mellon University under the direction of Tony-Winner Mel Shapiro. An actor, tenor and former dancer Mario has performed in over 150 plays, musicals, ballets & operas. Mario has had the honor of working with Award Winning Broadway & Film Directors Ang Lee, Rob Marshall, John DeLuca, David Mamet, Mike Nichols, Mel Shapiro, Adam Shankman, Jennifer Getzinger, Oren Safdie, Kevin Carlisle, Rudy Tronto, Emile Ardolino, Lois Englund, Karen Azenberg, Pamela Hunt, Dan Mojica & Glenn Casale. Mario has also had the Honor of Working & Training with such Talented Artists as Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dame Judi Dench, Annette Bening, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Dreyfuss, Whoopi Goldberg, Harvey Keitel, Ron Perlman, Jonathan Pryce, Leslie Caron, Kim Novak & Maggie Smith...to name a few. Favorite roles include Father Sanchez in "In The Shade of The Lemon Tree" Directed By Oren