Rodrigo Obregón

Rodrigo Obregón was born on October 28, 1951, in Paris, France, as Rodrigo Obregón Osorio. He moved back to Columbia with his family at a very young age. In his early teens, he was given a choice by his choreographer mother between pursuing dancing or academics and he chose dancing. At fifteen years old, he embarked on a dancing tour around the world, accompanied by his mother. He visited many countries, including the Soviet Union, the UK, India and France. In Paris, he decided to run away and hitchhike throughout Europe. Eventually, the Interpol caught up to him a couple of months later and he went back to Columbia. Later, he was given permission by his mother to travel alone to the United States. There, he joined a theater group in New York, and started taking acting lessons. Years later, he moved to Los Angeles and met director Andy Sidaris, who cast him in Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987). Sidaris liked working with him so much, he cast him in almost all his subsequent films, and consi