Isaías Badilla
Actor
Isaías Badilla is a Costa Rican-American actor and filmmaker. He trained at the Taller Nacional de Teatro in Costa Rica and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
As an actor, he has appeared in films that have screened at international festivals including the Tribeca Festival (world premiere), the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (Short Film Market Picks), the Festival de Málaga, the Austin Film Festival, and the Miami Film Festival, where the film received the Best International Short Film award, among others.
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His theatre credits include work with the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Teatro LATEA, The Tank, and the American Theater of Actors. Internationally, he appeared as Connor Murphy in Querido Evan (Dear Evan Hansen).
In 2024, he co-founded Purple Duck LLC, an independent production company through which he develops, writes, and directs film projects, including a recent 16mm piece exploring the experiences of immigrant artists in New York City.
Known for
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- 2026B for Boys as Simon
- 2025The Other Woman
- 2024Threnody as Subway Man
- 2023Good Mourning as Carlos
- 2022Ñaños as Diego
- 2021West Side Story as Pachanga Dancer
- 2018Un Regalo Esencial as Josué
- 2018Vertigo as Fede
- 2017III
- TBAA Yarn. as Dante
- TBA