Occupation Actor Years active 2006-present | Name E. Bonilla Role Television actor | |
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Full Name Edward Joshua Bonilla Nominations Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series Movies Mamitas, Don't Let Me Drown, Musical Chairs, The House That Jack Built, Four Similar People Gleendilys Inoa, Chaley Rose, Joshua Sanchez, Susan Seidelman, Aja Naomi King Profiles | ||
E J Bonilla Interview 2013 IMAGEN Awards Red Carpet - REVENGE
Edward Joshua Bonilla (born September 8, 1988), known professionally as E.J. Bonilla is an American television and film actor. He is best known for his role as Rafe Rivera on Guiding Light.
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Early life
Bonilla was born in New York City to Puerto Rican parents. He attended John Ericsson Junior High School 126 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where he became involved in band, playing the trumpet. He also participated in musical theater while in Junior High School and High School. Bonilla attended High School for Environmental Studies. He first became interested in acting in the ninth-grade, when he was cast as Danny Zuko in a performance of Grease. He graduated from high school in 2006 and then attended Bard College.
Career
His first role was on the PBS educational show Reading Rainbow. After graduating from high school, he went on to originate the role of Rafe, Natalia's son, on Guiding Light in May 2007.
Bonilla starred in the independent film Musical Chairs. It is a story of a couple (played by Bonilla and actress Leah Pipes) who enter a wheelchair ballroom dancing competition after the girl is disabled in a traffic accident. The film was released on March 23, 2012.
Bonilla received an Imagen Award for his performance as "Dexter," a former high school basketball player whose best days are behind him, in Joshua Sanchez's directorial debut, Four. The film was released on September 13, 2013.