PROFILE
| Full name: Jorge Jesús Cao Blanco |
| Place of birth: Caibarien, Villa Clara, Cuba. |
| Birthdate: January 2, 1944 |
| Nationalities: Cuban and Colombian |
| Height: 180cm |
| Agency / Manager: María Clara López Talent Management |
BIOGRAPHY
Jorge Cao is a Colombian-Cuban film, television and theater actor; He was born in Caibarién, Cuba on January 2, 1944. In 1994 he settled in Colombia, a country where he has established himself as one of the most recognized actors in the national sphere.
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I studied dramatic art at the School of Dramatic Art in Havana and completed a postgraduate degree at the Lunacharsky Higher Institute of Art in Moscow. He began his career in his native Cuba and thanks to his great talent he has managed to participate in a large number of productions in different Latin American countries, especially in Colombian productions that have earned him the recognition and affection of the coffee-growing country.
Throughout his career he has received a large number of awards and recognitions.
TELEVISION
- Lambs Among Wolves (2022)
- The law of the heart 2 (2018-2019)
- Sinú, river of passions (2016)
- Secrets of paradise (2014-2015)
- Who are you? (2012-2013)
- The Labyrinth (2012)
- With an open heart (2010-2011)
- The last happy marriage (2008-2009)
- Final Time (2007)
- Zorro: The Sword and the Rose (2007)
- Market Loves (2006-2007)
- Decisions (2005) 1 episode
- I'm going to teach you to love (2004-2005)
- Passion of hawks (2003-2004)
- The Price of Silence (2002)
- Revenge (2002-2003)
- Full Moon Lovers (2000-2001)
- Forbidden Heart (1998-1999)
- The President's Wife (1997)
- The shadow of desire (1995-1996)
- Holy Sin (1995)
- Shiralad, the return of the gods (1995)
- I rent myself to dream (1992)
CINEMA / FILMS
- The Initiates (2023)
- Wholesale Assault (2022)
- Reflections (2017)
- The swamp between sea and land (2016)
- Secret of Confession (2013)
- The Silver Christ (2004)
- Enigma (2001)
- The Last Carnival (1998)
- Behind Closed Doors (1998) (short)
- Loves (1994)
- Right to asylum (1993)
- The last rumba of papa montero (1992) (Documentary)
- Adorable Lies (1992)
- Tango Dream (1991)
- Passion for the Ephemeral (1990) (short)
- A Day Not Too Far Away (1989) (short)
- One, Two… (1989) (short)
- Plaff Or Too Much Fear Of Life (1988)
- Placido (1961)
THEATER
- Annie
- She in my head (director)
- The Locutorio (director)
- Yepeto (director)
- Company
- The day you Love Me
- Up Heart
- Radiance and death of Joaquín Murieta
- Helpless, Manteca and Habanero Delirium
- Juana de Belciel (director)
- The Darling of the bower
- The Sailor's House
- Tiger Slut and Bulldog
- The Chinese
- Electra Carrigo
- Exercise for an actor (director)
- An inspector has arrived
- Tonight the comedy is improvised
- The Bourgeois gentle man
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- Intimately Linked
- The Sweet Bird of Youth
- Orpheus Descends
- Love Story in Irkustk
- Warsaw Melody
AWARDS AND HONOURS
| Year | Production | Prize | Category | Result |
| 2019 | The law of the heart 2 | India Catherine Awards | Best antagonistic actor in a soap opera or series | Winner |
| 2015 | Secrets of paradise | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Antagonistic Actor in a Soap Opera | Nominated |
| 2012 | open heart 2 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Series | Nominated |
| 2009 | The last happy marriage | TVyNovelas Awards | Best antagonistic actor | Winner |
| 2005 | Passion of Hawks | Snail Talent | Best Supporting Actor | Winner |
| 2004 | The revenge | TVyNovelas Awards | Best antagonistic actor | Winner |
| 2004 | Passion of Hawks | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Winner |
| 2004 | Passion of Hawks | Sweet Plate | Best Supporting Actor | Winner |
| 2004 | Passion of Hawks | INTE Ibero-American Award | Best Supporting Actor | Winner |
| 2003 | The price of silence | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated |
| 2003 | The revenge | Bulgarian Television Award | Best foreign soap opera villain | – |
| 2003 | The revenge | MARA International Award | Best foreign actor | – |
| 2003 | The revenge | ACE Latin Ace Award | Best male performance | – |
| 2001 | Full Moon Lovers | MARA Grand Prize | Best first actor | – |
| 2000 | The president's wife | The Great Sun of Mexico Award | Best foreign soap opera actor | – |
| 1998 | The president's wife | TVyNovelas Awards | Best antagonistic actor | Nominated |
| 1998 | The president's wife | Golden Palms Award | First foreign actor | – |
| 1998 | The president's wife | Grand Golden Eagle Award | Leading actor | – |
| 1998 | The president's wife | MARA International Award | Leading actor | – |
| 1996 | holy sin | India Catherine Awards | Best foreign actor | Winner |
| 1996 | holy sin | ACPE Award | Best foreign artist | – |
| 1996 | holy sin | Ibero-American Television and Video Festival | Best Latin American Actor | – |
| 1988 | Plaff or Too Much Fear of Life | new york latin festival | Best Supporting Actor | – |
| 1985 | – | National Vanguard of Cuban Culture | – | – |
| – | Shiralad | UNEAC Award | – | – |
| – | Helpless | UNEAC Award | best Actor | – |
| – | The day you Love Me | UNEAC Award | best Actor | – |
| – | Exercise for an actor | UNEAC Award | best Actor | – |
| – | – | ACE Latin Ace Award | Artistic career | Tribute |
| – | – | FYMTI Ibero-American Award | Artistic career | Tribute |
| – | – | MARA International Platinum Award | To a whole life | Tribute |
| – | – | Snail Plate | Artistic career | Tribute |
| – | – | Great Eagle of Venezuela | Best international actor of the century | Tribute |
| – | – | Order Raul Gomez Garcia | For more than 25 years in the artistic sector | Tribute |
| – | An inspector has arrived | Mention award from the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) | – | – |
| – | three in one shoe | Havana International Children's and Youth Theater Festival | Best male actor | – |
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