Cesar Leonardo

Cesar Leonardo (real name - Cesar Leonardo Aramburu) was born and raised in New York City in the Upper West Section of Washington Heights. He is the first born of Cesar Augusto Aramburu (an R. N. at Bellevue Hospital) and Milagros Aramburu (a Laundromat Manager). He has one sister, Enid Deja Aramburu (Actress) and two half - brothers, Alan Aramburu (a Retail Manager) and Alejandro Aramburu (a Columbia University Medical Researcher). At the age of 10, Cesar attended P. S. 187 and landed his first lead role in the school musical "Captain Corcoran", after which he stated, "I know what I want to do for the rest of my life". He attended Luminous Visions School of acting and graduated with a certificate in Drama and Film. After years of hardship, Cesar Leonardo attended West Side High School at the age of 17. There he met Barbara Marentette, a drama teacher at West Side High. She introduced him to his current manager, Sid Gold of Goldstar Talent Management and his career began to take off from there. He graduated from West Side High School with special honors in the Drama Department as well as an award for best screenplay at the 1997 Alternative High School Film Festival. However, after seven years as a professional actor, Cesar decided to put his career on hold in order to attend The Borough of Manhattan Community College.