Edgar Morais | |
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Born |
Edgar Miguel Diogo de Morais 25 June 1989 Coimbra, Portugal |
Occupation | Actor, writer |
Years active | 2003–present |
Edgar Morais is an actor.
Morais was born in Portugal to an antique restorer mother and a contractor father. He was raised in Lisbon and attended EPTC (Professional Theater School of Cascais) one of Portugal's oldest and most prestigious acting schools. Morais speaks fluent English, Portuguese, French, and Spanish.
Edgar Morais currently lives in New York City.
In 2007, while still in theater school, Morais made his film debut in From Now On, directed by Catarina Ruivo (winner of the Audience Award at Rio de Janeiro Film Festival).
While living in Los Angeles, Morais was cast in the Lucas Elliot Eberl-directed drama, Fault Line (2009) alongside Michael Welch, Chris Marquette, Leah Pipes and Angela Sarafyan, in the hit NBC TV show CTRL, directed by Robert Kirbyson starring Steve Howey and Tony Hale, and in Q'orianka Kilcher's (Terrence Malick's The New World) directional debut film, Saudade. Morais also appeared as Jaffa in Chasing Eagle Rock directed by Erick Avari, starring Beth Behrs and Michael Welch and as Riley Jouda in The Monogamy Experiment directed by Amy Rider alongside Shailene Woodley and Renee Olstead.