Yul Vazquez

Yul Vázquez was born in Cuba. He is an actor and is married to Linda Larkin. He appeared as “Bob” in the *Seinfeld* episodes “The Soup Nazi,” “The Sponge,” and “The Puerto Rican Day.”

Yul Vázquez has appeared in over thirty films, including *The A-Team* (2010) with Liam Neeson, John Sayles’ *Amigo*, Steven Soderbergh’s two-part epic *Che* (2008), *The Take* (2008), *American Gangster* (2007—SAG Award nomination, Outstanding Cast), *Music Within* (2007), *War of the Worlds* (2005), *Bad Boys 2* (2003), *Traffic* (2000—Winner, SAG Award, Outstanding Cast), and *Runaway Bride* (1999). An original member of LAByrinth Theater Company, Vázquez has appeared in countless LAB productions, including Stephen Adly Guirgis’ *The Last Days of Judas Iscariot*, directed by Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Other theater credits include Terrence McNally’s *The Stendhal Syndrome* at Primary Stages with Isabella Rossellini, and Eduardo Machado’s *The Floating Island Plays* at Mark Taper Forum. Upcoming feature films include *Fugly!* with John Leguizamo, *Salvation Boulevard* with Pierce Brosnan, and *The Missing Person*, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Vázquez will be returning to the stage in the Broadway premiere of *Motherf**ker With The Hat*, which also features Bobby Cannavale, Annabella Sciorra, and comic Chris Rock (previews March 22, 2011).

Yul Vázquez currently serves as co-Artistic Director of LAByrinth Theater Company with Stephen Adly Guirgis and Mimi O’Donnell in New York City. In 2010, Yul Vázquez founded mechanizedmules, a film production company with Ed Vassallo, Rick Rodgers, and Robert Leaver. Their first short film, *F--K*, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in spring of 2010. They are currently in production for their first feature film, which is set in the Sugar Hill section of New York City—surrounding the last active graveyard in Manhattan, Trinity Cemetery, between 152nd and 155th streets on the west side of Manhattan.