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  • "Regarding Veronica" So excited to start filming on this BEAUTIFUL and timely feature film. I'll be playing Adrian along an excellent cast including Alexandra Grey ("Empire" & "How to get away with Murder" and Abigail Hawk, of "Blue Bloods" fame. David Beck will be directing. Shooting starts mid June 2023! 

  • "TORERA" Thrilled to be cast in this fantastic new work making its world premiere at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas. Written by Monet Hurst-Mendoza and directed by Tatiana Pandiana at the Alley Theatre in Houston. Currently in rehearsals. Previews start May 12th. Opens May 17th. 

  • FBI (CBS) Excited to have booked role on an upcoming episode of this great CBS series. Excellent experience working with a great director, Eduardo Sanchez, and with show's starts, Zeeko Zaki and Missy Peregrym. Talented and generous team. Episode airs in the new year!

  • Syracuse Stage Thrilled to have been part of the Cold Read Festival of New Plays, and  playing being part of cast Rogelio Martinez The National Pastime to be directed by Margaret Perry. Thank you Melissa A. Crespo, Associate Artistic Director of Syracuse Stage for inviting me.

  • "Nothing Will Be the Same" Excited to be working with Matthew Handal on his new project with Till Neumann as cinematographer, a coming of age story set in 1960's Brooklyn. Shooting late Summer

  • "Elite Match" This little gem of a film is an official selection of the Ft. Lauderdale Int'l Film Festival and the Asian American Int't Film Festival.

  • "Sin Fondo" Just attended cast/crew screening of this rollercoaster starring the talented and super nice Manuel Masalva and Laura Carmine. directed by Victor Gallo. Film is gorgeous and just a little dark. Buckle up! Setting fire to festival circuit soon!

  • "To You" Part 2. Excited to be attached to second part of "To You" film which is currently in development. Two lovers connected by war and love are at a crossroad. Will work again with the sublime Fatemeh Hosseini. Gifted director and beautiful soul. Shooting late 2022. Savannah and other locations.

  • Mark Greaney's "Armored" Made Audible debut in Greaney's new thriller. "Armored" is now available on Audible. 

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About

Eliud is originally from Mexico's industrial capital of Monterrey, Mexico but grew up in South Texas. His nickname is Ludo. He is proud of his Mexican roots and South Texas upbringing. HIs last name came from his great grandfather who emigrated to Mexico from Germany. Eliud navigates easily between Spanish and English and thinks food is best when accompanied by a serrano pepper.

 

He is grateful to have found his  passion in life and to work at something he loves whether on stage or on a TV or film set.  His favorite projects and characters are found in stories that explore the  heartbreaks, joys and sublime beauty of the human experience, 

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Eliud attended Princeton University, the first in his family to graduate college. He then completed the Acting Conservatory at T. Schreiber Studio in New York. He has had the privilege of working with Oscar winners Robert De Niro, Patricia Arquette and Julianne Moore and other respected actors like Steve Buscemi and Edgar Ramirez. 

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More about Eliud:

  • Anthony Quinn is one of his favorite actors because of his talent and Mexican roots. 

  • Eliud went to middle school with Selena, the Tejano singer, in Corpus Christi where they grew up.

  • In addition to acting, Eliud loves his Mexican food, habanero salsa, cycling and traveling the world with his family and his beautiful twins.

Recent roles

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  • "In the Desert Lights" Honored to be invited to read for a lead role of this 2016 semi-finalist for the Sundance New Voices Lab.  Written by David Lavine and Andrew Nielson. Cast included the lovely Catherine Curtin among other talented actors.

    • The enigmatic doyenne of a community theater and a withdrawn teenager making a fresh start in a new town, each haunted by their own past, form an uncommon bond in this magical and suspenseful series set in 1980s Arizona.​

  • "Kokomo" Film. Cast as Pa in this coming of age story set in Coney Island, NY. Dir. Farah Jabir. Cast includes Caridad de la Luz and Evan Rosado. 

  • "Anything That Moves". Cast as Charro Guerrero in powerful father/son story with the talented little man Thomas Reyna as my son. Written/directed by Maximiliano Guillen. Shot in rural Texas (June 2021). In Post-production. Coming for festival circuit Fall 2022.

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