Background
Tony Cortes was born and raised in the neighborhood El Vedado in Havana.
Tony Cortes was born and raised in the neighborhood El Vedado in Havana.
He studied at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, he founded his own band Bachelor of Medicine Expresso recorded several CDs and produced for the record label Fania Records with Jerry Masucci and for the record label EGREM.
He resides in Miami, Florida. He began working in the entertainment industry at the age of eight, with the filming of the Cuban movie "Los sobrevivientes" (Survivors). From that moment on he started doing work in film and television
Tony Cortes appeared in soap operas, serials and other television shows.
Sobre mis pasos
The nominations were a prize to documentary Sobre mis Pasos, a serial -style reality show for the "Maria Elvira Live" Maria Elvira Salazaraired in the national channel Mega television (United States) and in which Cortes tells how he is finally allowed to enter Cuba after seven years of absence and not being able to even attend the funeral of his father in December 2009. This documentary series of ten 10-minute episodes shows the reality of Cuba, the feeling of its people, their daily life and the changes that are currently brewing in the heart of this people.