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Carlos (miniseries)

Carlos is a three-part 2010 French-German miniseries directed by Olivier Assayas, starring Édgar Ramírez as Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, from pro-Palestinian militancy and the 1975 OPEC siege to his 1994 capture.

Carlos Alazraqui

Carlos Alazraqui (Carlos Jaime Alazraqui, born 1962) is an American comedian and voice actor, the voice of Rocko, the Taco Bell Chihuahua, Mr. Crocker, and Deputy Garcia on Reno 911!.

Carlos Barral

Carlos Barral (1928–1989) was a Spanish poet and publisher who led the Seix Barral house, launched the Latin American Boom, and later served as a senator and European MP.

Carlos Bernard

Carlos Bernard (Carlos Bernard Papierski), born 1962 in Evanston, Illinois, is an American actor and director best known as Tony Almeida on 24 (115 episodes, plus 24: Legacy), later directing episodes of FBI, Law & Order, and Chicago Fire.

Carlos Bulosan

Carlos Bulosan (1913–1956) was a Filipino American migrant worker, labor organizer, and writer best known for America Is in the Heart (1946), chronicling Depression-era Filipino workers in the United States.

Carlos Castaneda

Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998), Peruvian-born American anthropologist and author of The Teachings of Don Juan (1968), whose Yaqui shaman books became New Age bestsellers but were widely judged fictional after Richard de Mille's 1976 critique.

Carlos Chan (陈家乐) (actor)

Carlos Chan Ka Lok (陳家樂, born 1986, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong actor, singer, and host. Known for Happiness (2016), Legally Declared Dead (2019), and his first Hong Kong Film Award Best Actor nomination for Love Like This at the 44th HKFA.

Carlos Cruz-Diez

Carlos Cruz-Diez was a Venezuelan artist, a principal figure of Kinetic and Optical art, best known for the Physichromie series and the immersive Chromosaturation installation.

Carlos Cuevas

Carlos Cuevas Sisó (born 1995, Montcada i Reixac, Barcelona) is a Spanish actor, distinct from the Mexican bolero singer of the same name. Known for Ventdelplà, Merlí's Pol Rubio, Netflix's Smiley, El 47, and theater roles.

Carlos Diehz

Carlos Diehz (born 1971, Mexico City) is a Mexican actor and architect in Vancouver who debuted as Cardinal Vincent Benitez in Conclave (2024), cast by Nina Gold after 60 auditions; the film earned eight Oscar nominations.

Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987) was a Brazilian poet from Itabira, Minas Gerais, considered Brazil's greatest, known for Alguma Poesia and the poetics of the gauche.

Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes Macías (1928–2012), Mexican novelist, essayist, and diplomat of the Latin American Boom; author of La región más transparente, La muerte de Artemio Cruz, Aura, and Terra Nostra; Cervantes Prize 1987, never awarded the Nobel.

Carlos Gardel

Carlos Gardel (Charles Romuald Gardès), tango singer born Toulouse 1890 (contested: Tacuarembó 1887), died Medellín plane crash 24 June 1935; recorded the first tango-canción, "Mi noche triste" (1917), and about 700 songs.

Carlos González (actor)

Carlos González Fernández (born 1997, Cintruénigo, Navarra) is a Spanish actor known for young Bob Pop in Maricón perdido, Farinelli in La vida breve, Saúl in Mariliendre, and Alberto in Los Javis's Cannes-winning La bola negra (2026).

Carlos Heitor Cony

Carlos Heitor Cony (1926–2018) was a Brazilian writer and journalist from Rio de Janeiro, author of Quase Memória and a member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras.

Carlos Latuff

Carlos Latuff, Brazilian political cartoonist from Rio de Janeiro (born 1968 or 1963, sources differ), known for copyleft cartoons on Israel-Palestine, the Arab Spring, and Brazilian police violence, and for Holocaust-comparison controversies.

Carlos Luis Fallas

Carlos Luis Fallas, known as Calufa (1909–1966), was a Costa Rican novelist and communist activist whose protest novels Mamita Yunai and Marcos Ramírez made him the leading writer of the Generación del 40.

Carlos Lyra

Carlos Lyra was a Brazilian singer, composer, and guitarist from Rio de Janeiro who helped create bossa nova, writing standards such as "Coisa Mais Linda" and "Influência do Jazz".

Carlos Manuel Vesga

Carlos Manuel Vesga (Carlos-Manuel Vesga), Colombian actor born 1976 in Bogotá, trained as an architect; known for Manousos Oviedo in Vince Gilligan's Pluribus and his 2026 Emmy nomination for supporting actor in a drama.

Carlos María Ocantos

Carlos María Ocantos (1860–1949) was an Argentine novelist and diplomat who published twenty realist novels as Novelas argentinas, joined the Real Academia Española in 1897, and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1943.

Carlos Marín

Carlos Marín (1968–2021), Spanish baritone, founding member of classical crossover quartet Il Divo with Bühler, Miller and Izambard; sold tens of millions of records, died of COVID-19 in Manchester.

Carlos Mencia

Carlos Mencia, born Ned Arnel Holness (1967, Honduras), is an American stand-up comedian who hosted Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia (2005–2008), faced joke-theft accusations after Joe Rogan's 2007 confrontation, and was charged with tax evasion in 2026.

Carlos Miranda (actor)

Carlos Miranda (born 1984, San Francisco) is an American actor of Nicaraguan descent known for Johnny in Vida and Theo Ruiz in Station 19, distinct from Chilean and Brazilian actors of the same name.

Carlos Nejar

Carlos Nejar, born in 1939 in Porto Alegre, is a Brazilian poet and novelist who has published more than 70 books and chairs no. 4 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

Carlos PenaVega

Carlos PenaVega (born 1989, Columbia, Missouri), American actor and singer; Carlos García on Big Time Rush (2009–2013), Kenickie in Grease: Live!, Hallmark films, voice of Bobby in The Loud House.

Carlos Ponce

Carlos Ponce (Carlos Armando Ponce Freyre), Puerto Rican actor, singer, and host born 1972 in Santurce to Cuban parents; telenovela star (Guadalupe, Santa Diabla), Double Platinum 1998 Latin pop debut, and Hollywood roles in 7th Heaven, Rio, Couples Retreat.

Carlos Puebla Y Los Tradicionales

Carlos Puebla y Los Tradicionales, also called Carlos Puebla y sus Tradicionales, was a Cuban trova group led by Carlos Puebla, known for "Hasta siempre, Comandante".

Carlos Reyles

Carlos Reyles was a Uruguayan novelist, essayist, and rancher (1868–1938) whose fiction moved from naturalism to modernismo and the rural novel, with works including Beba, La raza de Caín, and El terruño.

Carlos Rivera

Carlos Rivera (Carlos Augusto Rivera Guerra), Mexican singer, composer, and actor born 1986 in Huamantla, Tlaxcala; won La Academia 2004, starred in El Rey León, sang Coco's "Recuérdame", and leads the ¡Vida México! project.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964–2020), Barcelona-born Spanish novelist, author of La sombra del viento and the Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados tetralogy; most-read Spanish writer after Cervantes, 50 million copies, died in Los Angeles.