Jorge's Isolation Podcast

Raul Castillo

Jorge Chapa Episode 30

In this episode Jorge chats with his long time friend, Raul Castillo. Raúl Castillo is an actor across the film, television, and theater mediums. He is best known for his portrayal of Paps in the critically acclaimed independent feature We the Animals, based on the Justin Torres novel of the same name and directed by Jeremiah Zagar, which brought him an Independent Spirit Award nomination; and for his starring role as Richie on the Michael Lannan-created groundbreaking HBO series Looking, which ran for two seasons before wrapping up with a telefilm. For his work on Looking, he earned the award for Best Comedic Actor from the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) and the Lupe Award from the National Association of Latino Independent Producers.  Castillo is completing work on two Netflix features: Night Teeth, directed by Adam Randall, and Army of the Dead (Summer 2021), from writer/director Zack Snyder. His upcoming movies also include Chad Hartigan's Little Fish for IFC Films and Guy Ritchie’s Wrath of Man, the latter to be released by MGM.