Hector Luis Bustamante

Héctor Luis Bustamante (born March 12, 1972) is a Colombian-American actor. He gained recognition for his emotionally-charged portrayal of Pedro Vera in the 2008 LMN movie, Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story. Currently, he stars in the American short virtual reality project, Carne y Arena (Flesh and Sand), written and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Carne y Arena received the first Special Achievement Academy Award in over 20 years from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Born in Medellín, Colombia, Bustamante relocated to the United States at the age of 12. He attended the 1989 Governor's School of New Jersey as an art scholar. Bustamante's acting career began with his involvement in a Hackensack High School production of West Side Story, which garnered positive reviews.