Cástulo Guerra, an internationally renowned actor, was born on August 24, 1945, in Córdoba, Argentina, to Cástulo Guerra and María Sola. He was nicknamed Pericles by medical students at the pension where he lived.
Growing up in pre-Andean Salta, northern Argentina, Guerra's fascination with film began in 1961 while attending high school at the Colegio Nacional. He was captivated by the film "Taras Bulba" (1962) starring Yul Brynner and Tony Curtis, which was being shot on the rolling hills of Salta.
Guerra's academic pursuits took a dramatic turn when he became a pre-med student at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina, only to quit medical school to study Drama and English. With the Teatro Universitario de Tucumán, he was cast in the role of The Player in the memorable production of "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," which traveled to the renowned Teatro Cervantes in Buenos Aires in 1971.
The same year, Guerra was awarded a Fulbright fellowship for graduate studies in International Theater at the University of Kansas. He again performed The Player in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," this time in English, with Mandy Patinkin starring as Rosencrantz.
Guerra moved to New York City in 1972, where he devoted himself to experimental theater. Funded by a Ford foundation grant, he created and directed the Free Theater Lab, which performed works by Fernando Arrabal, T.S. Eliot, and others at non-conventional venues such as Theater at Saint Clement's, the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, and Union Theological Seminary.
In 1975, Guerra returned to Argentina with his solo piece, "Holiday for a Unicorn," which he presented under political scrutiny during the military dictatorship. Upon his return to New York, he performed at the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park in 1979, alongside Raul Julia and Richard Dreyfuss in "Othello" (1979),and with Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington in "Coriolanus" (1979).
Guerra's Equity membership came with the play "Watch On The Rhine" at Baltimore's Center Stage. He also performed in "Much Ado About Nothing" in Baltimore, and in "Galileo," "The Suicide," "Undiscovered Country," and "Animal Crackers" at Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage.
His first film, "Two of a Kind" (1983),brought him to Los Angeles. In 1986, he performed in the ensemble production of "Green Card" at the Mark Taper Forum, and in 1987, he was Prospero in "The Tempest" at La Jolla Playhouse.
Along with his film and TV work, Guerra has maintained a strong connection to the theater through his portrayal of The Bishop in LATC's annual multimedia production of "La Virgen de Guadalupe" at the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles.
Guerra's polished voice has also given him a parallel career in commercials, promos, trailers, animation, and documentaries. His unique versatility has opened him to a many-faceted path as an actor.
