Nelson Ascencio is one of the most popular and richest TV Actor who was born on August 30, 1964 in Havana, Cuba. Cuban comedian and actor who wrote many memorable bits for the sketch comedy television series MADtv between 1999 and 2001.
Many impersonations were made on MADtv, including one of He did many impersonations on MADtv including one of Ricky Martin..
Ascencio joined the cast of MADtv in 1999 as a feature performer, for the fifth season, becoming the show’s first Cuban-American cast member, as well as the second one to be born outside of North America (after Bryan Callen), and the second Latino cast member at the time (after Pablo Francisco). However, Ascencio was later promoted to a repertory performer status the at the beginning of the sixth season, but left at the end.
Ascencio appeared in The Hunger Games (2012), as Flavius, a part of Katniss Everdeen’s (Jennifer Lawrence) prep team. He reprised his role in the sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013).
He was born in Cuba to a Cuban-American family and moved to New York as an infant.
