Santiago Hernán Vásquez is an American-Venezuelan actor, born on July 24, 1964 in the city of Cumaná (Sucre State, northeast Venezuela). He immigrated to the United States of America in 1982 at the age of 18. His mother is from the Margarita Island (largest island in the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta, northeastern coast of Venezuela). His stepfather was from Sicily, Italy, and immigrant to Venezuela.