Carlos Thions

Born in Mexico City, February 4th 1973. Carlos Thions studied at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, 1993-1995; pursuing a BFA in Acting. In 1995, he returned to México, where he met Myron J. Gold, then Artistic Director of the Theatre Workshop of Mexico. In December of that year, he played Victor in Four Dogs and a Bone, by John Patrick Shanley. He was then invited by Casting Director, Manuel Teil, to audition for a part in Carlos García Agraz's The Last Call (1996). He was cast as Junior, a young grass roots film producer. Not long after that, he was invited to join the two year program at the New Actors Workshop (1996-1998), headed by Mike Nichols, Paul Sills and George Morisson. He decided to get this professional training, developed from the techniques of Strasberg, Spolin, Meisner, Linklater and Grotowsky, amongst others, in New York.Back in Mexico, he participated in various film and theater projects: Assistant Director in Mauricio Jiménez' Puerto Infinito; playing El Francés in Christian González's grassroots movie La banda del Antrax (2002). In 2005, in Los Angeles, California, he collaborated either as an actor or as Production Assistant in five student projects at USC's Peter Stark Program. He attended the Ivana Chubbuck Studio. He now acts, teaches and coaches in Paris, France.