Rene Lavan

Rene Lavan (born November 5, 1968) is a Cuban-American actor. Early life Lavan was born in Artemisa, Havana Province, Cuba. In 1980, at the age of 11, he was part of the Mariel boatlift. Career In 1996, he appeared as Gustavo in the acclaimed independent film Azúcar amarga directed by Leon Ichaso. He has also appeared on the long-running ABC soap opera, One Life to Live as Javier Pérez (1995–96, 1997). He has also acted in the telenovela genre appearing in Morelia (1995), and in the Venevision produced Enamorada (1999). In 2001, he appeared as the male lead in Televisa's María Belén. He has appeared in several publications such as People en Español, Vanidades and Harper's Bazaar. In the last few years, Lavan's television appearances have been on the popular CBS drama, CSI: Miami (2003), on NBC's, Las Vegas (2004), and in the film Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004). He also appeared in Christmas with the Kranks (2004) alongside Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis. He has also co-hosted programs such as the "Latin Billboard Music Awards", "the Latin Grammy's", among others.