Castañeda was born October 24, 1989,[1] in Los Angeles[2] and was raised in Sinaloa, Mexico.[3][a] He returned to the United States when he was 14 and attended William Workman High School in California.[2] Castañeda initially studied civil engineering in college with the intention of taking over the family business after he finished his studies.[4] However, he became interested in film direction and switched to major in film production and international business in 2007 at California State University, Fullerton.[3][5] Castañeda then moved into acting and started auditioning for roles. He studied part-time while pursuing an acting career, eventually graduating in 2015.[5][6]
Career
Castañeda has been involved in acting since he was 17,[4] but only started taking acting more seriously after he volunteered for a role when a director asked for actors to participate in his film during a seminar while at university.[5] He played various minor roles in a number of productions, such as End of Watch, and also acted as a main character in a short film Maddoggin', which won the audience award at the NBC Universal Short Cut Film Festival.[5] In 2013, he landed a role playing Jorge on ABC Family's TV series Switched at Birth.[7] In late 2016, he was cast in the role of Hector in the film Sicario: Day of the Soldado released in 2018.[8] He also has a major role in an independent film El Chicano, a supporting role in Jean-Claude Van Damme's We Die Young as well as minor roles in films such as the Billy Crystal's film Standing Up, Falling Down.[4]
^One source says he is a native of Sinaloa, Mexico and moved to the US at age 14.[3] Another source says he was born in Los Angeles, raised in Mexico, then went to the US for high school.[2]
