Mauricio Ovalle's enigmatic and powerful presence, has allowed him to play tough character roles as well as comedic ones, thanks to his outstanding ability to play different ranges. Fluent in English and Spanish. The Dominican born New York actor is now based in Los Angeles where he continues his acting, writing, directing and producing. Mauricio Ovalle's latest short, The Best Gift in Life is Life Itself, which he wrote, directed and produced, has won multiple awards including, Best Actor at the Indie X Best Director at the Catskill international film festival, The Berlin film festival and well as Best Director (Jury award) at the Los Angeles international film festival. Mauricio is working on of his next short film titled, " They" Or "Them" Not "Whatever, which he will direct, co produce with producer Sara Spring (Seal team, Warrior Nun, The strange case of Benjamin Button among others) and will also lead.