Alex Meraz biography
Date of birth : 1985-01-10
Date of death : -
Birthplace : Mesa, Arizona, U.S.
Nationality : American
Category : Arts and Entertainment
Last modified : 2011-06-18
Credited as : Dancer and actor, martial artist, New Moon Twilight
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Besides break-dancing Alex excels in indigenous and contemporary dancing. He has studied mixed martial arts, winning numerous tournaments in karate and the martial art of Capoeira. Alex's first big film was The New World as one of the Powhatan core warriors and that was when he got the acting bug. Thereafter he was in the running for the film Apocalypto but in the end was turned down. His big break came when he was cast as werewolf Paul in the film New Moon.
He is married to his Vietnamese-American wife, Kim. His wife was the true Twilight fan, it was she who told him he should audition for New Moon, she believed he was perfect for the part. They have a son named Somak, for whom his mentor, actor Raoul Trujillo, is the godfather. Somak means "beautiful one" in Quechua, an indigenous language from Peru.
He also starred in the latest season of CSI: New York.
