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Heredia in 2014, photo by Debby Wong /Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: December 2, 1971
Ethnicity: Dominican Republic [African, Spanish]
Wilson Jermaine Heredia is an American actor. He is known for his role as Angel Dumott Schunard in the musical Rent . He was born in Brooklyn, to Dominican parents.
Regarding his family, he has stated :
So, they’re [my parents] proud-but years later, I would go see my parents, and my mom would say [he assumes a Spanish accent] “You can still be a doctor, you know. You can still go back to school.” See, my dad is a black Dominican and my mom is a white Dominican, so the 70s were very rough for them here. Their attitude was [acting] should be a hobby, because they didn’t come to this country so that their kids would have to struggle the way they did.
So, they’re [my parents] proud-but years later, I would go see my parents, and my mom would say [he assumes a Spanish accent] “You can still be a doctor, you know. You can still go back to school.” See, my dad is a black Dominican and my mom is a white Dominican, so the 70s were very rough for them here. Their attitude was [acting] should be a hobby, because they didn’t come to this country so that their kids would have to struggle the way they did.