'Chappie' Movie Cast Interview: José Pablo Cantillo Talks About His Role 'Yankie AKA Amerika' [AUDIO]

Jose Pablo Cantillo (Yankie AKA Amerika) grew up in the small Midwestern town of Terre Haute, IN as the youngest of three competitive brothers. He excelled in tennis, martial arts, baseball and of course the Hoosier sport of basketball. He attended Indiana University, where he graduated from the Honors Business Program. It was at IU while fulfilling speech requirements that Cantillo took his first theater class and discovered his passion for acting. Upon graduation, Cantillo moved to New York to study formally at the renowned Atlantic Theater Company and Barrow Group Schools.

After leading several stage productions in off Broadway companies, Cantillo turned his attention to film and television. His work has been enjoyed in the widely released films The Manchurian Candidate, Crank, Disturbia, and Elysium. In television, he has been the lead villain in Sons of Anarchy, and has recently been wreaking havoc on the The Walking Dead. He’ll next be seen on screen in Solace opposite Anthony Hopkins and Colin Farrell. Cantillo is also a successful television producer.

He created the hit series Repo Games for Spike, which is going into its third season. He has also co-created and piloted two other series for Spike and will executive produce an unscripted docu-series pilot for A&E this fall. Cantillo is also producing his first scripted independent feature entitled, Produce, which is filming in Kentucky this November.He lives with his beautiful wife and high school sweet heart Kristi and two lovely daughters in Santa Clarita, CA. Latin Times interviewed Jose Pablo Cantillo and she shared his experience in this movie along with the difference between acting and producing for him.