Acting
Isaías Badilla
EN, ES cinema · 22 credits
Isaías Badilla is a Costa Rican-American actor and filmmaker. He trained at the Taller Nacional de Teatro in Costa Rica and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. As an actor, he has appeared in films that have screened at international festivals including the Tribeca Festival (world premiere), the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (Short Film Market Picks), the Festival de Málaga, the Austin Film Festival, and the Miami Film Festival, where the film received the Best International Short Film award, among others. His theatre credits include work with the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Teatro LATEA, The Tank, and the American Theater of Actors. Internationally, he appeared as Connor Murphy in Querido Evan (Dear Evan Hansen). In 2024, he co-founded Purple Duck LLC, an independent production company through which he develops, writes, and directs film projects, including a recent 16mm piece exploring the experiences of immigrant artists in New York City.
Known for
Filmography
A Yarn.
A Yarn.
as Dante
Strangers
Strangers
as Peter
B for Boys
as Simon
Threnody
as Subway Man, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Good Mourning
as Carlos
This Whole Thing Was Improvised
Director, Cinematography
Ñaños
as Diego
Winter Dance
Director, Cinematography
Homesick
Director, Cinematography
West Side Story
as Pachanga Dancer
Ghosts
Director, Cinematography
Un Regalo Esencial
as Josué
Vertigo
as Fede, Producer
Farewell
Producer
Stigma
Producer
III
Actor, Producer
Solitude
Producer
Introspection
Producer