Adan Canto

Adan Canto
Adan Canto on the set of The Shot in Dripping Springs, Texas
Born(1981-12-05)5 December 1981
Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico
Died8 January 2024(2024-01-08) (aged 42)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2009–2024
Spouse
Stephanie Lindquist
(m. 2017)
Children2

Adan Canto (5 December 1981 – 8 January 2024) was a Mexican actor. He portrayed Sunspot in the 2014 superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past, Paul Torres on the Fox drama series The Following, and A.J. Menendez in the ABC prime-time series Blood & Oil. He appeared as Rodrigo Lara Bonilla in the Netflix drama series Narcos, Aaron Shore in the ABC/Netflix political drama Designated Survivor,[1] and starred on Fox's The Cleaning Lady until his death.

Canto wrote and directed his first short film Before Tomorrow in 2014. His short film The Shot earned several festival awards for Best Narrative Short Film in 2020.

  1. ^ Nellie Andreeva (8 February 2016). "'Designated Survivor': Adan Canto Joins Kiefer Sutherland ABC Drama – Deadline". Deadline. Retrieved 8 February 2016.