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He trained as a dancer with American Ballet Theatre and plays Bernardo in Steven Spielberg's 2021 film version of West Side Story.
Actor: West Side Story. David Alvarez was born on 11 May 1994 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is an actor, known for West Side Story (2021), The Stamp Collector (2021) and Child's Play (2013).
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Dec 7, 2021 · When “ West Side Story ” star David Alvarez was serving in the U.S. army, he held tight onto a secret. He didn’t tell any of his fellow soldiers that he was a ballet dancer who won a Tony...
Dec 9, 2021 · David Alvarez, who plays Bernardo in West Side Story, discusses how getting asked to audition for the movie brought him back to acting, after leaving performing arts to join the Army,...
- Jackson Mchenry
- Critic
Jan 7, 2022 · Trained as a ballet dancer before becoming one of the youngest people to win a Best Actor Tony for his performance in “Billy Elliot the Musical” on Broadway, Alvarez had all but left show...
- Jude Dry
Dec 22, 2021 · David Alvarez won a Tony at 15, quit the business, went in the army at 17, and somehow found himself in Steven Spielberg's 'West Side Story.'
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Dec 10, 2021 · West Side Story: Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez. An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.