- Full Name: Nestor Gaston Carbonell
- Birthday: December 1, 1967
- Height: 5' 11"
- Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
- Wife: Shannon Kenny [A native of Australia with blonde hair
and blue eyes.]
- Married: January 3, 2001 in Sydney Australia
- 2 Children Rafael 2002, & Marco 2005.
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- Met His wife while working on "Attention Shoppers"
- Nationality: Cuban - American But never has been to Cuba.
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Both parents are from Cuba,
- His parents left Cuba in 1960. His father fought in the Bay
of Pigs.
- One uncle was assassinated by Fidel Castro's forces,
another was imprisoned.
- Nestor is a Harvard graduate.
- Nestor attended Deerfield Academy before going on to Harvard.
- Studied English Literature which he got a B.A. & Trained in theatre,
- Early in his life, His family moved to His family moved to Caracas, Venezuela
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He went to The British School Caracas
- His fathers a business executive Who is active in the Cuban community and used to work for Pepsi
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is cousin to Rafael Palmeiro who was professional baseball player.
- Eyelashes are not enhanced, Nestor in an intereview stated no type of make up is used and in "LOST" They actually use concealer on his lashes and under his eyes to try to tone down the natural darkness of his eyeline.
- appearance of his eyes caused him to get teased and bullied when he was a child.
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A short skit during the Lost panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2009 featured Carbonell allegedly applying eyeliner before throwing a Christian Bale-esque rant upon receiving the wrong color makeup from an assistant.
- the Psych episode "Shawn 2.0", Shawn makes a comments about Nestor's character as having dark eyelashes
- He is fluent in Spanish, used in "Lost" "Ab Aeterno", in which numerous scenes contain dialog mostly in Spanish.
- From many pictures with acredit I purchased this was stated: Agent: Paradigm Manager: Thruline Entertainment
- Nestor won the President Award Star on the Horizon at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival in 2003
- Nestor was raised in 13 different countries
- Nestor won two ALMA Award for outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series ("Suddenly Susan") in 1999 and in 1998
- Just a few weeks into his introduction in Lost and Nestor already has a nickname by the fans as “the Maybelline man
- Nestor is one of many Overseers for the International Rescue Committee
- His stage credits include: The Doctor is Out at the Old
Globe Theatre in San Diego, the off-Broadway production A
Silent Thunder, and Good, performed at The Nora Theatre
Company.
Please Note, This is
what I have found out about him after years of Magazine
interviews, & Internet which isn't a hell of a lot
unfortunately. There is so much more that is missing from
this file :( If you know more and would like to share
please E-Mail Me I would great appreciate it and I will give
full credit for the info too.
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