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John Paul Medrano(I)

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John Paul Medrano
Best known as a strong collaborator of director Alex Kahuam and for working with horror icon Ted Raimi in the one-take feature film "Failure!" which was presented at the Fantastic Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival and will have his world premier at Frightfest in London in 2023.

Born in Mexicali and raised in Tijuana, John Paul Medrano moved to Los Angeles in 2010 to pursue his career in acting, working on many small projects like "Invitation for Eight", "Disruption" and "Angel".

In 2012 on the Warner Bros studios during an early screening of the feature film "Iceman", he met then aspiring filmmaker Alex Kahuam (who is now an award winning director). Seeing that he had a lot of acting potential, Alex Kahuam decided to include him in his many upcoming projects.

Their first collaboration was a short film called "So, you want to be a gangster?", though out of competition it was accepted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. The next step was to expand the concept of the short film into a feature, and in 2015 "So, you want to be a gangster?" film was completed and is now in many streaming services from Amazon Prime to the Sony Playstation Network.

After that, they continued working together making many film concepts like "Johnny Red" and "LAX" (which was screened at the prestigious DGA Theater) and many more to come. During their continued collaboration they have worked on many other projects like "165 Days in Quarantine" and "Failure!".

He has also worked on many other projects ranging from voice over projects which include the video game franchise of "Dynasty Warriors" to a supportive role in the Chinese TV show "Seven Days Alive".
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  • Known for

    James J. Zito III in Seven Days (2019)
    Seven Days
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Bob
    Ted Raimi and Alex Kahuam in Failure! (2023)
    Failure!
    6.7
    • Michael
    • 2023
    So, You Want to Be a Gangster? (2018)
    So, You Want to Be a Gangster?
    8.1
    • Victor
    • 2018
    Bloody Eyes
    Bloody Eyes
    • Jonny B.

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      Actor

      • Liger
        • Reporter 6
        • Post-production
        • Short
      • Bloody Eyes
        • Jonny B.
        • Post-production
      • Listen to the Bridge
        • Julio
        • Post-production
        • Short
      • The Remedy
        • Officer Kavanaugh
        • Post-production
      • Oh Joe!
        • Jason
        • In Production
        • TV Series
      • 165 Days in Quarantine
        • Damon
        • Completed
        • Short
      • Ted Raimi and Alex Kahuam in Failure! (2023)
        Failure!
        6.7
        • Michael
        • 2023
      • James J. Zito III in Seven Days (2019)
        Seven Days
        6.4
        TV Series
        • Bob
        • 2019
      • Andres Antonio Pérez and Selena O'Sullivan in Season of Love (2012)
        Maybe Not Today
        • Laurette's ex husband
        • 2018
      • LAX (2018)
        LAX
        Short
        • Officer Boyer
        • 2018
      • Dynasty Warriors 9 (2018)
        Dynasty Warriors 9
        5.6
        Video Game
        • Xu Sheng
        • Guan Xing (English version, voice)
        • 2018
      • So, You Want to Be a Gangster? (2018)
        So, You Want to Be a Gangster?
        8.1
        • Victor
        • 2018
      • MIRA Protocol (2017)
        MIRA Protocol
        7.2
        Short
        • Mob Enforcer
        • 2017
      • Inbetween (2015)
        Inbetween
        TV Movie
        • Lonely Man
        • 2015
      • Bruna Rubio in Las Vampirass (2015)
        Las Vampirass
        8.5
        Short
        • Victim
        • 2015
      • Inbetween (2015)
        Inbetween
        7.2
        TV Series
        • SOFI's Patron 2
        • 2015
      • So, You Want to Be a Gangster? (2014)
        So, You Want to Be a Gangster?
        Short
        • Manzano
        • 2014
      • What's in the Case? (2014)
        What's in the Case?
        Short
        • Cervantez
        • 2014
      • John Paul Medrano, Lynn Telzer, and Alex Kahuam in Night Lights-Make Me Smile (2014)
        Night Lights-Make Me Smile
        Short
        • Jack
        • 2014
      • Time to Go (2013)
        Time to Go
        Short
        • Bar Patron
        • 2013
      • The Angel of Death
        Short
        • Henry Brownlow
        • 2013

      Stunts

      • Morning Glory (2015)
        Morning Glory
        Short
        • stunt coordinator
        • 2015

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      • Alternative name
        • Juan Pablo Medrano
      • Height
        • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)

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