Cast Detail: Ismael Cruz Córdova

Ismael Cruz Córdova is a Puerto Rican actor who continues to build a diverse filmography as he pushes the expectations of what it means to be a leading man in Hollywood. 

Currently in production for Season 2, Córdova stars as Arondir, a Silvan elf, in the Amazon Original series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. His work in Season 1 garnered him a Critics Choice Awards nomination in the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category. He was honored with the Breakthrough Actor Award for Television at the Critics Choice Association’s 2nd Annual Celebration of Latino Cinema & Television. 

In 2022, Córdova starred in Guillermo del Toro’s horror anthology series Cabine

Ismael Cruz Córdova is a Puerto Rican actor who continues to build a diverse filmography as he pushes the expectations of what it means to be a leading man in Hollywood. 

Currently in production for Season 2, Córdova stars as Arondir, a Silvan elf, in the Amazon Original series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. His work in Season 1 garnered him a Critics Choice Awards nomination in the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category. He was honored with the Breakthrough Actor Award for Television at the Critics Choice Association’s 2nd Annual Celebration of Latino Cinema & Television. 

In 2022, Córdova starred in Guillermo del Toro’s horror anthology series Cabinet of Curiosities for Netflix and wrapped production on Paramount+’s crime thriller drama film Finestkind. Written and directed by Brian Helgeland, Finestkind also stars Ben Foster, Toby Wallace, Jenna Ortega and Tommy Lee Jones.

In 2020, he co-starred opposite Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant and Donald Sutherland in The Undoing, HBO’s high-profile six-episode limited series. He also appeared in Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian.

Additional notable television credits include the third season of the EPIX original series Berlin Station, his role as Hector Campos on Ray Donovan opposite Liev Schreiber, and his role as Mando on Sesame Street. In film, he co-starred in Wyatt Rockefeller’s feature Settlers, the action thriller Miss Bala opposite Gina Rodriguez, and Focus Features’ Mary Queen of Scots, opposite Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie.

 Córdova is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.