{"id":128,"date":"2010-09-30T21:20:20","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T04:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joseyenque.com\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2024-01-31T14:29:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T22:29:14","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.joseyenque.com\/?page_id=128","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"

J.R. Yenque<\/h1>\n
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Jose Yenque with his mother theater, film, and television actress Teresa Yenque<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Born in Brooklyn, New York son of Peruvian veteran stage and TV\/Film actress Teresa Yenque.<\/strong> J.R. Yenque has over a decade of experience as a professional actor\/Director and devoted humanitarian, which earned him an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from California State University San Marcos.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yenque is currently <\/span>in the development of a documentary and film based on his 20-plus years. of working with youth through the transformative power of drama and storytelling in Tijuana, Los Angeles, and San Diego.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2016 Produced co-wrote and acted in an award-winning short film <\/span>\u201cIn a Parallel World\u201d<\/span><\/i> a co-production with Arts for a Better Tomorrow, a nonprofit organization he founded that helps underserved youth in Tijuana and LA through the arts.\u00a0 Yenque\u2019s performance as a compassionate Mexican border cop won him a \u201c<\/span>Best Supporting Actor<\/span><\/i>\u201d award at the 2017 San Diego Film Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n

Film credits include Academy Award-winning <\/span>“<\/span><\/i>Traffic<\/i><\/b>“<\/span><\/i> opposite Benicio Del Toro<\/span> and Mike Mills\u2019 <\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/i>Beginners<\/i><\/b>\u201d<\/span><\/i> opposite Christopher Plummer, <\/span>\u201cAll About The Money\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/i> opposite Eddie Griffith & Danny Trejo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some TV credits: “On My Block, “I<\/strong><\/em><\/span>t\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia<\/i><\/b>,\u201d<\/span><\/i> \u201c<\/span>Law & Order SVU<\/i><\/b>\u201d and Netflix\u2019s \u201c<\/span>Lucifer<\/i><\/b>.\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u00a0 He has been recognized by numerous organizations within the entertainment industry, including SAG, NCLR (Alma Award) as well as film festivals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Social Influencer<\/b><\/p>\n

At the age of 14 years, Yenque\u2019s life was turned around by the transformative power of art when his mother New York veteran actress Teresa Yenque (30 Rock, Law & Order) enrolled him in a drama workshop that helped him go from a shy, 230 lbs young man who stuttered, to a confident and gifted actor, at home on the stage and comfortable with himself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks to this life-changing experience, Yenque created<\/span> Arts for a Better Tomorrow (ABT)<\/i><\/b>, a 501(c)3 international non-profit organization that harnesses the resilience building and healing powers of the theater and media arts, to effect real change and offer positive paths to the future for underserved youth on both sides of the US\/MX border. ABT’s social-emotional arts education programs work with teens in Tijuana orphanages and US inner-city public schools to help nurture and support the inner strength and resilience they instinctively have to help face life’s challenges. The program also connects students on both sides of the border through video messaging teaching empathy while creating an international camaraderie<\/span><\/p>\n

He aims to continue inspiring others, particularly today\u2019s youth, with his work both on and off-screen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contributing to Higher Education<\/b><\/div>\n

Apart from his work with teens, Yenque has contributed actively to higher education and has lectured on college campuses from coast to coast.\u00a0 He has teamed up with Professor Darci Strother at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) to create a study abroad program which in 2009 gave a group of mostly first-generation Latino students the unique opportunity to participate in a classical theatre festival in Almagro, Spain.\u00a0 He infused a basic Spanish language class with an acting component, resulting in outstanding DVD production and an increase in motivation and confidence in students\u2019 Spanish-speaking abilities.<\/p>\n

And, based on his 10+ years of dedication to the orphans of Casa Hogar Sion in Tijuana (for which he won a Sol Azteca award in 2007), he co-created a service-learning opportunity, \u201cHands Across Our Border<\/strong>,\u201d which has brought together hundreds of university students from the U.S. and Mexico to help meet the needs of this extremely vulnerable group of children.\u00a0 Yenque recently presented and discussed his work at a special session of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education\u2019s annual conference, and was met with interest from college faculty across the country.\u00a0 Professor Kristine Diekman has tapped into Yenque\u2019s expertise for several projects involved in her \u201cVideo in the Community\u201d initiative.\u00a0 Yenque served as the narrator and co-producer for \u201cNever Too Early, Never Too Late<\/strong>,\u201d a gang-prevention DVD distributed free of charge to families and educational and social service organizations nationwide.\u00a0 He and Prof. Deikman are currently producing a new DVD and handbook to foster teen pregnancy prevention, an innovative project that will help open up the dialogue between parents and their children.<\/p>\n

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Campus Chill Out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Many interests that go hand in hand<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yenque\u2019s success in working with young people parallels his success on the screen and stage, and he is committed to weaving together his considerable skills and talents as both an actor and humanitarian.\u00a0 To this end, he served as a celebrity co-host, along with Al Gore, Michael Welsh (\u201cTwilight\u201d<\/strong><\/em>), and others, for the National Wildlife Federation\u2019s \u201cCampus Chill-Out<\/strong>,<\/em>\u201d an award show honoring campus\u2019 solutions to the global climate crisis. His commitment to social causes includes helping support the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre through appearing in a 2008 PSA, and in a 2009 virtual telethon for the Foundation for Orphaned, Abandoned and Disabled African Children, alongside Shirley Jones.<\/p>\n

IMDB:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0947490\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

J.R. Yenque Born in Brooklyn, New York son of Peruvian veteran stage and TV\/Film actress Teresa Yenque. J.R. Yenque has over a decade of experience as a professional actor\/Director and<\/p>\n

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