Juan Valdez: Difference between revisions
Created page with "{{about|the advertising character|the coffeehouse chain|Juan Valdez Café|other uses}} {{Infobox character | name = Juan Valdez | franchise = Doyle Dane Bernbach (DDB)<br/>Cafeteros de Colombia | image = <noinclude>Juanvaldez.svg</noinclude> | caption = | first = | based_on = | adapted_by = | portrayer = {{plainlist| * José Duval (1959–1969) * Carlos Sánchez (1969–2006) * Car..." |
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Juan Valdez was designed by the DDB advertising founder [[William Bernbach]] in 1958 to promote coffee in the US. Juan Valdez was initially portrayed by a Cuban actor, | Juan Valdez was designed by the DDB advertising founder [[William Bernbach]] in 1958 to promote coffee in the US. Juan Valdez was initially portrayed by a Cuban actor, | ||
Juan Valdez had been embodied by [[Carlos Sánchez (Colombian actor)|Carlos Sánchez]] since 1969, and his commercials were voiced over by [[Norman Rose]]. Sánchez played Valdez in a brief sequence in the 2003 comedy film ''[[Bruce Almighty]]''. In 2006, Sánchez announced his retirement, and Carlos Castañeda, a grower from the town of Andes, [[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]], was selected by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia as the new face of Juan Valdez. | Juan Valdez had been embodied by [[Carlos Sánchez (Colombian actor)|Carlos Sánchez]] since 1969, and his commercials were voiced over by [[Norman Rose]]. Sánchez played Valdez in a brief sequence in the 2003 comedy film ''[[Bruce Almighty]]''. In 2006, Sánchez announced his retirement, and Carlos Castañeda, a grower from the town of Andes, [[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]], was selected by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia as the new face of Juan Valdez. Castañeda died in April 2024. | ||
==Brand== | ==Brand== | ||