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Chicago Live: Desmin Borges

Join the following entertainment industry creatives in discussion at The Theatre School:

Desmin Borges (Actor - Hangdog)
Matt Cascella (Director, Writer - Hangdog)
Jen Cordery (Writer - Hangdog)
Jack C. Newell (Director – The Candidate, Monuments)
Erik Juarez (Actor, Director)​

Desmin Borges (BFA, Acting, ’05) can currently be seen in the film Hangdog and the season four of Only Murders in the Building. He also recently appeared in the films Appendage and Shotgun Wedding starring Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel. He starred for five seasons of the FX series You’re the Worst as Edgar Quintero, a role that brought him critical acclaim for bringing to life the complicated layers of an Iraq war veteran struggling with PTSD. Most recently, Desmin appeared in the HBO series The Time Traveler’s Wife, the FOX series Welcome to Flatch (with fellow TTS alum Sam Straley), and the Amazon Prime series Utopia. Desmin has also appeared on Netflix’s Living with Yourself with Paul Rudd, Madam Secretary on CBS, AMC’s Preacher, Divorce on HBO, and The Good Wife on CBS, and can be seen next year in the feature thriller Valient One.
He received a 2010 Joseph Jefferson Award and a 2011 Drama League nomination for Lead Actor as Mace in The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Diety, a role he originated in Chicago and went on to play in productions in New York and Los Angeles.