Carlos Valdes (actor)

For other people named Carlos Valdes, see Carlos Valdes (disambiguation).

Carlos David Valdes (born April 20, 1989) is a Colombian-American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Cisco Ramon / Vibe on The CW television series The Flash and other Arrowverse-related projects. Additionally, he starred as Orpheus in the Broadway production of Hadestown.

Carlos Valdes
Valdes at the 2015 WonderCon
Born	Carlos David Valdes (1989-04-20) April 20, 1989 (age 36) Cali, Colombia
Citizenship	United States
Education	Pebblebrook High School[1]
Alma mater	University of Michigan[1]
Occupations	Actor singer
Children	1
Musical career
Genres	Soul funk R&B pop Rap Gospel Musical theatre

Early life and education

Valdes was born in Cali, Colombia and raised in Miami, Florida by the age of 5, then moved again to Marietta, Georgia at the age of 12.^[1][2] He studied at the University of Michigan with Darren Criss and other actors from the theater group StarKid Productions, and co-wrote their 2009 musical Me and My Dick.^[3] Additionally he played the bass for that show as well as for A Very Potter Musical,^[4] and was featured on the track "A Thousand and One Nights (Pop Version)" which played during the end credits of Twisted and appeared on the cover album Twisted: Twisted.^[5]

Career

After graduating in 2011, Valdes became entirely devoted to theater. Between 2009 and 2011, he participated in theatrical productions like High School Musical and The Wedding Singer. He also was a stand-in in the national tour of Jersey Boys.^[1] From March 2013 to March 2014, he played the role of Andrej in the musical Once,^[6] in which he also performed on piano, guitar, ukulele, bass, and percussion.

In 2014, Valdes made his television debut in the American series Arrow, before appearing in the spin-off series, The Flash, as a series regular in the role of Francisco "Cisco" Ramón,^[7] an engineer at S.T.A.R. Labs who assists Barry Allen alongside Harrison Wells and Caitlin Snow. Ramon is later revealed to have metahuman powers and takes on the moniker Vibe. Valdes also played alternate universe variants of Ramon: his Earth-2 doppelganger, who goes by Reverb; Pablo, a waiter in the season 3 episode "Duet"; and his Earth-19 doppelganger, who goes by Echo. Valdes also voiced the character in the animated spin-off web series Vixen.^[8] Valdes exited The Flash after its seventh season.^[9][10]

Valdes also works as a songwriter, instrumentalist, and recording artist. In 2015, he independently released the EP Night Off, under his music pseudonym Tha Los.^[11][12]

Personal life

Valdes has one child, a son, who was born on August 28, 2024, with actress Mae Whitman.^[13]

Filmography

Film, television and web series roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014–2018	Arrow	Cisco Ramon/Vibe[a][b]	Recurring role, 6 episodes
2014–2021	The Flash		Main role (seasons 1–7)
2015–2016	Vixen		Web series; recurring role, 7 episodes
2016	The Flash: Chronicles of Cisco		Web series; lead role
2016–2017	Legends of Tomorrow		3 episodes
2016–2018	Supergirl		3 episodes
2017	Freedom Fighters: The Ray		Web series; recurring role, 8 episodes
2020	Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye	Dr. Henry Edwards	Web series; recurring role, 9 episodes
2022	Gaslit	Paul Magallanes	Miniseries 6 episodes
2023	Up Here	Miguel	Lead role, Hulu
2025	For Worse	Patrick	Film[14][15]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2023	Starfield	Matteo	Supporting character

Theater

Year	Production	Role	Notes
2009	Evita	Che	University of Michigan
2011–2012	Jersey Boys	Swing	Second National Tour; covered five parts including Frankie Valli[16][17]
2013–2014	Once	Andrej	Broadway[18]
2015	Zorba	Pavli	Encores! New York City Center[19]
2025	Hadestown	Orpheus	Broadway[20]

Notes

1. Also makes appearances as Francisco Ramon / Reverb (Earth-2) in the episode "Welcome to Earth-2", as Pablo in the episode "Duet" and as Cisco Ramon / Echo (Earth-19) in the episode "Kiss Kiss Breach Breach". He has also voiced the character Cisco Ramon / Vibe (Earth-X) for the animated series Freedom Fighters: The Ray.
2. Mecha-Vibe since episode "Central City Strong" of season 7.