Isaias Badilla

Biography

Isaias Badilla is a Costa Rican actor and filmmaker based in New York. He trained at the Taller Nacional de Teatro in Costa Rica and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.

His film work has screened at over thirty international film festivals, including the 2022 Tribeca Festival selection Ñaños. On stage, his New York and international theater credits include Connor Murphy in Querido Evan (Dear Evan Hansen), Jonathan Baransky in the Off-Broadway revival of Dream On, Baransky, and multiple roles in Hamlet. He also participated in the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in The Myth of the Two Marcos, directed by Oliver Butler.

In 2024, he co-founded Purple Duck LLC, an independent production company through which he has produced award-winning short films, including a recent 16mm project centered on the experiences of immigrant artists in New York City.

Known For

West Side Story

Pachanga Dancer

Ñaños

Good Mourning

Carlos

III

The Other Woman

Un Regalo Esencial

Josué

Threnody

Subway Man

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	The Other Woman
2024	Threnody	Subway Man
2023	Good Mourning	Carlos
2022	Ñaños
2021	West Side Story	Pachanga Dancer
2018	Un Regalo Esencial	Josué
2017	III
	A Yarn.	Dante

Year	TV Show	Role