Isaías Badilla
Biography
Isaías 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. As an actor, he has appeared in films that have screened at international festivals including the Tribeca Festival (world premiere), the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (Short Film Market Picks), the Festival de Málaga, the Austin Film Festival, and the Miami Film Festival, where the film received the Best International Short Film award, among others. His theatre credits include work with the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Teatro LATEA, The Tank, and the American Theater of Actors. Internationally, he appeared as Connor Murphy in Querido Evan (Dear Evan Hansen). In 2024, he co-founded Purple Duck LLC, an independent production company through which he develops, writes, and directs film projects, including a recent 16mm piece exploring the experiences of immigrant artists in New York City.
Known For & Full Filmography9 Titles
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Pachanga Dancer
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Fede
Two classmates decide to make a short film about drugs to enter their school’s Arts Festival; however, things don’t go as they planned.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In the heart of Corona, Queens, two Ecuadorian siblings are placed at odds with each other when one reveals a sudden urge to leave their home.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A Woman anxiously awaits a man’s call to feel desired. A Woman and Another Woman- who could be many others, or even the same one—cross paths in the bathroom of a bar that could be like so many others.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Carlos
When Ana's childhood friend dies she attempts to skip the five stages of grief with the help of her best friends, ex-boyfriends and naked Twister.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Subway Man
In a modern and superficial New York City, a grieving woman encounters an unusual person on the street, blurring the lines between dreams and reality.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Josué
It is the year 2025, and Alejandro tells his grandson Josue a story from a book that he is reading about a singer and a dancer who fell in love in 1985, but love represents much more than only sharing life together.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A teenager faces overwhelming absurdity.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Simon
In a basement-turned boy cave, a band rehearsal spirals into chaos as creative tensions and personal drama push four teenage musicians to the brink.