Actor
Isaías Badilla
17 films
Isaías Badilla is a Costa Rican-American actor and filmmaker. 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.
Best known for
Filmography 17
B for Boys
2026 · Simon
The Other Woman
2025 · Actor
Threnody
2024 · Subway Man, Director
This Whole Thing Was Improvised
2023 · Director
Good Mourning
2023 · Carlos
Homesick
2022 · Director
Ñaños
2022 · Diego
Winter Dance
2022 · Director
West Side Story
2021 · Pachanga Dancer
On FXNow
Ghosts
2021 · Director
Farewell
2018 · Producer
Un Regalo Esencial
2018 · Josué
On Tubi TV
Vertigo
2018 · Fede, Producer
Stigma
2018 · Producer
III
2017 · Actor, Producer
Introspection
2017 · Producer
Solitude
2017 · Producer