
Felipe Luciano
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Felipe Luciano
Biography
Felipe Luciano (born 1947, East Harlem, New York City) is a poet, community activist, journalist, media personality, and politician. He is of Afro-Puerto Rican heritage. He is known for his significant involvement in both the Young Lords Party and The Last Poets, and more generally, as "an early and important participant in the awakening of the new consciousness-raising radicalism among Puerto Ricans in New York and across the country in the late 1960s and 1970s."
Luciano later became a radio, television, and print journalist.
Known For
Acting
(2021)
(2020)
(2018)
Mr. SOUL!
as Self
(2015)
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
as Self - Young Lords
(2013)
D'Curse
as Domingo's Uncle
(2012)
Salty Dog Blues
as Narrator
(1994)
It Could Happen to You
as Television Reporter
(1979)
Beats of the Heart: Salsa
as Self
(1973)
Badge 373
as Ruben Garcia
(1970)
Right On!
as Himself (member of 'The Original Last Poets')