• Birth name:

  Edgardo M. Jimenez

• Date of Birth:

• Height:

  5' 9" (1.75 m)

Edgar Jimz was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico under the name Edgardo M. Jimenez. At the young age of 7 years old, Edgar enrolled in acting classes at his elementary school and kept acting throughout his adolescent years, participating in multiple plays as a member of a community based Acting Company. At the age of 8, Edgar also commenced his musical career as a Clarinet player and was a member of the Caguas Municipal Band. In 1979, he was a member of the Panamerican Games Marching Band.Edgar gradu... more

Edgar Jimz was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico under the name Edgardo M. Jimenez. At the young age of 7 years old, Edgar enrolled in acting classes at his elementary school and kept acting throughout his adolescent years, participating in multiple plays as a member of a community based Acting Company. At the age of 8, Edgar also commenced his musical career as a Clarinet player and was a member of the Caguas Municipal Band. In 1979, he was a member of the Panamerican Games Marching Band.Edgar graduated from the Sacred Heart University with a B.A. in Police Science and continued undergraduate studies at the Inter-American Law School of Puerto Rico obtaining a Juris Doctor Degree.In 1994, after the death of his beloved father, Edgar relocated with his sister Nayda in Bronx, New York. In 1997, he joined one of the City's Law Enforcement Agencies and today he is a Captain and member of the Emergency Service Unit (ESU).In 2008, Edgar re-ignited his acting career with an outstanding year participating in multiple Shorts, Feature Films and TV Series. He has participated in series like "Law & Order", "All My Children", "The Unusuals" and Feature Films like "The Taking Of Pelham 123", "Duplicity", "Ten Stories Tall" and "Confessions of a Shopaholic".By the end of 2008, Edgar realized that there was a need for a vehicle to provide quality services of S.W.A.T.Team, Police Raid Team and other Police characters for the Independent Film Industry. He created "Screen Working Actors Tactical Specialists, LLC." S.W.A.T.S. provides the above mentioned services with affordable prices for the Independent Film Industry. Its services include all professional props and staff. Edgar's "mission" is to promote the writing of Police Action Films within the Low Budget Industry and to probe that "Yes"; it's possible to produce good Police Action Film with a Low Budget.At this moment, Edgar is in pre-production of his own Police Action Feature Film under his company's name. Filming is scheduled to begin September 2009.