John Castellanos (John Silva)
John Castellanos, who portrays attorney John Silva on The Young and the Restless, joined the cast of the CBS daytime drama in May 1989.
His previous television credits include guest-starring roles on Hard Copy, Miami Vice, Babylon 5 and Teen Angel. He also starred in a PBS special entitled Prelude to the Fall, and his feature film work includes a role in K-9.
John's wide ranging theater career includes a co-starring role opposite Frank Langella in the Los Angeles stage production of Les Liaison's Dangereuses. He has appeared in stage productions with the American Conservatory Theater, the Oregon Shakespearean Theater, the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival and the Sunnyvale Repertory Company in such productions as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Love's Labor Lost, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear and Tamara. He starred, along with Harry Hamlin, Jessica Walter and Amy Irving, in a KCRW radio theatre play entitled Bad Axe.
John attended Grossmont College in San Diego and appeared in the Old Globe Theater's production of Poor Murderer, a performance that was honored with an Old Globe Theater Atlas Award as Best Performance by a Leading Actor. He studied theater arts at San Diego State University. While guest lecturing at the University, noted Broadway producer Paul Gregory invited John to participate in an exchange program at the National Theater of England.
John was born in La Mesa, California. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Rhonda Freedman, supervising producer of The Bold and the Beautiful. He enjoys playing tennis and golf, traveling, woodwork, writing and storytelling. He is active with a number of charitable organizations.
John's birthday is April 11. He stands 6' 0", has black hair and brown eyes.
