▁and ▁comedy ▁group ▁Los ▁Ray os ▁G amma , ▁together ▁with ▁journalist ▁Edd ie ▁López . ▁The ▁group ▁still ▁performs ▁at ▁the aters ▁occasionally , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁' 8 0 s ▁and ▁' 9 0 s ▁had ▁several ▁shows ▁on ▁television . ▁In ▁theatre , ▁he ▁has ▁star red ▁in ▁over ▁ 3 0 ▁plays , ▁and ▁he ▁has ▁written ▁and ▁directed ▁five . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁he ▁performed ▁in ▁Hollywood ▁produ ctions ▁such ▁as ▁Wo ody ▁Allen ' s ▁Ban anas ▁and ▁Up ▁the ▁Sand box ▁with ▁Bar bra ▁Stre is and . ▁ ▁His ▁first ▁direct ing ▁work ▁was ▁the ▁film ▁Dios ▁los ▁cr ía ... ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁an ▁important ▁event ▁in ▁the ▁Puerto ▁R ican ▁film ▁history ▁and ▁received ▁several ▁awards . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁selected ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 5 ▁most ▁significant ▁films ▁of ▁Latin ▁America . ▁He ▁followed ▁it ▁with ▁Nicol ás ▁y ▁los ▁dem ás ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁also ▁had ▁the ▁st arring ▁role . ▁For ▁this ▁performance ▁he ▁received ▁the ▁Best ▁A ctor ▁Award ▁at ▁the ▁Cart ag ena ▁de ▁Ind ias ▁Festival ▁in ▁Colombia , ▁ 1 9 8 6 . ▁His ▁third ▁film , ▁Lo ▁que ▁le ▁pas ó ▁a ▁Santiago , ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁the ▁Academy ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Foreign ▁Language ▁Film ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁he ▁followed ▁it ▁with ▁L inda ▁S ara ▁which