Tony Plana

Tony Plana is an actor and director. He studied at Loyola-Marymount University, where he earned a BA program in literature and theatre arts, graduating magna cum laude; he also received professional training at the Royal Academy of DramaticArt in London, England. Plana is the co-founder and executive artistic director of the East L.A. Classic Theatre, a group primarily made up of Hispanic American theatre professionals. He is the recipient of two Nosotros Golden Eagle awards for outstanding work in film and television, as well as five Los Angeles Dramalogue Awards for Theatre, and in 2005 was honored as an Educator of the Year by Loyola Marymount University's Department of Education. Plana is perhaps most popularly known as Ignacio Suarez on the hit series Ugly Betty.