Edward Finlay

Edward Finlay also known as Eddie or Eduardo Finlay was born and raised first generation in Miami FL from native Cuban parents who fled Cuba as political refugees in the late 1950s He is one of four siblings two brothers and a sister His ancestry consist of Spanish and Scottish origin Eddie grew up watching a lot of movies with his family Movies that inspired his imagination and fantasy of becoming an actor artist included collections from the Star Wars series the Indiana Jones series and the Superman series with Christopher Reeve He loved the stories and imagination that these types of movies brought out in him Eddie attended Cristopher Columbus High School in South Florida where he loved playing sports but never got involved in theatre until he received an opportunity to audition for the lead role in the play Splender in the Grass to play Bud Stamper for the sister school theater program at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy He won the role and fell in love with the journey and the process of performing and storytelling From that point on he made the decision to get involved in the acting business