15 Latino Stars Who Changed Their Name for Hollywood

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Oscar Issac, 31

He may have changed his common Hispanic last name (“Hernandez”) to avoid being typecast in Latino roles, but Oscar Issac—who has starred in movies like The Nativity Story (2006) and Robin Hood (2009)—was born in Guatemala to a Cuban father named Oscar G. Hernandez and a Guatemalan mother named Maria.

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