CGA 2023 Rising Star Carlos Sanson Jr interviewed by Jane Norris

Representation: The X Division

CARLOS SANSON JR is renowned for his role as Santiago in the smash-hit Stan Original Series Bump and has just finished filming on Paper Dolls for Paramount+. In 2022, he was nominated for the ‘Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent’ at The Logies. In 2021, he was cast by Jane Norris in Sweet As, from Jub Clerc. He appeared in shows like Mr Inbetween and has produced short films of his own (Hoodies, Nine White Moons, Seeing Red) with his film collective 'Strange Attractor'. He spent early 2020 and late 2019 in Atlanta filming The CW series, Legacies. Prior to that Carlos was in Los Angeles filming Netflix's Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave, which was the number #1 movie on Netflix upon premiering in 2019. He graduated with a Diploma of Screen Acting from Screenwise in 2018.

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