Aamer Arboleda
Ancestry: Colombian and Pakistani
Birthplace: Chicago
Revues: Touched by an Anglo, Whole Lotta Shakira Goin’ On, My Big Fat Quinceañera and ¡Veracruz!
Aamer says he’s an expert on communication. He talks for hours…to himself. Once, he was silent for a month after a misunderstanding of something “he said, he said.” Aamer has studied at the Annoyance Theatre, Second City Conservatory Steven Ivcich Studios and ImprovOlympic – where he appeared in My Life In Improv directed by Del Close. He also is a stand-up comedian and has opened for Carlos Mencia at the Latino Laff Festival. He was also an actor and writer for the live television talk/sketch/variety show The Big Fat Nude Hippo Show and the Young Urban Comedians Club’s Yes Billy, its OK to Laugh at the Man in the Wheelchair and Words III, by the Second City Outreach Program. He reprised his role as a Food Network producer in the short film Cooking with Frida based on a sketch from Touched By An Anglo. Aamer would like to thank Jesus, family, friends, and pharmacists.
Famous Salsation Roles: Game Show contestant Rajiv Patel, Sammy Sosa, relationship expert Ruben Panaderia, George W. Bush, immigrant father Sr. Gonzales, pirate Rankleshanks, Chilean folk singer Rojelio, and Antonio Banderas.
Trivia: Aamer has appeared in all but four of Salsation’s performances in its first five years. Aamer had been playing guitar for only a month prior to performing “Pinochet” in Veracruz!
