Alexis Valdés was born on 16 August 1963 in Havana, Cuba. He is an actor and writer, known for Un rey en La Habana (2005), Charlie's Angels (2011) and Terre indigo (1996).
Inspired by true events, Los Frikis is a coming-of-age story set in early 90s Cuba where a group of punk rockers in search of freedom deliberately inject HIV to live at a government-run treatment home so they can create their own utopia.