Efren Ramirez (Born October 2, 1973) is a 54-years-old American actor, disc jockey, and producer. He has been a part of the entertainment industry since the early 90s and remains active thereof. Nothing indicates that Ramirez is married at the moment but actress Iyari Limon was once his wife, albeit briefly. The actor has four brothers, including his identical twin named Carlos Ramirez.
Since 1994 when Efren played a Pizza Boy in Tammy and the T-Rex, a horror-comedy movie directed by Stewart Raffill, he has been seen in dozens of movies and TV shows. Nonetheless, he is most known for playing Pedro Sánchez in the 2004 comedy film, Napoleon Dynamite.
Profile Summary of Efren Ramirez
- Birth Name: Efrain Antonio Ramirez
- Gender: Male
- Date of Birth: October 2, 1973
- Efren Ramirez’s Age: 54 Years Old
- Ethnicity: Salvadoran
- Nationality: American
- Zodiac Sign: Libra
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Marital Status: Single
- Efren Ramirez’s Ex-wife: Iyari Limon
- Duration of Marriage: (1998 – 1999 annulled)
- Siblings: Four Brothers, Including Twin Brother Carlos Ramirez
- Efren Ramirez’s Height: 5 Feet 7 Inches (170 cm/1.7 m)
- Efren Ramirez’s Net Worth: $7 Million
- Famous for: Career as an Actor
- Efren Ramirez’s Instagram: @thereal.efrenramirez
- Twitter: @EfrenRamirez
How Old Is Efren Ramirez and Where Is He Now?
It is not hard to find that Efren Ramirez is 51 years old. Records have it that he was born on the 2nd of October 1973 in Los Angeles, California. The actor is of Salvadoran descent as he was born to parents who were both originally from El Salvador. He is one of his parent’s five children: the actor has four brothers, including his identical twin, Carlos Ramirez.
Efren fell in love with performing arts in his teenage years and has remained committed to it. He made his screen debut in 1994 and remains active in the competitive industry to date. Much wasn’t heard from him in the late 2010s and it left people in some quarters asking questions about the actor’s whereabouts.
Showbizers can confidently confirm that Efren is hail and hearty, still active as an entertainer, and has a few projects in the pipeline. In 2022, he was seen as Oz Wimmer in “Another Byron, Another Hazel” episode of Made for Love and voiced Airman Díaz in Lightyear. His upcoming works as of this writing include Palido (2023) and Brothers of Justice (TBD).
Is Efren Ramirez Married?
The American actor is not married and nothing indicates he is involved in any serious romantic relationship at the moment. Because of that, several platforms have reported that the Hollywood actor is single. While that might be true, it may also not be the case.
Ramirez has a knack for keeping his love life private. So it is possible that the 54-years-old has a romantic partner but has endeavored to keep it away from the public. The state of his love life at the moment may not be known, but he has been romantically linked to several famous women in the past.
He reportedly dated American actress Alexa PenaVega in 2006. Whatever they had didn’t last, they broke up and the Spy Kids actress moved on with her life. She got married to Sean Covel in 2010, the marriage ended in 2012, and she has been married to Carlos PenaVega since 2014.
It is also believed that Efren Ramirez dated actress Christina DeRosa. The two were seen together in public a few times. For instance, they were together at the World Premiere of Superman Returns in Mann Village Theater, Westwood, California. This was on the 21st of June 2006. On the 12th of July 2007, they were again seen together alongside Efren’s twin brother at a party hosted by Jacquie Blaze in Beverly Hills, California.
Actress Iyari Limon Was Efren Ramirez’s Wife for a Little While
If Efren Ramirez has been truly single for years, it could be because he’s yet to find a partner as enchanting as Iyari Limon. She is a Mexican-born American actress, the wife of Alejandro Soltero: they have been married since 2007 and have at least a daughter together. Limon has had quite an adventurous love life, beginning from the time Efren was in the picture.
Ramirez and Limon were together for at least six years and were briefly married between 1998 and 1999. She once shared in an interview that he took her to Vegas and they returned a married couple. Although she loved him, she was concerned the marriage was a secret, so she opted for an annulment. Despite that, they stayed together for another five years before their relationship ended.
Limon admitted she was the one who called for the end of the relationship. This was around the time she started playing Kennedy on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She asked him to let her go because she wanted him out in the world. She told Ramirez who was struggling to find his footing in showbiz that things would start falling in place for him if they part ways.
According to Limon, it was hard for Efren to let go and it took him three years to do so. But as fate would have it, his career started taking shape and he soon landed the Napoleon Dynamite role that became his breakthrough. Although they are still on good terms, Limon wasn’t happy with the way Efren treated her after he found fame. Based on what she said, she started struggling with her career and he wouldn’t introduce her to those he had been acquainted with in the industry.
Meet Efren Ramirez’s Twin Brother, Carlos Ramirez
As stated earlier, Efren has an identical twin brother. Carlos Ramirez is equally famous in Hollywood, as an actor and a producer. It is said that he was drawn to performing arts when he was around 10 years old. He took acting classes, participated in his church choir, and would later study dance at the Glendale Theatre.
If we are not mistaken, Carlos made his screen debut in 2001 when he was seen as a Bachelor Party Extra in Forbidden. Apart from his entertainment career, Efren Ramirez’s twin brother served in the US Air Force. He joined the force when he was 17 years old and spent eight years in the military. This saw him serve his country in Iraq, Bosnia, and the United Kingdom.
While in the U.K., he enrolled at Cambridge’s Body Works college where he studied theater and dance. He currently has no fewer than 50 credits to his name as an actor. As a producer, his works include Wanna Be Me (2008), Speed Dragon (2019), Stay Off the App (2020), and The Pizza Joint (2021).
