Highbridge-raised comedian stars in CBS crime show
BY KYLE VUILLE
A local comedian with
Highbridge roots will be fl ooding
television screens everywhere
as he appeared on the
CBS show ‘Tommy.’
Vladmir Caamano will be
playing the role of ‘Abner Diaz’
a New York City transplant
and a fi ll-in detective to main
character Tommy played by
Edie Falco while she herself
becomes involved in solving
cases as chief of police for Los
Angeles.
However, Caamano, despite
landing the role of a lifetime,
still fancies himself a stand-up
comedian who shares the humor
he remembers while growing
up in a Dominican home in
a bustling, hi-jinx-fi lled Bronx
apartment building.
Caamano’s father was the
superintendent of the building
he grew up in, a building his
family still calls home.
“I grew up around the
building’s stories, the dramas,”
Caamano said. “I knew
about everything going on because
my father was basically
the mayor.”
He spent his grammar
school days trying to get himself
by with extracurricular
Vladimir Caamano stars as Abner Diaz stands next her to “Abigail “Tommy” Thomas, played by Edie Falco in the
show ‘Tommy’. The new season of ‘Tommy’ starts Feb. 6 on CBS at 10 P.M. Photo by Jojo Whilden
activities like being a part of
the environmental science
program and was a member of
a bird-watching club.
“I was the only kid wearing
Jordan 11’s in Central Park
looking for blue jays,” Caamano
joked.
Caamano then attended
Wesleyevan University in
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with a degree in psychology.
“It was fi rst time I saw a
deer, real houses and mowed
lawns,” he joked.
Caamano said he then
spent the next seven or eight
years helping kids get into
good schools for a company
called ‘Liberty Partnership
Program’.
However, Caamano said
comedy brings him joy and
always relieves him of the
stresses of life.
“I use comedy as a remedy
for anxiety, depression, all
that,” Caamano said.
He looked up to comedic
legends Richard Pryor, Eddie
Murphy, David Chappelle and
John Hughes.
“I always go back and watch
all his (Hughes) stuff because
he captures the teenage angst
so well,” Caamano said.
In 2015, Caamano created
a pilot based on his life in the
borough called ‘A Bronx Life,’
which was rejected by NBC,
but created other opportunities
for him.
He has also starred in several
television sitcoms such
as ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’, ‘Superstore’
and ‘Runaways,’ and
has made appearances on multiple
stand-up specials such as
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live.’
Caamano has now found
himself in one of his more
serious roles on the show,
‘Tommy’.
As Abner Diaz Caamano
plays the main character’s
confi dant as they navigate the
Los Angeles’ crime scene.
The 12-episode season kicks
off Thursday, February 6 at
10 p.m. on CBS with episodes
running every Thursday.
For more information on
Caamano including upcoming
stand-up performances, visit
www.laughingvlad.com
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