Alberto Rosende

Alberto Carlos Rosende (born February 14, 1993) is an American actor, known for portraying Simon Lewis in the Freeform supernatural drama television series Shadowhunters. 2Personal life Rosende was born and raised in South Florida, the son of Martha Cristina Ferrucho and Alberto Carlos Rosende. He has a younger brother, Diego. He is of Colombian and Cuban descent. Rosende attended Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater, where he appeared in multiple productions, including starring as Link Larkin in Hairspray. He was educated at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, where he was a member of STA Players, portraying Danny Zuko in Grease, Emile De Becque in South Pacific, and Dr. Lyman Sanderson in Harvey. In 2015, Rosende graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. 2Career Rosende's first professional acting credit was as a swing dancer in the 2013 short film The Swing of Thing