Eduardo Oscar Machado (born June 11, 1953) is a Cuban playwright living in the United States.
With his brother Jesus he emigrated to the United States without his parents at the age of eight in 1961 as part of Operation Pedro Pan, which brought Cuban children to the United States in the early part of Fidel Castro's rule in Cuba.
[3] Machado started acting professionally in California at the age of 17 and became a member of the Screen Actors Guild at 20.
[3] He started writing plays under the tutelage of María Irene Fornés in 1980,[1] and moved to New York City in 1981.
Machado has appeared across the country in plays by John Steppling, Maria Irene Fornes, Elmer Rice, Bertolt Brecht, Federico García Lorca, Rogelio Martinez and Nina Beeber, among others.
He has also appeared in television programs including Maude, The Nancy Walker Show, All In The Family, The Dancing Bear (Visions K.C.E.T.