Bernardo Paz-Soldan, best known as Bernie Paz (born July 5, 1968) is a Peruvian telenovela actor. He concurrently resides in Miami. He is married to Peruvian TV host-actor, Shirley Budge and has a child named Miranda. He is currently the male lead in Azteca's 2011 telenovela, "Emperatriz" with Gabriela Spanic whom he worked with back in Telemundo's Tierra de Pasiones in 2007.