Raymond Cruz

Raymond Cruz

  • Birthday: 1961-07-09
  • Place of birth: Los Angeles County, California, USA
  • Also know as: Ray Cruz

Biography

Raymund Cruz (born July 9, 1961) is a Mexican American actor. He is mostly known for playing military roles. His movie roles include Clear and Present Danger as Ding Chavez, The Substitute as Tom Berenger's second-in-command Joey Six, The Rock in an un-credited U.S. Marine role, From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money as Jesus, Alien Resurrection as USM Private Vincent DiStephano, and Under Siege as Ramirez. He also appeared in the gang movie Blood In Blood Out, playing the role of Chuey, a gang member from the Vatos Locos. In 2005 he played Chino In Havoc. He also appears in Gremlins 2: The New Batch, credited as "The Messenger," and in Training Day as a gang member named Sniper, the poker player who doesn't know that three-of-a-kind beats two pair. He has made guest appearances in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Siege of AR-558", in The X-Files Season 4 episode "El Mundo Gira" and in the second season of 24 as a thug. In the Music Videoclip from Madonna Vogue ,He also made an appearance as the father of a murdered girl in CSI. Cruz played a large distributor of methamphetamines named Tuco on Breaking Bad in 2008. He is now a regular cast member on the TV series The Closer. Cruz also had a recurring role as Paco on My Name Is Earl, and as Alejandro Perez on Nip/Tuck. Description above from the Wikipedia article Raymond Cruz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

The Substitute

1996

As Joey Six

Under Siege

1992

As Ramirez

Brothers in Arms

2005

As Reverend

Alien Resurrection

1997

As Pvt. Vincent Distephano

Clear and Present Danger

1994

As Domingo Chavez

Bound by Honor

1993

As Chuey

Havoc

2005

As Chino

Twice Dead

1988

As Cheeta

Dragstrip Girl

1994

As Doogie

Just Hustle

2004

As Spanish Professor

Cleveland Abduction

2015

As Ariel Castro

Up Close & Personal

1996

As Fernando Buttanda

Nails

1992

As Paco Sanchez

Training Day

2001

As Sniper

The Last Marshal

1999

As T-Boy

The Rock

1996

As Sergeant Rojas (uncredited)

When the Party's Over

1993

As Mario

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990

As Messenger

The Curse of La Llorona

2019

As Rafael Olvera

Wander

2020

As Sherif Luis Santi

Dead Badge

1995

As Tomas Gomez

Broken Arrow

1996

As Air Force Staff Officer at Casualty Briefing (uncredited)

Collateral Damage

2002

As Junior

Serpentine

0000

As Sergio Sanchez

Operation Dumbo Drop

1995

As Staff Sergeant Adams

Blue Miracle

2021

As Hector

Blood Money

2000

As Gutierrez

Man Trouble

1992

As Balco

My Dead Dad

2021

As Frank

Perfect Crimes

1991

As Diego

Maid to Order

1987

As Sam

a Gringo Honeymoon

2015

As Carlos

Ten Tricks

2022

As Sal

Out for Justice

1991

As Hector

Judgement

1992

As Cyclone

Medellin

2023

As El Diablo

Six Feet

2022

As Gus

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