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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

78

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-07-09 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles County, California, USA

Also Known As

Ray Cruz

Raymond Garcia

雷蒙德·克鲁斯

Raymond 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.

Known For

Acting

My Dead Dad

2021

My Dead Dad

as

Frank

The Substitute

1996

The Substitute

as

Joey Six

Brothers in Arms

2005

Brothers in Arms

as

Reverend

Alien Resurrection

1997

Alien Resurrection

as

Distephano

Clear and Present Danger

1994

Clear and Present Danger

as

Domingo Chavez

Bound by Honor

1993

Bound by Honor

as

Chuey

Judgement

1992

Judgement

as

Cyclone

Havoc

2005

Havoc

as

Chino

Twice Dead

1988

Twice Dead

as

Cheeta

Medellin

2023

Medellin

as

El Diablo

Perfect Crimes

1991

Perfect Crimes

as

Diego

Dragstrip Girl

1994

Dragstrip Girl

as

Doogie

Maid to Order

1987

Maid to Order

as

Sam

A Gringo Honeymoon

2015

A Gringo Honeymoon

as

Carlos

Six Feet

2022

Six Feet

as

Gus

Ten Tricks

2022

Ten Tricks

as

Sal

Just Hustle

2004

Just Hustle

as

Spanish Professor

Out for Justice

1991

Out for Justice

as

Hector

Cleveland Abduction

2015

Cleveland Abduction

as

Ariel Castro

Up Close & Personal

1996

Up Close & Personal

as

Fernando Buttanda

Nails

1992

Nails

as

Paco Sanchez

Training Day

2001

Training Day

as

Sniper

The Last Marshal

1999

The Last Marshal

as

T-Boy

Under Siege

1992

Under Siege

as

Ramirez

The Rock

1996

The Rock

as

Sergeant Rojas (uncredited)

The Curse of La Llorona

2019

The Curse of La Llorona

as

Rafael Olvera

Wander

2020

Wander

as

Sherif Luis Santi

Dead Badge

1995

Dead Badge

as

Tomas Gomez

Collateral Damage

2002

Collateral Damage

as

Junior

Serpentine

Serpentine

as

Sergio Sanchez

Operation Dumbo Drop

1995

Operation Dumbo Drop

as

Staff Sergeant Adams

Blue Miracle

2021

Blue Miracle

as

Hector

Blood Money

2000

Blood Money

as

Gutierrez

Man Trouble

1992

Man Trouble

as

Balco

Dead Again

1991

Dead Again

as

Clerk

Love, Danielle

2024

Love, Danielle

as

Stan

Broken Arrow

1996

Broken Arrow

as

Air Force Staff Officer at Casualty Briefing (uncredited)

Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

as

Tuco Salamanca

The Closer

The Closer

as

Julio Sanchez

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

as

Martin

Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck

as

Alejandro Pérez

The X-Files

The X-Files

as

Eladio Buente

Major Crimes

Major Crimes

as

Detective Julio Sanchez

White Collar

White Collar

as

Enrico Morales

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

José 'Joseph' Galvan

Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul

as

Tuco Salamanca

Get Shorty

Get Shorty

as

Swayze

Day Break

Day Break

as

Luis Torres

NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

as

Raoul Calderon

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

as

Daniel Jimenez

Knots Landing

Knots Landing

as

Young Man

Knots Landing

Knots Landing

as

Van Driver

The Division

The Division

as

Ray Sanchez

The Practice

The Practice

as

Miguel Moreno

24

24

as

Rouse

Freddy's Nightmares

Freddy's Nightmares

as

Johnny 'Mac' McFarland

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

as

Marcos Trejo

Matlock

Matlock

as

Alien Worker

Production

Crew

Directing