Personal Info
Birth date
1963-09-12 (61 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Caguas, Puerto Rico
Also known as
Ramon Franco
Ramon Luis Franco
Ramón Franco
Biography
Ramón Luis Franco (born September 12, 1963) is a film and television actor. He was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico and resides in Los Angeles. Franco is most well known for his role in the Vietnam Series Tour of Duty where he played Alberto Ruiz. He also appeared in Clint Eastwood's movie Heartbreak Ridge in 1986 as Lance Corporal Aponte.[4][5] He appeared in the TV series The Bridge as Mexican cartel leader Fausto Galván. He also appeared in an episode of Miami Vice as Bustos, one of Esteban Revilla's drug cartel members in the season 2 opener The Prodigal Son. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.9
Overview:
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.House
8.59
Overview:
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.Prison Break
8.1
Overview:
Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.636
Overview:
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.Seinfeld
8.3
Overview:
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.The X-Files
8.4
Overview:
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.Orange Is the New Black
7.7
Overview:
A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.Medium
7.5
Overview:
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.MacGyver
7.719
Overview:
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.Murder, She Wrote
7.536
Overview:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.Miami Vice
7.441
Overview:
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.FBI: Most Wanted
7.7
Overview:
The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau's Most Wanted list. Seasoned agents oversee the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the field, pursuing those who are most desperate to elude justice.Rizzoli & Isles
7.896
Overview:
Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets her guard down, while the impeccably dressed Maura displays a sometimes icy temperament — she is, after all, more comfortable among the dead than the living. Together, the best friends have forged a quirky and supportive relationship; they drop the protective shield in each other's company, and combine their expertise to solve Boston's most complex cases.Cold Case
7.781
Overview:
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.Weeds
7.49
Overview:
After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.Tour of Duty
8
Overview:
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.The Bridge
6.618
Overview:
A murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya Cross and Chihuahua State Police detective Marco Ruiz.In Justice
6.6
Overview:
In Justice is an American television police procedural created by Michelle King and Robert King. The series began airing on Sunday, January 1, 2006 on ABC as a midseason replacement and assumed its regular night and time on Friday, January 6, 2006 at 9 p.m. EST. It was cancelled after its 13-episode run on March 31, 2006. The series was simulcast in Canada on CTV. In the UK In Justice was shown on UKTV Gold beginning September 17, 2006 and was later repeated on ABC1 in 2007.Mike Hammer, Private Eye
6.5
Overview:
Detective Mike Hammer uses his savvy grit against deceptive enemies in Southern California.This Fool
7.512
Overview:
Julio Lopez has a heart of gold and goes out of his way to help everyone but himself. Julio attempts to better his community, overcome his codependency issues with his family, and navigate working-class life in South Central.Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
7.427
Overview:
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…Bakersfield P.D.
8
Overview:
Bakersfield P.D. is a short-lived American television comedy series that aired on the Fox network in 1993-94. The show was based in the police department of the city of Bakersfield, California. It was shot with naturalistic lighting and without a laugh track. Fox canceled the show after one season, citing low ratings. The cable channel Trio reran the show under its "Brilliant But Cancelled" umbrella.The Division
7
Overview:
The Division is an American crime drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine and starring Bonnie Bedelia. The series focused on a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on Lifetime on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.Brooklyn South
9.7
Overview:
An American ensemble police drama series following the life of police officers from the 74th Precinct in southern Brooklyn, New York City.Women's Murder Club
7.9
Overview:
Women's Murder Club was an American police procedural and legal drama. Longtime friends involved in homicide investigations gather to work off the clock to solve cases. District Attorney Jill has issues with her past, medical examiner Claire is dealing with a husband newly in a wheelchair, and tough Detective Lindsay suddenly finds herself working under her ex-husband. Despite personal issues, they allow young reporter Cindy to join their "club."The Company
7.138
Overview:
The Company tells the thrilling story of Cold War CIA agents imprisoned in double lives, fighting an amoral, elusive, formidable enemy – and each other – in an internecine battle within the Company itself.The Good Guys
7.3
Overview:
Once upon the 1970s, Dan Stark and his partner, Frank Savage, were big-shot Dallas detectives. So big, in fact, that they were lauded as American heroes after saving the Governor's son. Thirty years later, Dan Stark is a washed-up detective who spends most of his time drunk or re-hashing his glory days. Dan's new partner, Jack Bailey, is an ambitious, by-the-book and overall good detective, but is sometimes a bit too snarky for his own good. His habit of undermining himself has earned him a dead-end position in the department, and he is stuck solving annoying petty theft cases that nobody else wants. Worse, he's been given the thankless task of babysitting Dan, the drunk pariah who can never keep partners for long.Boomtown
6.5
Overview:
Each episode of this series, set in contemporary Los Angeles, examines one crime from many different viewpoints - uniformed cops, detectives, witnesses, the media, the fire department and rescue squad, even the criminals themselves.Acting
2022This Fool (1 Episode) as Don Emilio
2020FBI: Most Wanted (1 Episode) as Estevan Martín 'El Píncho' Maldonado
2020Ana as Diego
2019Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as Movie Theater Manager
2013Orange Is the New Black (1 Episode) as Francisco
2013The Bridge (12 Episodes) as Fausto Galvan
2010Rizzoli & Isles (1 Episode) as Mateo Morales
2010The Good Guys (1 Episode) as Unknown
2009The Perfect Game as Senor Villarreal
2007Women's Murder Club (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007Resident Evil: Extinction as Runty
2007The Company (1 Episode) as Arturo Padron
2006In Justice (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Prison Break (1 Episode) as Raul
2005Weeds (5, 2 Episode) as Dirty Man, Sucio
2005Medium (1 Episode) as Store Manager
2004House (1 Episode) as Mr. Hernandez
2003Cold Case (1 Episode) as Ricardo Munoz
2003Phone Booth as (voice)
2002Boomtown (1 Episode) as Luis Valdoriso
2001The Division (1 Episode) as Jose
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1 Episode) as Diego Barra
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2 Episodes) as Tony Rodriguez
1999Justice as Carlos Gutierrez
1998Air America (1 Episode) as Armando Torres
1997Mike Hammer, Private Eye (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1997Brooklyn South (1 Episode) as Ronnie
1995High Sierra Search and Rescue (8 Episodes) as Unknown
1994Search and Rescue as Enrique
1994Shattered Image as Jorge (as Ramón Franco)
1993Bakersfield P.D. (1 Episode) as Tom Tom
1993The X-Files (1 Episode) as Nestor
1993Extreme Justice as Alberto Torres
1993Sworn to Vengeance as Unknown
1993Street Knight as Cisco
1991Chains of Gold as James
1991Kiss Me a Killer as Ramon
1991Deadly Heat as Angel Ramirez
1989Seinfeld (1 Episode) as Mailman
1987Tour of Duty (15, 58 Episode) as Unknown, Pvt. Alberto Ruiz
1986Heartbreak Ridge as Private Aponte
1985MacGyver (1, 1 Episode) as Ramon, Spider
1985Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son as Bustos
1984Murder, She Wrote (1 Episode) as Sam Desoto
1984Miami Vice (2 Episodes) as Bustos
1983Venice Medical as Jorge
1983Deadly Force as Jesus
1981We're Fighting Back as Benny
1980Times Square as Sleez Bag Vendor #1