Personal Info
Birth date
1961-07-09 (63 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Also known as
Ray Cruz
Raymond Garcia
雷蒙德·克鲁斯
ریموند کروز
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.
Filmography
Grey's Anatomy
8.2
Overview:
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.635
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.Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
7.883
Overview:
At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.The X-Files
8.377
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.My Name Is Earl
7.668
Overview:
When petty criminal Earl Hickey wins the lottery, he sets off on a quest to repair his questionable karma.Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Overview:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.Breaking Bad
8.926
Overview:
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.Knots Landing
6.8
Overview:
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.CSI: Miami
7.711
Overview:
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.Better Call Saul
8.691
Overview:
Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".NYPD Blue
7
Overview:
Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.White Collar
8.247
Overview:
In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive white-collar criminals.The Closer
7.9
Overview:
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.Major Crimes
7.4
Overview:
Major Crimes explores how the American justice system approaches the art of the deals as law enforcement officers and prosecutors work together to score a conviction. Los Angeles Police Captain Sharon Raydor heads up a special squad within the LAPD that deals with high-profile or particularly sensitive crimes.The Eric Andre Show
7.9
Overview:
A comedic talk show from an alternate reality featuring unstable hosts, a variety of celebrities—both real and fake—and unusual studio action.Nip/Tuck
7.2
Overview:
Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems.Get Shorty
7.041
Overview:
Miles Daly works as muscle for a murderous crime ring in Nevada and attempts to change professions and become a movie producer, laundering money through a Hollywood film with the help of washed-up filmmaker Rick Moreweather. Based on Elmore Leonard’s 1990 New York Times bestselling novel.Day Break
7.4
Overview:
Today Detective Brett Hopper will be accused of shooting state attorney Alberto Garza. He will offer his rock solid alibi. He will realize he's been framed. And he will run. Then, he will wake up and start the day over again.I Know My First Name Is Steven
6.7
Overview:
In 1973, 7-year-old Steven Stayner is kidnapped by pedophile Kenneth Parnell. Under the belief that Parnell has been given legal custody of him, and that his family has moved away, he stays with Parnell for seven years, enduring repetitive sexual abuse the entire time. Finally, in 1980, when Parnell kidnaps another young boy, Steven finds a way for them both to escape and return home.Rebel Highway
10
Overview:
Rebel Highway was a short-lived revival of American International Pictures created and produced by Lou Arkoff, the son of Samuel Z. Arkoff and Debra Hill for the Showtime channel in 1994. The concept was 10-week series of 1950s "drive-in classic" B-movies remade "with a '90s edge". The impetus for the series, according to Arkoff was, "what it would be like if you made Rebel Without a Cause today. It would be more lurid, sexier, and much more dangerous, and you definitely would have had Natalie Wood's top off".The Curse of La Llorona
5.655
Overview:
In 1970s Los Angeles, ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own young kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm.Bound by Honor
8.13
Overview:
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.Alien Resurrection
6.157
Overview:
Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.Training Day
7.505
Overview:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.The Rock
7.132
Overview:
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.Gremlins 2: The New Batch
6.517
Overview:
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!Harsh Realm
6.4
Overview:
Harsh Realm is a science fiction television series about humans trapped inside a virtual reality simulation.Clear and Present Danger
6.656
Overview:
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.Acting
TBAThe Americans as Memo
TBASerpentine as Sergio Sanchez
2024Love, Danielle as Stan
2023Medellin as El Diablo
2022Six Feet as Gus
2022Ten Tricks as Sal
2021My Dead Dad as Frank
2021Blue Miracle as Hector
2020Wander as Sherif Luis Santi
2019The Curse of La Llorona as Rafael Olvera
2017Get Shorty (2 Episodes) as Swayze
2015A Gringo Honeymoon as Carlos
2015Cleveland Abduction as Ariel Castro
2015Better Call Saul (3 Episodes) as Tuco Salamanca
2012Major Crimes (105 Episodes) as Detective Julio Sanchez
2012The Eric Andre Show (1 Episode) as Self
2009White Collar (1 Episode) as Enrico Morales
2008Breaking Bad (4 Episodes) as Tuco Salamanca
2006Day Break (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2006Playing Patti as Unknown
2005Havoc as Chino
2005My Name Is Earl (5 Episodes) as Paco
2005The Closer (109 Episodes) as Julio Sanchez
2005Grey's Anatomy (1 Episode) as Daniel Jimenez
2005Brothers in Arms as Reverend
2004My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure as Raphael Garcia
2004Just Hustle as Spanish Professor
2003Nip/Tuck (1 Episode) as Alejandro Pérez
2002CSI: Miami (1 Episode) as Martin
2002Collateral Damage as Junior
2001Training Day as Sniper
2000Blood Money as Gutierrez
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1, 1 Episode) as Miguel Durado, Donald Balboa
1999Harsh Realm (1 Episode) as Unknown
1999The Last Marshal as T-Boy
1999From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money as Jesus
1997Alien Resurrection as Distephano
1997Last Stand at Saber River as Manuel
1996The Rock as Sergeant Rojas (uncredited)
1996The Substitute as Joey Six
1996Up Close & Personal as Fernando Buttanda
1996Broken Arrow as Air Force Staff Officer at Casualty Briefing (uncredited)
1995Operation Dumbo Drop as Staff Sergeant Adams
1995Dead Badge as Tomas Gomez
1994Dragstrip Girl as Doogie
1994Clear and Present Danger as Domingo Chavez
1994Rebel Highway (10 Episodes) as Doogie
1993NYPD Blue (1 Episode) as Raoul Calderon
1993The X-Files (1 Episode) as Eladio Buente
1993When the Party's Over as Mario
1993Bound by Honor as Chuey
1993Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Arturo
1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 Episode) as Vargas
1992Under Siege as Ramirez
1992Judgement as Cyclone
1992Nails as Paco Sanchez
1992Man Trouble as Balco
1991Perfect Crimes as Diego
1991Dead Again as Clerk
1991Out for Justice as Hector
1990Made in Hollywood as Unknown
1990Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Messenger
1989I Know My First Name Is Steven (2 Episodes) as Punk #2
1989A Nightmare on Drug Street as Felipe
1988Twice Dead as Cheeta
1987Maid to Order as Sam
1984Murder, She Wrote (1 Episode) as José 'Joseph' Galvan
1979Knots Landing (1, 1 Episode) as Young Man, Van Driver