
Raymond Cruz
Birthday: 1961-07-09
Place of Birth: Los Angeles County, California, USA
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.
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch, 1990
Comedy
Horror
Fantasy

Out for Justice, 1991
Action
Detective

Under Siege, 1992
Action
Thriller

Bound by Honor, 1993
Detective
Action
Drama
Thriller

Clear and Present Danger, 1994
Action
Drama
Thriller

The Rock, 1996
Action
Adventure
Thriller

The Substitute, 1996
Action

Broken Arrow, 1996
Action
Thriller
Adventure

Up Close & Personal, 1996
Drama
Romance

Alien Resurrection, 1997
Sci-Fi
Horror
Action

Training Day, 2001
Action
Detective
Drama

Collateral Damage, 2002
Action
Thriller
Drama

Havoc, 2005
Detective
Drama

The Curse of La Llorona, 2019
Horror

Wander, 2020
Thriller
Detective
Mystery

Blue Miracle, 2021
Adventure
Drama