Acting credits
70
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Raymond Cruz
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.3
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Movies: 43Series: 27
TMDB ID: 58650
IMDb ID: nm0190441
Known for: Acting
Born: September 10, 1964
Age: 61
Place of birth: Los Angeles County, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2026
Years active: 48
Average TMDB rating: 6.75
Wikidata: Q1364886
Also known as
Ray Cruz • Raymond Garcia • 雷蒙德·克鲁斯
Biography
Raymund Cruz (born September 10, 1964) is a Native Mexican-American character 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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Movies
Movie credits linked with Raymond Cruz.
as Antagonist
Anabios
2026 • Movie
as Stan
Love, Danielle
2024 • Movie
as El Diablo
Medellin
2023 • Movie
as Gus
Six Feet
2022 • Movie
as Sal
Ten Tricks
2022 • Movie
as Frank
My Dead Dad
2021 • Movie
as Hector
Blue Miracle
2021 • Movie
as Sherif Luis Santi
Wander
2020 • Movie
as Rafael Olvera
The Curse of La Llorona
2019 • Movie
as Carlos
A Gringo Honeymoon
2015 • Movie
as Ariel Castro
Cleveland Abduction
2015 • Movie
as Chino
Havoc
2005 • Movie
as Reverend
Brothers in Arms
2005 • Movie
as Raphael Garcia
My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure
2004 • Movie
as Junior
Collateral Damage
2002 • Movie
as Sniper
Training Day
2001 • Movie
as Gutierrez
Blood Money
2000 • Movie
as T-Boy
The Last Marshal
1999 • Movie
as Jesus
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
1999 • Movie
as Distephano
Alien Resurrection
1997 • Movie
as Manuel
Last Stand at Saber River
1997 • Movie
as Sergeant Rojas (uncredited)
The Rock
1996 • Movie
as Joey Six
The Substitute
1996 • Movie
as Fernando Buttanda
Up Close & Personal
1996 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Raymond Cruz.
as Swayze • 2 eps
Get Shorty
2017 • Series
as Tuco Salamanca • 3 eps
Better Call Saul
2015 • Series
as Detective Julio Sanchez • 105 eps
Major Crimes
2012 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Eric Andre Show
2012 • Series
as Enrico Morales • 1 eps
White Collar
2009 • Series
as Tuco Salamanca • 4 eps
Breaking Bad
2008 • Series
as Luis Torres • 2 eps
Day Break
2006 • Series
as Paco • 5 eps
My Name Is Earl
2005 • Series
as Julio Sanchez • 109 eps
The Closer
2005 • Series
as Daniel Jimenez • 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
2005 • Series
as Alejandro Pérez • 2 eps
Nip/Tuck
2003 • Series
as Martin • 1 eps
CSI: Miami
2002 • Series
as Rouse • 2 eps
24
2001 • Series
as Ray Sanchez • 3 eps
The Division
2001 • Series
as Miguel Durado • 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 • Series
1 eps
Harsh Realm
1999 • Series
as Miguel Moreno • 1 eps
The Practice
1997 • Series
as Raoul Calderon • 1 eps
NYPD Blue
1993 • Series
as Eladio Buente • 1 eps
The X-Files
1993 • Series
as Vargas • 1 eps
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 • Series
as Punk #2 • 2 eps
I Know My First Name Is Steven
1989 • Series
as Johnny 'Mac' McFarland • 1 eps
Freddy's Nightmares
1988 • Series
as Hal • 1 eps
Beauty and the Beast
1987 • Series
as Alien Worker • 1 eps
Matlock
1986 • Series