Biography

Cruz was born in The Bronx, New York of Puerto Rican descent. His mother, Julia, was a songwriter. He currently resides in Los Angeles. He started his actor´s career when he was 9. However, when he was 13, and was auditioning for a role, the director explained to him that he was a bad actor, so Cruz decided to enter The School of Performing Arts that same year. He went to Boston University, majoring in Independent Technical Theatre.

Cruz appeared as assistant D.A. Martin Allende in the legal drama Shark, with co-stars James Woods and Jeri Ryan. In the 1998 film Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Cruz played the role of Herman Santiago, one of the original members of the rock and roll group The Teenagers. Along with Erick Avari, he is the only other actor to appear in both the original Stargate movie and the spin-off series Stargate SG-1.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	The Pick-up Artist	Charlie
1989	Rooftops	Squeak
1990	Gryphon	Ricky
1994	Stargate	Skaara
1997	The Brave	Weyman
1998	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	Herman Santiago
1999	Learning to Swim	Guillermo
2000	That Summer in LA	Smiley
2002	Bug	Sung
2003	DarkWolf	Miguel
2004	Spectres	Sean
2004	Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story	Ralph Lazo	Short film
2007	Tortilla Heaven	Marco
2009	Drag Me to Hell	Farm Worker
2014	Altergeist	Mike

Television

Year	Television Show	Role	Notes
1984	The Cosby Show	Enrique Terron
1990	The Old Man and the Sea	Manolo	Miniseries
1990-1991	Sesame Street	Alex
1994	Touched by an Angel	Rafael
1995	Streets of Laredo	Joey Garza	Miniseries
1995	Price of Love	Alberto	TV movie
1996	Grand Avenue	Raymond	TV movie
1997	Stargate SG-1	Skaara/Klorel	6 episodes
1997	Riot	Carlos	TV movie
1997	Detention: The Siege at Johnson High	Frankie Rodriguez	TV movie
2001	Almost a Woman	Nestor	TV movie
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Phillip Riley	1 episode
2006	Slayer	Alex	TV movie
2006-2007	Shark	Martin Allende
2012	Eagleheart	Scatman's little brother
2013	Castle	Lyle Gomez

Other

• L.A. Noire (2011) (video game) .... LAPD Patrolman Enrique Gonzales

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