Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

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birthdate = birth date and age|1956|11|24|mf=y
birthplace = Lackawanna, New York
tonyawards = Best Featured Actor in a Play
1996 "Seven Guitars"

Ruben Santiago-Hudson (born November 24, 1956) is a Tony Award-winning American actor and playwright.

Santiago-Hudson was born in Lackawanna, New York, the son of Alean Hudson and Ruben Santiago, a railroadworker. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/47/Ruben-Santiago-Hudson.html Ruben Santiago-Hudson Biography (1956-) ] ] His father was Puerto Rican and his mother was African American. [ [http://www.danaroc.com/inspiring_082106rubensantiagohudson.html Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Inspiring People | Living Louder | DanaRoc.com ] ] He graduated from Binghamton University. He wrote "Lackawanna Blues", an autobiographical play in which he portrayed himself and some twenty different characters from his past, which he adapted for a highly-acclaimed, award-winning 2005 HBO film that won him the Humanitas Prize and earned him Emmy and Writers Guild of America Award nominations.

Santiago-Hudson appeared on Broadway in "Jelly's Last Jam" and received the 1996 Tony for August Wilson's "Seven Guitars". Santiago-Hudson's screen credits include "Coming to America" and "Domestic Disturbance". On television he has appeared on the daytime dramas "Another World" and "All My Children" and the primetime series "The Cosby Mysteries", "New York Undercover", "NYPD Blue", "Touched by an Angel", "The West Wing", "Third Watch", "", and five episodes of "Law & Order" (which coincidentally stars "Lackawanna Blues" star S. Epatha Merkerson), among others.

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