- Rick Gonzalez
Infobox actor
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birthplace =Brooklyn ,New York City Rick Gonzalez (born
June 30 ,1979 ) is an Americanactor . He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films "Coach Carter ", "Biker Boyz ", "Pulse", and "Roll Bounce ".Biography
Early life
Gonzalez was born in
New York City of Dominican (Dominican Republic) and Puerto Rican descent. His parents met in New York City where they married. They settled down in theBushwick section ofBrooklyn where they raised Rick. There, he attended elementary and Jr. high school. Ever since he was a young child, Rick would put on improvised "shows" for his family and participate in all of his school's plays. His teachers were instrumental in convincing Rick to apply and try out for the High School of the Performing Arts, on which the movie Fame was based, inManhattan . He did as suggested and was accepted. In 1997, he graduated and began to pursue a career in acting. [http://sohh.com/articles/article.php/9578 From Brooklyn] ]Career
Gonzalez started his acting career in New York where he landed a small role in the made for
television movie "Thicker Than Blood" (1998) as Sanchez. In 1999, he made his feature movie debut as Ricky in the movie "Mambo Cafe", which was released in the year 2000. He followed that by participating in the film "Prince of Central Park" (2000) before heading forLos Angeles, California . [http://sohh.com/articles/article.php/9578 From Brooklyn] ]In
Hollywood , he landed a small part as a gangbanger in the 2001 film "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles". His reputation as an actor started to grow with the roles of Rudy Bonilla in "The Rookie", starringDennis Quaid and as the sex-crazed Primo in the 2003 movie "Biker Boyz ". In 2005, he played the role of Timo Cruz in the movie "Coach Carter ". Rick also appeared inTwista 's video "Hope", which is the lead single off the "Coach Carter" movie soundtrack. He played the male lead inMashonda 's Back of Tha Club video; and has also starred in the video to Obie Trice's song Snitch, where he plays a member of a group who successfully pull off a bank robbery, and then snitches on them. [http://sohh.com/articles/article.php/9578 From Brooklyn] ]Among the other movies in which Rick has participated in are the 2003 comedy "Old School" (alongside
Luke Wilson ,Vince Vaughn andWill Ferrell ) as "Spanish", "Laurel Canyon" (2003) as Wyett, "Subway Cafe" (2004) as Vincent Young, "War of the Worlds" (2005) as Vincent, "Roll Bounce " (2005) as Naps, "Pulse" (2006) as Stone,First Snow (2006) as Andy Lopez, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0327779/ Rick Gonzalez] ] and "Illegal Tender" (2007) as Wilson Jr. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0327779/ Rick Gonzalez] ]His
TV guest appearances have been in "" (2000), "Touched by an Angel " (2001) as Ramone, "ER" (2001) as Jorge Escalona, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (2002) as Tomas, "The Shield " (2002) and "CSI: Miami" (2006).He is currently co-starring as Ben in the CW television series "Reaper as Ben Gonzalez.
He also has modeled for
LRG clothing company.ee also
*
List of famous Puerto Ricans
*List of Dominicans References
External links
*imdb|0327779
* [http://www.e-fansite.com/rickgonzalez Rick Gonzalez Website ]
* [http://www.dominicantimes.com/news.php?nid=401 Dominican Times]
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