Raymond Cruz

Perhaps best-known for his portrayal of the frighteningly lethal Tuco Salamanca in AMC’s critically acclaimed show Breaking Bad, a character he later reprised for the first two episodes of the spin-off Better Call Saul. The role garnered him a Best Performance in a Television Series nomination from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. Cruz recently wrapped his sixth and final season of TNT’s Major Crimes as Julio Sanchez, a detective within the Los Angeles Police Department’s Major Crimes Division, a role which originated on TNT’s The Closer and which offered Cruz a nomination of Best Supporting Actor from the Imagen Foundation Awards. Other TV work includes Cleveland Abduction, the TV movie in which he starred as kidnapper Ariel Castro, a role he felt personally connected to having known the victims of his crime personally. Other TV work includes CSI: Miami, Lauren, White Collar, and Los Americans, among others. Cruz has appeared in numerous films, including the highly touted Collateral Damage, Training Day, and Alien: Resurrection.