Rick Gonzalez
Highest Rated: 84% The Rookie (2002)
Lowest Rated: 11% Pulse (2006)
Birthday: Jun 30, 1979
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
A personable character actor, Rick Gonzalez was featured in both comic and dramatic roles in theatrical releases like "Coach Carter," but more frequently on television series like "Reaper" (The CW, 2007-2009) and "Arrow" (The CW, 2012- ). Born June 30, 1979 in New York City, he was raised by parents of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. A performer from an early age, he was encouraged by teachers to parlay his interests into education at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts, from which he graduated in 1997. Soon after, Gonzalez began working in features and on television, and quickly moved from bit parts as hoods and wayward teens in projects like "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles" (2001) and "Biker Boyz" (2003) to character parts in the school drama "Coach Carter" (2003) and major hits like "Old School" (2003) and Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" (2005). In 2007, he was cast as an accident-prone teen turned demon hunter in the cult sitcom series "Reaper" (The CW, 2007-2009), which helped him branch into comedy projects like Christopher Guest's "For Your Consideration" (2006) and "The Guilt Trip" (2012). Gonzalez balanced these projects with more dramatic fare on television, and alternately between mediums for the next half-decade; television eventually became his most prolific showcase, and Gonzales remained in the public eye thanks to turns in high-profile projects like the Netflix feature "Deuces" (2017) and a recurring role on "Arrow" as the DC Comics anti-hero Wild Dog which was elevated to series regular in the action-adventure series' sixth season.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bad Dad Rehab | Pierre (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Deuces | Papers (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | Victor | Pablo (Character) | $111.6K | 2015 |
| 17% | 22% | Apartment 143 | Paul Ortega (Character) | $256 | 2011 |
| 35% | 49% | Pride and Glory | Eladio Casado (Character) | $15.7M | 2008 |
| 54% | 28% | The Promotion | Ernesto (Character) | $406.3K | 2008 |
| 45% | 53% | What We Do Is Secret | Pat Smear (Character) | $58.8K | 2007 |
| 74% | 77% | In the Valley of Elah | Gabriel (Character) | $6.8M | 2007 |
| 15% | 67% | Illegal Tender | Wilson De Leon, Jr. (Character) | $3.1M | 2007 |
| 58% | 41% | First Snow | Andy Lopez (Character) | $213K | 2006 |
| 11% | 27% | Pulse | Stone (Character) | $20.3M | 2006 |
| 64% | 85% | Coach Carter | Timo Cruz (Character) | $67.3M | 2005 |
| 65% | 70% | Roll Bounce | Naps (Character) | $17.4M | 2005 |
| 75% | 42% | War of the Worlds | Vincent (Character) | $234.3M | 2005 |
| 23% | 54% | Biker Boyz | Primo (Character) | $21.7M | 2003 |
| 68% | 52% | Laurel Canyon | Wyatt (Character) | $3.7M | 2002 |
| 84% | 70% | The Rookie | Rudy Bonilla (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Mambo Cafe | Ricky (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Thicker Than Blood | Sanchez (Character) | - | 1998 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86% | 66% | Arrow |
Rene Ramirez (Character), Rene Ramirez / |
2016-2020 |
| 87% | 70% | DC's Legends of Tomorrow |
Rene Ramirez/ |
2017 |
| 9% | 73% | Rosewood | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| 94% | 94% | Mr. Robot | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 96% | 67% | Battle Creek | Omar (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 39% | 87% | Rush | Manny Maquis (Character) | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Navy NCIS | Lenny Machaca (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Blue Bloods | Ricky (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| 90% | 82% | Bones | Rick Cortez (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 82% | 82% | The Closer | Bruno Perez (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 67% | No Score Yet | Traffic Light | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | Lie to Me | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 82% | 86% | Castle | Mickey Carlson (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | Medium | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 80% | 57% | Reaper | Ben Gonzalez (Character) | 2007-2009 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 82% | 92% | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Tomas (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Boston Public | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| 78% | 89% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Alfonso (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| 57% | No Score Yet | The Whole Truth | Unknown (Guest Star) |
QUOTES FROM Rick Gonzalez CHARACTERS
Spanish says: Damn, I gonna end up workin' at Red Lobster.
Student #1 says: You already work at Red Lobster.
Spanish says: Yea, but its part-time... dick.
Paul Ortega says: Looks like any old building.
Timo Cruz says: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Timo Cruz says: teachers ain't supposed to touch students
Timo Cruz says: Teachers ain't supposed to touch students.
Ken Carter says: I'm not a teacher. I'm the new basketball coach.
Timo Cruz says: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Timo Cruz says: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.