Rick Gonzalez Biography
Born: June 30, 1979
With a countenance that seemed to express street-smart grit, Hispanic-American actor Rick Gonzalez might have easily fallen into the trap of playing toughs time and again, as did many of his contemporaries. With an exception here and there, Gonzalez defied these expectations in the first several years of his career, racking up small roles in laudably unpredictable projects such as the wonderful Disney sports drama The_Rookie (2002), the dance-themed comedy drama Roll_Bounce (2005), and the Christopher_Guest mockumentary For_Your_Consideration (as "Chillaxin' Host").
Born in Manhattan, Gonzalez reportedly sought out stardom from a very tender age, and made his cinematic debut in 1999, with a bit part in the movie Mambo_Café. A steady stream of supporting turns followed over the next several years, with an average of two or three per year; Gonzalez hit a high point when he played the womanizing Primo in the coming-of-age drama Biker_Boyz, starring Larry_Fishburne and Luke_Wilson. Gonzalez teamed with Steven_Spielberg for a supporting role in the helmer's colossal sci-fi opus War of the Worlds (2005), and shifted gears slightly -- to the thriller genre -- for the movies Pulse and Illegal_Tender. The latter gave Gonzalez his first major lead; in that film, he played a Latino man fleeing from thugs who murdered his dad.
On television, the actor first made viewers take notice when he played a student with a troubled family life on the David_E._Kelley series Boston_Legal. He went on to make one-episode appearances in such popular shows as ER, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The_Shield, but it wasn't until 2007's Reaper that he scored a regular small-screen role. On that quirky comedy drama, Gonzalez played slacker Ben, a friend of lead character and supernatural bounty hunter Sam Oliver (Bret_Harrison). Nathan Southern, Rovi
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