Raymond Cruz Biography, Age, Wife, Net Worth, Height, Movies, The Closer

Raymond Cruz Biography

Raymond Cruz is an American actor best known for his starring role as Detective Julio Sanchez in the series The Closer and its spinoff Major Crimes, a role that originated on TNT’s The Closer (2005) and earned Cruz an Imagen Foundation Award nomination for ‘Best Supporting Actor’.

Raymond Cruz Age

Cruz was born on July 9, 1961, in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. He is 58 years old as of July 2022.

Raymond Cruz Height

Ray stands at a height of 5′ 6″ (1.68 m) tall.

Raymond Cruz Wife

He is married to Simi Cruz since 17 July 2000.

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Raymond Cruz Career

Raymond Cruz is best known for playing the terrifyingly lethal ‘Tuco Salamanca’ in AMC’s critically acclaimed show Breaking Bad (2008), a role he later reprised for the first two episodes of the spin-off Better Call Saul (2015). The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films nominated him for ‘Best Performance in a Television Series’ for the role. Cruz recently completed the sixth and final season of TNT’s Major Crimes (2012) as ‘Julio Sanchez,’ a detective in the Los Angeles Police Department’s Major Crimes Division, a role that began on TNT’s The Closer (2005) and earned Cruz a nomination for ‘Best Supporting Actor’ at the Imagen Foundation Awards. Cleveland Abduction is another television project (2015).

Other TV work includes Cleveland Abduction (2015), 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 (2002), Lauren (2012), White Collar (2009), and Los Americans (2011), among others. Cruz has appeared in numerous films including the highly touted Collateral Damage (2002), Training Day (2001), and Alien: Resurrection (2000).

Raymond Cruz’s Net Worth

Cruz has an estimated net worth of 4 million dollars as of 2022.

Raymond Cruz Movies

  • 2021 Blue Miracle
  • 2020 Wander
  • 2019 The Curse of La Llorona
  • 2015 Cleveland Abduction
  • 2006 10 Tricks
  • 2005 Havoc
  • 2005 Brothers in Arms
  • 2004 Just Hustle
  • 2004 My Name is Modesty
  • 2002 Collateral Damage
  • 2001 Training Day
  • 2000 Blood Money