Ray Santiago

Ray Santiago
Santiago at the 2016 Wizard World Chicago
Born	Raymond Santiago (1984-06-15) June 15, 1984 (age 41) South Bronx, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present

Raymond Santiago (born June 15, 1984 in South Bronx, New York ^[1] ) is an American actor of Puerto Rican descent.

Early life

Santiago graduated in 2002 from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for the Arts in New York City.

Career

Raymond Santiago played Jorge Villalobos in the film Meet the Fockers (2004), and had minor roles in 2005's Dirty Deeds and 2006's Accepted . He also starred as Michelle Rodriguez's brother, Tiny Guzman in the 2000 film Girlfight , as Lardo in 2009's Endless Bummer and as Alberto in Suburban Gothic . ^[2]

He also played in the 2006 film The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang (also known as The Sasquatch Gang), alongside Justin Long, and in American Son along Nick Cannon. ^[3] He also appeared in the 2011 film In Time . Santiago appeared in episodes of the television series My Name is Earl , Crossing Jordan , Law & Order: LA and Dexter . In the Ash vs. Evil Dead television series from 2015–2018, he portrayed Pablo Simon Bolivar, an immigrant co-worker who becomes Ash's sidekick. ^[4]

Personal life

Santiago is openly gay. ^{[5] [6]}

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2025	One of Them Days	Fabian
2024	Summer Camp	Brian	Credited as Raymond Santiago
2023	EX Weeks Out	Manny	Short film
2015	Friday Night with Crystal	Dancer	Short film
	Addiction: A 60's Love Story	Rico
2014	Sex Ed	Hector
	Suburban Gothic	Alberto
	Date and Switch	Salvador
2013	National Lampoon Presents: Surf Party	Lardo
2011	In Time	Victa
	Without Men	Jacinto
	The Thaumaturge		Short film; Executive Producer
2010	500mg of Something	Sug	Short film; Producer
	Hypo	Bear's Butler	Director & Executive Producer
2009	El pez	Photographer	Short film
	Endless Bummer	Lardo
	Ready or Not	Nacho
2008	Bar Starz	Captain
	American Son	Miguelito
2006	Price to Pay	Donnie
	Accepted	Boy Going to Princeton
	The TV Set	Audience Member #1
	Dead Man's Morphine	Nat	Short film
	The Sasquatch Gang	Crone
2005	Dirty Deeds	Bobby D
2004	Meet the Fockers	Jorge Villalobos
2003	Shelter	Ray
	Bringing Rain	John Bell
2001	Piñero	Willie
2000	Girlfight	Tiny Guzman

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2024	Chicago Med	Vince Gonzalez	Episode: "What Happens in the Dark Always Comes to Light"
2020	Interrogation	Paul Manning	2 episodes
2018	Into the Dark	Jack	Episode: The Body
2016	Shiny Baby Goats	Rodd Scott	Filming
2015–2018	Ash vs Evil Dead	Pablo Simon Bolivar	30 episodes Main cast Nominated – Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best TV Supporting Actor (2017) [7]
2015	Backstrom	Moss Brady	Episode: "I Like to Watch"
2014	Bad Judge		2 episodes
	NCIS: Los Angeles	Little Dip	Episode: "Windfall"
2013	Touch	Reuben Santiago	4 episodes
2012	Major Crimes	Charles Alvarez	Episode: "The Shame Game"
2011	Law & Order: LA	Ray Mota	Episode: "Zuma Canyon"
2010–2011	Raising Hope	Javier	5 episodes
2009	10 Things I Hate About You	Luis	Episode: "Don't Give Up"
2008	Dexter	Javier	2 episodes
2007	Cane	Manny	Episode: "HurriCane"
2006	My Name Is Earl	Catalina's Brother	2 episodes
	Windfall	Ramon	Episode: "Truth Be Told"
	Crossing Jordan	Omar 'Lil O' Rodriguez	Episode: "Dreamland"
2004	The Jury	Harry Rivera	Episode: "Bangers"

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2022	Evil Dead: The Game	Pablo Simon Bolivar

References

1. Rapp, Ilana (17 December 2015). "Actor Ray Santiago of 'Ash vs. Evil Dead' Is the Most Adorable Nut Job" (Interview). The Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 February 2017. My mom and dad were both born in Puerto Rico.
2. Barton, Steve (February 11, 2015). "Ash vs. Evil Dead – First Casting News". Dread Central.
3. Gingold, Michael (February 11, 2015). "Bruce Campbell's 'ASH VS. EVIL DEAD" co-stars/characters revealed". Fangoria .
4. Miska, Brad (February 11, 2015). "Breaking: 'Ash Vs Evil Dead' Casting and Details!". Bloody Disgusting.
5. "OUT100 2016". 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
6. "7 LGBT Latinxs Who Made This Year's OUT100 List". Remezcla. December 2016. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
7. "Never mind Oscar, here's the 2017 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Nominees Ballot!". FANGORIA®. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.

External links

• Ray Santiago at IMDb