Renoly Santiago

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Renoly Santiago
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Santiago in 2011
Born (1974-03-15) March 15, 1974 (age 51)
Lajas, Puerto Rico
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
  • writer
Years active1993–present

Renoly Santiago (born March 15, 1974) is a Puerto Rican actor, singer and writer known for his appearances in films such as Dangerous Minds , Hackers and Con Air , and in television series such as Touched by an Angel and Law & Order: Criminal Intent .

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Early life

Renoly Santiago was born in Lajas, Puerto Rico. He was raised in Union City, New Jersey. [1]

Career

Santiago first became known in the United States when he was cast in the 1993 television series CityKids as Tito. He co-wrote the Emmy nominated pilot episode of the show.[ citation needed ] From his participation in CityKids, Santiago graduated to film, acting as Raúl Sanchero in 1995's Dangerous Minds . [2] [3] By 1996, he was co-starring alongside some other well-known Hollywood actors in his role as Ramόn Sánchez, a.k.a. the "Phantom Phreak" in Hackers . [4] He also plays Mikey in Daylight .

Santiago starred as Ramón Martínez, an androgynous criminal nicknamed "Sally-Can't Dance," [5] in the 1997 film Con Air . [6] Santiago then took three years off from acting on-screen and starred on Broadway in Paul Simon's The Capeman as Tony "Umbrella Man" Hernandez, leader of the gang The Vampires, a role for which he was a 1998 Drama Desk Nominee for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical.

Santiago (center) teaching a 2014 acting course in his boyhood home of Union City, New Jersey 3.6.14RenolySantiagoActingClassByLuigiNovi19.jpg
Santiago (center) teaching a 2014 acting course in his boyhood home of Union City, New Jersey

As a singer, Santiago has recorded with performers Marc Anthony, Paul Simon, Danny Rivera and La India.[ citation needed ]

In 2000, he returned to the screen in the low-budget film Punks , in which he plays Dante, which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival. [7] [8] By 2001, Santiago was back on television, playing Miguel Acosta in the January 7 episode of Touched by an Angel , making a small appearance in the March 29 episode of Big Apple and as Chiggy Rios in Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the episode "The Faithful'.

In 2002, Santiago made a film called The Street King, where he played the character Cesar Rojas. It was not a major hit, and Santiago took another three-year sabbatical from screen acting. Santiago returned to film in 2005, as "Scorpio" in Just Another Romantic Wrestling Comedy . In early 2011, he starred as Johnny Pacheco in the Hector Lavoe salsa biopic The King . Santiago will appear in Grand Street in which he stars with Kelly McGillis.[ citation needed ]

Santiago wrote a screenplay titled “Union City Streets” with filmmaker Mario Cerrito in 2013. [9]

From March 6 to May 8, 2014, Santiago taught professional acting classes at The William V. Musto Cultural Center in his boyhood home of Union City, New Jersey. The ten-week course was initiated as part of the Grace Theatre Workshop, and consisted of monologue and scene studies. [10]

Personal life

Santiago lives in New York City. [1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 CityKids
1995 CBS Schoolbreak Special
1995 Dangerous Minds Raul Sanchero [11]
1995 Hackers Ramόn Sánchez / "The Phantom Phreak"
1996 Daylight Mikey
1997 Con Air Ramon "Sally-Can't Dance" Martinez [12] credited as "Renoly"
2000 Punks
2001 Touched by an Angel
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2002 King Rikki
2013 Winners & Losers
2014Grand Street
2015The Networker
2016 The Night Of
2016 Difficult People
2017 The Get Down

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Biography". Renoly Santiago – Official Website. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  2. ↑ Conte, Michaelangelo (October 14, 2013). "Union City's sixth annual NoHu film festival kicks off tomorrow". NJ.com.
  3. ↑ Shulgasser, Barbara (August 11, 1995). "Dangerous Minds' tame on delivery". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 15, 2007.
  4. ↑ Pym, John (1998). Time Out Film Guide . Penguin Books. p.  395. ISBN   0-14-027525-8.
  5. ↑ Pomerance, Murray (2001). Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls: Gender in Film at the End of the Twentieth Century. SUNY Press. p. 222. ISBN   0-7914-4886-X.
  6. ↑ Feil, Ken (2005). Dying for a Laugh: Disaster Movies and the Camp Imagination. Wesleyan University Press. p. 80. ISBN   0-8195-6792-2.
  7. ↑ Kehr, Dave (November 16, 2001). "At the Movies". The New York Times . Retrieved November 15, 2007.
  8. ↑ Harvey, Dennis (February 10, 2000). "Punks Review". Variety. Retrieved November 15, 2007.
  9. ↑ https://patch.com/new-jersey/haddon/movie-filming-in-audubon-called-deadly-gamble-by-mario-cerrito
  10. ↑ "Hollywood Star to Teach Adult Acting Classes in Union City". "Briefs". The Hudson Reporter . February 16, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Interview with Renoly Santiago of "Dangerous Minds" and "Hackers" fame By CyPhEr777".
  12. ↑ "Con Air: About The Cast".
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