Ricardo Gutierrez

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Ricardo Gutierrez
Born (1955-09-28) September 28, 1955 (age 68)
Education Illinois State University

Ricardo Gutierrez is a Mexican American actor, director, and teacher. He had a recurring role as Alderman Mata on the first season of the Starz Network drama series Boss.

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Education

Gutierrez studied at Illinois State University. [1]

Career

Theater

Gutierrez has acted in performances at The Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Lookingglass Theatre Company, and Denver Center Theater. [2] He is the former artistic director of Glass Onion Theater, [3] Nosotros Theatre Company in Los Angeles and the Canterbury Theatre in Indiana. [4] He was the co-artistic director of Teatro Vista, a Latino theater company in Chicago, from August 2012 (a transition period for retiring founder Edward Torres), [4] then sole artistic director from March 2013 [5] to September 2020. [6]

His directorial projects include How Long Will I Cry?: Voices of Youth Violence at Steppenwolf Theater, Quiara Alegría Hudes's The Happiest Song Plays Last at the Goodman Theatre, and Kenny D'Aquila's Unorganized Crime at the Teatro Vista. [7]

Television

Gutierrez has appeared in various television shows including Hill Street Blues , Knots Landing , Max Headroom , Hunter , and Wiseguy. In 2012 he starred as Alderman Lalo Mata on the Starz Network original drama series Boss .

Personal life

Gutierrez was previously married to actress Judith Ivey. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986 Running Scared Sergeant Garcia
1988 The Boost Valet
1989 Shocker Guard Sergeant
2006 Stranger than Fiction Bus Company Manager
TBAAnitaBento

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Lady Blue Harvey4 episodes
1986 Knots Landing Police OfficerEpisode: "Touch and Go"
1987 Hunter PatrolmanEpisode: "Bad Company"
1987 Max Headroom Martinez4 episodes
1987 Hill Street Blues PepeEpisode: "A Pound of Flesh"
1987 Wiseguy JoeEpisode: "Last Rites for Lucci"
1988 Sonny Spoon TullEpisode: "Who's Got Tonsillitis?"
1988 Beverly Hills Buntz WorkerEpisode: "El Norte by Norte West"
1989 The Famous Teddy Z Slate ManEpisode: "A Case of Murder"
1991 The New Adam 12 Operation Estafadores OfficerEpisode: "Operation Estafadores"
1992 Nightmare in the Daylight PriestTelevision film
1999Early EditionPriestEpisode: "Fate"
2011 The Chicago Code Chief HanleyEpisode: "The Gold Coin Kid"
2011 Boss Alderman Lalo Mata4 episodes
2014 Sirens Father JulioEpisode: "Shotgun Wedding"
2015, 2018 Chicago P.D. Marco Rivera / Bob Kirchen2 episodes
2019 Chicago Fire George PinedaEpisode: "Badlands"
2021 Chicago Med Ruben EsquivelEpisode: "Do You Know the Way Home?"

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References

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  3. "Artist Bios | Ricardo Gutierrez". The Goodman Theatre. 2012-03-01. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. He is the artistic director of Glass Onion Theatre and an ensemble member of Teatro Vista.
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