Renoly Santiago | |
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 Santiago in 2011 | |
| Born | March 15, 1974 Lajas, Puerto Rico |
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| Years active | 1993–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 .
Renoly Santiago was born in Lajas, Puerto Rico. He was raised in Union City, New Jersey. [1]
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, a 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.
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 ]
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. [9]
Santiago lives in New York City. [1]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | CityKids | ||
| 1995 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | ||
| 1995 | Dangerous Minds | Raul Sanchero [10] | |
| 1995 | Hackers | Ramόn Sánchez / "The Phantom Phreak" | |
| 1996 | Daylight | Mikey | |
| 1997 | Con Air | Ramon "Sally-Can't Dance" Martinez [11] | credited as "Renoly" |
| 2000 | Punks | ||
| 2001 | Touched by an Angel | ||
| 2002 | King Rikki | ||
| 2013 | Winners & Losers | ||
| 2014 | Grand Street | ||
| 2015 | The Networker | ||
| 2016 | The Night Of | ||
| 2016 | Difficult People | ||
| 2017 | The Get Down |
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