Is there an actor born in Puerto Rico?

Answer 1

Actors, actresses, comedians and directorsThe following section lists the names of Puerto Ricans as described by this list's header, who have led notable careers as actors, actresses, comedians and directors. All future additions to this section must be placed in alphabetical order and provide a reliable verifiable source which cites the person's notability, otherwise it will be removed.Marquita Rivera

A

• Acevedo, Kirk, actor

  (Band of Brothers, Invincible)

• Agrelot, José Miguel, "Don Cholito", comedian
• Alberti, Jorge, actor
• Alvarado, Trini, actress

  (films Little Women, The Perez Family)

• Álvarez, Miguel Ángel, actor-comedian
• Anderson, Axel, actor-director
• Antony, Marc, actor and singer
• Argo, Victor, actor

  (King of New York)

• Arias, Yancey, actor

  (Kingpin)

• Arrieta, Raymond, comedian and television host
• Avilés, Rick, actor/comedian

  (Ghost)

• Ayanna, Charlotte, actress

B

• Belén, Ivonne, documentary director and producer
• Bibilioni, Alicia, actress

  First actress from Puerto Rico to attend the Actor's Studio in NY (1946)[1]

• Blasi, Rosa, theatrical actress
• Blondet, Giselle, actress/television host
• Boscana, Lucy, television/theatrical actress

C

• Calderón, Paul, actor

  (The Last Castle)

• Candal, Norma, actress and comedian
• Cara, Irene, singer/actress

  (Fame)

• Carbia, Awilda, comedienne and actress[2]
• Castillo, Braulio, actor
• Castiilo, Braulio, hijo, actor
• Castro, Raquel, actress (Puerto Rican father)

  She is best known for her role in the 2004 film Jersey Girl as Gertie Trinké, the daughter of Ollie Trinké (Ben Affleck) and Gertrude Steiney (Jennifer Lopez), the role which Castro won the Young Artist Award for the Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger.[3]

• Cedeño, Melwin, comedian
• Cintron, Axel, actor/director
• Colberg, Abdiel, Puerto Rican television producer and movie director.
• Coll, Ivonne, actress

  (The Godfather II)

• Colón, Míriam, actress and founder of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre

  (Scarface)

• Colón-Zayas, Liza, film/theatrical actress
• Cordero, Paquito, television producer/comedian
• Corrigan, Kevin, actor
• Cortés, Mapita, actress, niece of Mapy Cortés
• Cortés, Mapy, actress
• Croato, Mara, actress
• Cruz, Alexis, actor

  (Stargate, television series Stargate SG-1,Touched by an Angel)

• Cruz, Wilson, actor

  Television series (My So-Called Life); film (Party Monster)

D

• Dagmar, singer, TV host and actress
• Darrow, Henry, actor, "Manolito"

  (television series The High Chaparral)

• Dávila, Raul, actor,

  television series (All My Children)

• Dawson, Rosario, actress

  (He Got Game, Men in Black II, The Rundown, Rent)

• De Castejon, Blanca, actress
• DeLeón, Idalis, actress,

  former MTV veejay, singer (group Seduction)

• DeLorenzo, Michael, actor

  (television series (New York Undercover), (Head of the Class)

• De los Reyes, Kamar, actor,

  television series (One Life to Live)

• Del Río, Vanessa, actress
• Del Toro, Benicio, actor

  (Traffic), Academy Award winner

• Del Villard, Sylvia, actress, dancer and choreographer
• Díaz, Alba Nydia, actress
• Díaz, Melonie, actress

  (films Raising Victor Vargas, Nothing Like the Holidays)[4]

E

• Elizondo, Hector, drama actor

  (Pretty Woman), (Down and Out in Beverly Hills) ( tv series Chicago Hope)

• Elliott, Shawn, actor

  ("CSI: Miami" as Ray Santoya), ("Law & Order" as Judge Joseph Rivera)[5]

• Estrada, Erik, actor

  television series (CHiPs), (Sealab 2021)

F

• Fargas, Antonio, actor

  television series (Starsky and Hutch)

• Ferrer, José, actor

  (Cyrano de Bergerac), first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award

• Ferrer, Miguel, actor

  (RoboCop, The Manchurian Candidate)

• Ferrer, Rafael, actor
• Flowers, Nina, female impersonator/actor and singer

  television series (RuPaul's Drag Race)

• "Franky G", actor

  (The Italian Job), (Saw II)

G

• Garayua, Gloria, actress

  television series (Grey's Anatomy)[6]

• García, Mayte, actress/dancer

  Former wife of Prince

• Gatica, Luis, actor

  Son of Mapita Cortés

• Ghigliotti, Marilyn, actress

  (Clerks)

• Giraud, Joyce, actress,

  former Miss Puerto Rico Universe titleholder

• Gómez, Ian, actor

  television series (The Drew Carey Show)

• Gómez, Marga, actress/playwright
• Gómez-Preston, Reagan, actress
• González, Rick, actor

  (The Rookie, Coach Carter)

• Good, Meagan, actress [7]
• Gray, Bruce, actor,

  (S.W.A.T.) (born and raised in Puerto Rico)

• Grillo-Marxuach, Javier, television and film producer
• Guzmán, Luis, actor

  (Carlito's Way, Traffic, The Count of Monte Cristo)

H

• Hernández, April Lee, actress,

  (Freedom Writers)

• Hernández, Juano, actor,

  The first Puerto Rican star in the Negro Film Industry

• Hernández, William, actor
• Hurst, Lillian, comedian/actress

  (Dharma and Greg)

I

• Indelicato, Mark, child actor

  television series (Ugly Betty)

• Irizary, Vincent, actor

  (All My Children)

J

• Jackson, Shar, actress/singer (Puerto Rican father)
• Joffre, Noris, actress, comedienne and television host[8]
• Juliá, Raúl, actor

  (films Kiss of the Spider Woman, La Gran Fiesta, The Addams Family, Addams Family Values)

• Justice, Victoria, television actress

  (Zoey 101)

L

• LaRue, Eva, actress

  "All My Children", "CSI: Miami"

• Leguizamo, John, actor

  (Moulin Rouge!, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar) (Puerto Rican father)

• Logroño, Sunshine, comedian
• López, Adamari, actress
• López, Jennifer, actress, singer, dancer
• López, Priscilla, actress[9]

M

• Machado, Justina, actress

  (television series Six Feet Under; films Final Destination 2, Torque)

• Manzano, Sonia, actress,

  "María" on Sesame Street

• Marrero, Eddie, actor

  (Navy Seals: Untold Stories)

• Medina, Claribel, actress
• Merced, Jorge, theatre actor and director[10]
• Meyer, Ángela, actress, comedian and producer
• Meyers, Ari, actress (television series Kate and Allie)
• Monclova, René, actor and comedian
• Morales, Esaí, actor
• Morales, Jacobo, director, actor

  (Bananas)

• Moreda, Alicia, actress/comedian
• Moreno, Rita, actress

  First female Puerto Rican and the first Hispanic woman to win the following four major awards: an Oscar, a Tony Award, an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award

• Muñiz, Frankie, actor

  television series (Malcolm in the Middle) films (My Dog Skip; Agent Cody Banks; Big Fat Liar) (Puerto Rican father)

• Muñiz, Rafo, comedian and producer

  Son of Tommy Muñiz

• Muñiz, Tommy, television producer/comedian

N

• Nadal, Lymari, actress

  Film (American Gangster), television series (Battlestar Galactica).

• Negrón, Taylor, actor/comedian
• Nevárez, Micaela, actress

  (Film Princesas) first Puerto Rican to win a Goya Award

• Nolasco, Amaury, actor,

  films (2 Fast 2 Furious),(Transformers) television series (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), (Prison Break)

O

• Oliver, Tony, voice actor
• Olivo, Karen, actress (Puerto Rican father)

  winner of 2009 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress[11]

• Ortiz, Ana, actress

  television series (Ugly Betty)

• Ortiz, Elin, actor/television producer
• Ortiz, John, actor

  films Fast & Furious, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

P

• Pabón, Marga, actress, singer and comedian
• Pantojas, Antonio, drag queen
• Parrilla, Lana, actress (Puerto Rican father),

  (Spin City and Boomtown).

• Pérez, Rosie, actress

  (White Men Can't Jump, Fearless)

• Phoenix, Joaquín, actor

  (Signs, Gladiator) (born in Puerto Rico)

• Prinze, Jr., Freddie, actor

  (Scooby-Doo) (Puerto Rican grandmother)

• Prinze, Sr., Freddie, comedian/actor

  (television series Chico and the Man) (Puerto Rican mother)

Q

• Quiñones, Adolfo, actor/dancer/choreographer

  (film Breakin)

R

• Ramos, Luis Antonio, actor
• Richardson, Carmen Belén, comedian/actress
• Riesco, Armando, actor, films

  (World Trade Center, Garden State, Fever Pitch)

• Ríos, Osvaldo, actor and singer
• Rivera, Chita, actress

  "Broadway Legend", winner of 2 Tony Awards

• Rivera, José, playwright

  First Puerto Rican nominated for an "Oscar" in "Best Adapted Screenplay" category

• Rivera, Luis Antonio, a.k.a. "Yoyo Boing" comedian
• Rivera, Marquita,

  first Puerto Rican actress to appear in a major Hollywood motion picture - Road to Rio[12]

• Rivero, Ramón, a.k.a. "Diplo", comedian
• Rodríguez, Adalberto, "Machuchal" comedian
• Rodríguez, Adam, actor

  (television series CSI: Miami, Roswell)

• Rodríguez, Feddy, actor

  (television series Six Feet Under)

• Rodríguez,Gladys, comedian/actress
• Rodríguez, Michelle, actress

  (Lost, The Fast and the Furious)

• Romero, Marta, actress and singer
• Rosaly, Johanna, actress

S

• Saldaña, Zoe, actress

  (films Star Trek, Avatar) (Puerto Rican mother) [13]

• San Juan, Olga, film actress[14]
• Sánchez, Kiele, actress
• Sánchez, Marcelino, actor

  (The Warriors,The Bloodhound Gang)

• Sánchez, Roselyn, actress

  (Rush Hour 2, Boat Trip)

• Sandoval, Esther, actress
• Santiago, Renoly, actor

  (film Dangerous Minds)

• Santiago-Hudson, Rubén, actor

  (film Mr. Brooks) and playwright (play Lackawanna Blues)

• Santiago, Saundra, actress

  (Miami Vice, Carlito's Way)

• Seda, Jon, actor

  (Selena)

• Smits, Jimmy, actor

  (television series L.A. Law, The West Wing, and NYPD Blue; movie Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith)

• Soto, Talisa, actress/model,

  (Licence to Kill, Mortal Kombat)

• Suárez, Miguel Ángel, actor, playwright, stage director

  (Stir Crazy, Under Suspicion)

T

• Ticotin, Rachel, actress

  (Total Recall, Con Air)

• Torres, Liz, actress

  (television series Gilmore Girls)

U

• Ubach, Alanna, actress

  (Meet the Fockers (Puerto Rican mother)

V

• Vásquez, Joseph, film director/screen writer

  (film Hangin' with the Homeboys)

• Velázquez, Nadine, actress

  (television series My Name Is Earl)

• Vélez, Lauren, actress,

  (television series New York Undercover, Oz,Dexter)

• Vélez, Loraine, actress
• Vidal, Christina,actress and singer,

  (television series Taina)

• Vidal, Lisa, actress

  (Night in the City), (television seriesER)

W

• Warrington, Otilio, a.k.a. "Bizcocho" comedian
• Wild, Jessica, female impersonator/reality television personality

  television series (RuPaul's Drag Race)

• Woodlawn, Holly, female impersonator/actor

Z

• Zayas, David, actor

  (television series Oz, Dexter)

• Zurinaga, Marcos, film director/screenwriter

  (film La Gran Fiesta)

Television show hosts

• Herger, Alfred D

  Television Host, psychologist.

• Martínez, Daisy

  Host of PBS cooking show, Daisy Cooks!.

• Meléndez, John, once known as "Stuttering John"

  (Howard Stern Show and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno)

• Miró, Eddie,

  Television host/comedian. Hosted "El Show de las 12" ("The 12 pm Show") for over 40 years.

• Pérez, Silverio

  Show host, musician and author.

• Sánchez, Antonio

  Radio and television personality.

• "Vazquez, Alani", a.k.a. "La La"

  MTV Veejay

• Vigoreaux, Luis,

  Television host. Created "Sube Nene, Sube" (Go up, man, go up!!) and "Pa'rriba, Papi, Pa'rriba!!" (Reach up, honey, Reach up!)

• Vigoreaux, Luisito,

  Television host. Hosted "Sabado en Grande" (Big Saturday, also with Roberto), "El Show del Mediodía" (The Midday Show) and "De Magazin".

• Vigoreaux, Roberto,

  Television host. Hosted "Parejo, Doble y Triple" (Square, Double and Triple)