Collins, Clifton, Jr. 1970–

(Clifton Gonzalez Collins, Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez, Clifton Gonzalez-Gonzalez)

PERSONAL

Full name, Clifton Craig Collins, Jr.; born June 16, 1970, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Clifton Collins (an actor); grandson of Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez (an actor and comedian). Avocational Interests: Snowboarding.

Addresses:

Agent—William Morris Agency, One William Morris Place, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; (voice work) Special Artists Agency, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 890, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—ROAR, 9701 Wilshire Blvd., Eighth Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Actor and producer. Appeared in advertisements. Stone Free Productions, founder.

Awards, Honors:

Margo Albert Award, most promising actor, Nosotros Golden Eagle awards, 1998; Screen Actors Guild Award (with others), outstanding performance by the cast of a theatrical motion picture, 2001, for Traffic; ALMA Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a motion picture, American Latin Media Arts awards, 2002, for The Last Castle; ALMA Award nomination, outstanding actor in a motion picture, and Screen Actors Guild Award nomination (with others), outstanding performance by the cast of a motion picture, both 2006, for Capote; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a miniseries or movie, 2006, for the pilot of Thief; Copper Wing Award (with others), best ensemble acting, Phoenix Film Festival, 2007, for Little Chenier.

CREDITS

Film Appearances; as Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez:

Carlos's second friend, Grand Canyon, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991.

Mail room supervisor, Poetic Justice (also known as Fugir do bairro, Justicia poetica, and Murhan jaelkeen), Columbia, 1993.

Nino Gomez, Fortress, Dimension Films, 1993.

Vato, Menace II Society (also known as Die Strassenkaempfer, Nella giungla di cemento, Perigo para a sociedade, Uehiskonna nuhtlus, Vakivallan kierre, and Veszelyes elemek), New Line Cinema, 1993.

Tack, The Stoned Age (also known as The Stoened Age and Tack's Chicks), Trimark Pictures, 1994.

Betancourt, Dead Presidents, Buena Vista, 1995.

Clif, Milestone (short film), Barracano Pictures, 1995.

Second jarhead, One Tough Bastard (also known as North's War and One Man's Justice), LIVE Entertainment, 1995.

Second soldier, Sgt. Bilko (also known as Sergeant Bilko), Universal, 1996.

Cesar Sanchez, One Eight Seven (also known as 187), Warner Bros., 1997.

Loco, The Replacement Killers, Columbia, 1998.

Martinez, The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, Buena Vista/Walt Disney Pictures, 1998.

First townsperson, The Bad Pack, Lions Gate Films Home Video/Avalanche Home Entertainment/Showcase Entertainment/Ascot Video, 1998.

Kyle, Mascara, Phaedra Cinema, 1999.

Robert "Rivers" Tremont, Light It Up (also known as High School Jack), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999.

Francisco Flores, Traffic (also known as Traffic—Die Macht des Kartells), USA Films, 2000.

Jimmy Ortega, Price of Glory, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Private Miter, Tigerland, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000.

Corporal Ramon Aguilar, The Last Castle (also known as The Castle and Untitled Rod Lurie Project), DreamWorks, 2001.

Horton, My Sweet Killer (also known as The Seventh Sense), Method Fest Releasing, 2001.

Rupert Guest, The Rules of Attraction (also known as Animal College, Fuck the Rules, and Die Regeln des Spiels), Lions Gate Films, 2002.

Hip, Edgy, Sexy, Cool, 2002.

Buddy, American Girl (also known as Confessions of an American Girl and Lifers' Picnic), 2002, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, 2005.

Claudio Castillo, I Witness (also known as Nur tote Zeugen schweigen—I Witness), Promark Entertainment Group, 2003.

Officer Armando Sancho, Dirty, Silver Nitrate Releasing, 2005.

Perry Smith, Capote (also known as Truman Capote), United Artists, 2005.

Tom Picasso, Tom 51, Assembly Line Studios/MEB Entertainment/August Heart Entertainment, 2005.

Vince Sherman, Mindhunters, Dimension Films, 2005.

Kenneth Bianchi, Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders (also known as The Hillside Strangler), Silver Nitrate Releasing, 2006.

Officer at border crossing, Babel, Paramount Vantage, 2006.

TV: The Movie (also known as National Lampoon's "TV the Movie"), Xenon Pictures, 2006.

Jacob, Still Waters, Perfect Weekend, 2007.

Stingray, The Horsemen, Lionsgate, 2007.

T-Boy Trahan, Little Chenier, Radio London Films, 2007.

Ayel, Star Trek (also known as Star Trek XI), Paramount, 2008.

Cesar, The Perfect Game, Prelude Pictures, 2008.

Sunshine Cleaning, Back Lot Pictures/Big Beach Films, 2008.

Some sources cite an appearance in The Third Miracle, Sony Pictures Classics, 1999.

Film Producer; with Others:

Co-executive producer, Mindhunters, Dimension Films, 2005.

Tom 51, Assembly Line Studios/MEB Entertainment/August Heart Entertainment, 2005.

Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders (also known as The Hillside Strangler), Silver Nitrate Releasing, 2006.

TV: The Movie (also known as National Lampoon's "TV the Movie"), Xenon Pictures, 2006.

Little Chenier, Radio London Films, 2007.

Television Appearances; Series:

Nando Taylor, Crisis Center, NBC, 1997.

Jack "Bump" Hill, Thief, fX Channel, 2006.

Television Appearances; Movies:

(As Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez) Coworker, For Richer, for Poorer (also known as Father, Son and the Mistress), HBO, 1992.

Jesus Martinez, Sworn to Vengeance, CBS, 1993.

(As Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez) Tyrone, Witch Hunt, HBO, 1994.

(As Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez) Nelson Rodriguez, The Defenders: Taking the First, Showtime, 1998.

Raymo Serrano, Road Dogz, Cinemax, 2001.

Loco, Undefeated, HBO, 2003.

Kipp, Life of the Party (also known as Glory Days), Lifetime, c. 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

(In archive footage) Cannes 2006: Cronica de Carlos Boyero, 2006.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

(In archive footage from Babel) Officer at border crossing, 51 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografia, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Clifton Gonzalez Collins) Mickey, "Interior Loft," Freddy's Nightmares (also known as Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series, Freddy, le cauchemar de vos nuits, Freddyn painajaiset, Las pesadillas de Freddy, and Les cauchemars de Freddy), syndicated, 1990.

Manager, "Slow Violence," Veronica Clare, Lifetime, 1991.

Roberto, "Street of Dreams," Jake and the Fatman, CBS, 1991.

(As Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez) David Kern, "Code Name: Desert Dragon," Acapulco H.E.A.T., syndicated, 1993.

Carlos Sandoval, "For Whom the Stinkin' Bell Tolls," Live Shot, UPN, 1995.

(As Clifton Gonzalez-Gonzalez) Fito, "El Coyote: Parts 1 & 2," Walker, Texas Ranger (also known as Walker), CBS, 1996.

"Red Cadillac," Land's End, syndicated, 1996.

(As Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez) Jimmy Cortez, "I Love Lucy," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1997.

(As Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez) Mr. Brown (jaywalker), "Tribes," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1997.

(As Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez) Boyd Harcourt, "Rear Windows '98," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1998.

Burns, "The Friendly Skies," Martial Law (also known as Le flic de Shanghai, Ley marcial, and Piu forte ragazzi), CBS, 1999.

James Garcia, "Comenzando de Nuevo," Resurrection Blvd., Showtime, 2000.

James Garcia, "No Te Muevas," Resurrection Blvd., Showtime, 2000.

James Garcia, "Lagrimas en el Cielo," Resurrection Blvd., Showtime, 2001.

Himself, "Inside the Walls of ‘The Last Castle,’" HBO First Look, HBO, 2001.

Andy Perez, "Last Lap," The Twilight Zone, UPN, 2002.

Javier Perez, "A Missing Link," Alias, ABC, 2003.

Javier Perez, "Prelude," Alias, ABC, 2003.

Javier Perez, "Repercussions," Alias, ABC, 2003.

(Uncredited) Himself, Corazon de …, Television Espanola (TVE, Spain), 2006.

Hernan, "Exiled," The Shield (also known as The Barn and Rampart), fX Channel, 2007.

Hernan, "Haunts," The Shield (also known as The Barn and Rampart), fX Channel, 2007.

Appeared as Jorge, Madman of the People, NBC. Appeared in "Little Brother," an unaired episode of Masters of Science Fiction, ABC.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Lessons Learned, HBO, 2000.

Mouse, Bounty Hunters, CBS, 2005.

Jack "Bump" Hill, Thief, fX Channel, 2006.

Internet Appearances; Episodic:

Sam's friend, "Sam's New Friend," Roommates (also known as Roommates the Series), 2007.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, Gettin' Dirty (short), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2006.

Music Videos:

Blow-Up, "Fly with Me," 2003.

Video Games:

Voice of Cesar Vialpando, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (also known as GTA: San Andreas and San Andreas), Rockstar Games, 2004.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Beacon Journal, February 28, 1997.

Cinema, issue 10, pp. 88-92.

Smoke, spring, 1998.

Venice, February, 1998.