De Los Reyes, Kamar 1967–(Kamar Ryes)

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DE LOS REYES, Kamar 1967(Kamar Ryes)


PERSONAL


Born November 8, 1967, in San Juan, Puerto Rico; son of Walfredo de los Reyes (a drummer and percussionist); married Elaine (a model; divorced); children: Caylen Luis. Education: Studied acting at Black Nexus, New York City; attended University of Nevada at Las Vegas and San Diego State University. Avocational Interests: Reading, writing, street basketball, rollerblading, jogging, boxing, and working out.


Addresses: Contact c/o One Life to Live, ABCTV, 77 West 66th St., New York, NY 10023. Agent Innovative Artists, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401; The Gersh Agency, 41 Madison Ave., 33rd Floor, New York, N&. Manager Essential Talent Management, 6399 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 401, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Career: Actor. Also worked as dancer and musician; was a childhood trumpet prodigy; previously worked as an encyclopedia salesman.


Awards, Honors: ALMA Award nominations, outstanding actor in a daytime drama, 1998, 2001, 2002, Special Fan Award nomination (with Sherri Saum), America's Favorite Couple, Daytime Emmy Awards, 2002, all for One Life to Live.


CREDITS


Film Appearances:

(As Kamar Reyes) Dancer, Salsa, Cannon Films, 1988.

(As Kamar Reyes) Paulo Santees, Guerrero del este de Los Angeles (also known as East L.A. Warriors ), 1989.

(As Kamar Reyes) Chato, Ghetto Blaster, Prism Entertainment, 1989.

(As Kamar Reyes) Nick Navarro, Coldfire, 1990.

(As Kamar Reyes) Kickboxer, The Silencer, Academy, 1992.

(As Kamar Reyes) Smokey, Street Knight, Cannon Films, 1993.

Drug dealer #2, Father Hood (also known as Desperado, Honor among Thieves, and Mike Hardy ), Buena Vista, 1993.

Latin dancer, Da Vinci's War, 1993.

Eugenio Martinez (Watergate burglar), Nixon, Buena Vista, 1995.

Marcos, Buscando un sueno (also known as In Search of a Dream ), Nova Creative Releasing, 1997.

Manny, Mambo Cafe, KushnerLocke Company, 1999.

Officer Alexander, The Cell, New Line Cinema, 2000.


Television Appearances; Series:

Ray Ariaz, Valley of the Dolls, syndicated, 1994.

Antonio Vega, One Life to Live (also known as One Life to Live: The Summer of Seduction ), ABC, 19951998, 2000.

Father Tomas Alvarez, Four Corners, CBS, 1998.


Television Appearances; Movies:

Puerto Rican, The Corpse Had a Familiar Face, CBS, 1994.

Daedalus Is Dead, Sundance Channel, 1996.

Gavin Kendrick, Blood on Her Hands, ABC, 1998.

Nicholas, The Way She Moves, VH1, 2001.

Jose Beveagua, Undefeated, HBO, 2003.


Television Appearances; Specials:

The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, ABC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Paramedic, "Sleepless in Chicago," ER, NBC, 1995.

Hernandez, "Full Moon, Saturday Night," ER, NBC, 1995.

Hernandez, "House of Cards," ER, NBC, 1995.

Luis, "Bad Blood," New York Undercover, Fox, 1996.

Luis, "Fire Show," New York Undercover, Fox, 1996.

Leon Flores, "Denver, Welcome Home," Promised Land, CBS, 1998.

Leon Flores, "Out of Bounds," Promised Land, CBS, 1998.

Leon Flores, "The Visitor," Promised Land, CBS, 1999.

Leon Flores, "It's All in the Family," Promised Land, CBS, 1999.

Jack Brant, "Paranoid," Total Recall 2070, Showtime, 1999.

Jack Brant, "Restitution," Total Recall 2070, Showtime, 1999.

Eddie Testaverde, "Godspeed," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1999.

Ramon Archiletta, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," Early Edition, CBS, 1999.


Also appeared in Dirty Dancing, UPN; as Palo Montega, Swift Justice, UPN; Damian, To Have & Hold, CBS.


Stage Appearances:

Pedro Quinn, Blade to the Heat, New York City, 1994.

Ferdinand, The Tempest, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1995.

Lopez, Golden Boy, City Center Encores!, New York City, 2002.


RECORDINGS


Albums:

Vocals and percussion, Daniel de los Reyes' San Rafael 560, 1999.


Music Videos:

Appeared in "Spanish Guitar" by Toni Braxton, 2000; also appeared in "We All Sleep Alone" by Cher.


OTHER SOURCES


Periodicals:

Latin Style Magazine, August/September, 2001.

New York Latino Magazine, fall, 1996.

Soap Opera Digest, winter, 1996.

Soap Opera Weekly, June 2, 1996.

Venice Magazine, September, 2001.

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