Perez, Miguel 1957–

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Perez, Miguel 1957–

PERSONAL

Original name, Arnoldo Cruz Perez; born September 7, 1957, in San Jose, CA; father, a telephone repairer; mother, a homemaker; married Lisa Spigai, November 7, 1987; children: one son. Education: Trained with National Shakespeare Company, New York City.

Addresses: Agent—TalentWorks, 3500 West Olive Ave., Suite 1400, Burbank, CA 91505.

Career: Actor. Military service: U.S. Marines, 1975–79; became sergeant.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Transit cop, A Shock to the System, 1990.

Federal agent, Clear and Present Danger, 1994.

WMIA floor manager, Up Close and Personal, Buena Vista, 1996.

Customs inspector, 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, Metromedia Entertainment Group, 1997.

Avi Solomon, Magnolia (also known as Mag-no'li-a), New Line Cinema, 1999.

Allesandro, Blow, New Line Cinema/Alliance Atlantis Communications, 2000.

Robot repairer, Artificial Intelligence: AI (also known as A.I. Artificial Intelligence), Warner Bros., 2001.

Explosives cop, Ocean's Eleven (also known as 11 and O11), Warner Bros., 2001.

Marvin, Hourly Rates, Visionary Films, 2002.

First guard, Unspeakable, Twentieth Century-Fox/Artist View Entertainment, 2002.

Restaurant owner, Million Dollar Baby, 2004.

Sam Zelinski, Venus on the Halfshell (director's cut released as A Little Deception), KOAN, 2005.

Delgado, Angels with Angles (also known as Everything's George), Sierra Mars Pictures, 2005.

Television Appearances; Series:

Father DeLeon, General Hospital, ABC, 1995.

Manuel, Four Corners, CBS, 1998.

Petrino, Flatland, 2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Interrogator cop, Murder in Black and White, CBS, 1990.

Reporter, And the Band Played On, HBO, 1993.

Costello, Alien Nation: Body and Soul, Fox, 1995.

Reporter for Omni magazine, Tyson, HBO, 1995.

Short order cook, A Season of Hope (also known as The Lemon Grove), CBS, 1995.

(Uncredited) Spanish officer, Santa and Pete, CBS, 1999.

Guillermo Rivera, Justice (also known as Backlash), Cinemax, 2000.

Security guard, Columbo: Murder with Too Many Notes, ABC, 2000.

Miguel, A Painted House (also known as John Grisham's "A Painted House"), CBS, 2003.

Ned Alvarez, In From the Night, CBS, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Waiter, "Here's an Unexpected Twist on the Old Biological Clock," The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, 1989.

Ramirez, "Home to Roost," Midnight Caller, 1990.

"Here Are Some Overnight Lows," The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, 1991.

Luis, "The Cheever Letters," Seinfeld, NBC, 1992.

Mel Borman, "The Child Is Father to the Man," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1993.

First camera operator, "Larry's Birthday," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1993.

General Zaca, "Brisco in Jalisco," The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., NBC, 1993.

Officer Garrick, "Strike Two," Sirens, 1993.

Alarm installer, "Misery," Shaky Ground, Fox, 1993.

Band leader, "Summer," The Wonder Years, ABC, 1993.

Band leader, "Independence Day," The Wonder Years, ABC, 1993.

Stewie, Sr., "Another Average Night," The John Larroquette Show, 1994.

Mitch, "A Night at the Oprah," All-American Girl, ABC, 1995.

Officer Plumb, "Internal Affairs," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1995.

Stewie, Sr., "Mother of the Year," The John Larroquette Show, 1996.

Scanlan, "Heal the Bay," Baywatch, 1997.

Carlos "the Barracuda" del Gato, "Voyage of the Damned," Frasier, NBC, 1997.

Castillo, "Con-traband," Players, Playboy Channel, 1998.

Officer, "Heat," Brimstone, Fox, 1998.

Night shift sergeant, "Fisticuffs," Brooklyn South, 1998.

Captain Lopez, "The Captain and Maria," Saved by the Bell: The New Class, NBC, 1999.

Captain Lopez, "Don't Follow the Leader," Saved by the Bell: The New Class, NBC, 1999.

Hector Rodriguez, "Oh Golly Goth," NYPD Blue, ABC, 2001.

Physician, "Endgame: Part 1," Star Trek: Voyager, UPN, 2001.

Al Martinez, "Let's Go to the Videotape," Inside Schwartz, NBC, 2001.

Santiago Escalona, "Quo Vadis?," ER, NBC, 2001.

Sergeant Baca, "Truth or Consequence," Philly, ABC, 2001.

Raoul Jiminez, "Pay in Pain," The Shield, FX Channel, 2002.

Mr. Lopez, "Time of Death," MDs, ABC, 2002.

Mr. Lopez, "A la casa," MDs, ABC, 2002.

Alberto Chavez, "Racing Form," For the People, Lifetime, 2002.

Ranger Mike Kramer, "Day 2: 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.," 24, Fox, 2003.

Federal marshal van driver, "Chained," Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (also known as NCIS), CBS, 2004.

Eduardo Maytorena, "Snakes," CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 2005.

Also appeared in an episode of Strong Medicine, Lifetime.

Stage Appearances:

Guard, Mountain Language, Classic Stage Company Theatre, New York City, 1989.

Voltemand and messenger, Hamlet, New York Shakespeare Festival, Anspacher Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1990.

Mulberry, O'Casey, and Hook, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Classic Stage Company Theatre, 1991.

Percy, Henry IV, Part I, New York Shakespeare Festival, Estelle R. Newman Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1991.

Percy and Bullcalf, Henry IV, Part II, New York Shakespeare Festival, Estelle R. Newman Theatre, 1991.

George Page, The Merry Wives of Windsor, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1994.

Alonso and Prospero, The Tempest, New York Shakespeare Festival, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1995.

Duke of Suffolk, Henry VIII, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1997.

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