Renoly Santiago
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| Born | March 15, 1974 Lajas, Puerto Rico |
| Years active | 1993 - present |
Renoly Santiago (born March 15, 1974) is a Puerto Rican actor, singer and writer who has appeared in a number of high-profile Hollywood productions.
Santiago first became known in the United States when he participated in the 1993 television series CityKids, as "Tito". He co-wrote the Emmy nominated pilot episode of the show. From his participation in CityKids, Santiago graduated to film, acting as "Raúl Sanchero" in 1995's Dangerous Minds.[1] 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.[2] He also plays "Mikey" in Daylight.
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Santiago starred as "Ramón Martínez" (a gay cross-dressing criminal nicknamed "Sally-Can't Dance")[3] in the 1997 film Con Air.[4] Santiago then took three years off acting on screen and starred on Broadway in Paul Simon's The Capeman as "Tony Hernandez - Umbrella Man", leader of the gang "The Vampires", a role for which he was a 1998 Drama Desk Nominee for Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical.
As a singer, Santiago has recorded with award-winning, legendary performers Marc Anthony, Paul Simon, Danny Rivera and La India.
In 2000, he returned to the screen in the low-budget film Punks, shown at the Sundance Film Festival, where he plays "Dante".[5][6] By 2001, Santiago was back on television, playing "Miguel Acosta" in the January 7 episode of Touched by an Angel, making a small appearance at the March 29 episode of Big Apple and as "Chiggy Rios" on the October 17 episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
In 2002, Santiago made another film called The Street King, where he played "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. Released in early 2011[dated info], he stars in the salsa biopic about Hector Lavoe The King[disambiguation needed 
] as "Johnny Pacheco" and filmed in Spring 2011, Renoly will appear in Grand Street in which he stars with Kelly McGillis.
[edit] References
- ^ Shulgasser, Barbara (1995-08-11). "Dangerous Minds' tame on delivery. San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1995/08/11/WEEKEND4327.dtl. Retrieved 2007-11-15
- ^ Pym, John (1998). Time Out Film Guide. Penguin Books. p. 395. ISBN 0140275258.
- ^ Pomerance, Murray (2001). Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls: Gender in Film at the End of the Twentieth Century. SUNY Press. p. 222. ISBN 079144886X.
- ^ Feil, Ken (2005). Dying for a Laugh: Disaster Movies and the Camp Imagination. Wesleyan University Press. p. 80. ISBN 0819567922.
- ^ Kehr, Dave (2001-11-16). AT THE MOVIES. New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9505E5DC173BF935A25752C1A9679C8B63. Retrieved 2007-11-15
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (2000-02-10). Punks Review. Variety. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117778665.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&query=Punks. Retrieved 2007-11-15
