Rick Gonzalez
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With a countenance that seemed to express street-smart grit, Hispanic-American actor Rick Gonzalez might have easily fallen into the trap of playing toughs time and again, as did many of his contemporaries. With an exception here and there, Gonzalez defied these expectations in the first several years of his career, racking up small roles in laudably unpredictable projects such as the wonderful Disney sports drama The Rookie (2002), the dance-themed comedy drama Roll Bounce (2005), and the Christopher Guest mockumentary For Your Consideration (as "Chillaxin' Host"). Born in Manhattan, Gonzalez reportedly sought out stardom from a very tender age, and made his cinematic debut in 1999, with a bit part in the movie Mambo Café. A steady stream of supporting turns followed over the next several years, with an average of two or three per year; Gonzalez hit a high point when he played the womanizing Primo in the coming-of-age drama Biker Boyz, starring Larry Fishburne and Luke Wilson. Gonzalez teamed with Steven Spielberg for a supporting role in the helmer's colossal sci-fi opus War of the Worlds (2005), and shifted gears slightly -- to the thriller genre -- for the movies Pulse and Illegal Tender. The latter gave Gonzalez his first major lead; in that film, he played a Latino man fleeing from thugs who murdered his dad.On television, the actor first made viewers take notice when he played a student with a troubled family life on the David E. Kelley series Boston Legal. He went on to make one-episode appearances in such popular shows as ER, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The Shield, but it wasn't until 2007's Reaper that he scored a regular small-screen role. On that quirky comedy drama, Gonzalez played slacker Ben, a friend of lead character and supernatural bounty hunter Sam Oliver (Bret Harrison).
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Deuces |
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— | 2016 |
No Score Yet | The Secret She Kept |
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— | 2016 |
No Score Yet | Bad Dad Rehab |
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— | 2016 |
No Score Yet | November Rule |
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— | 2015 |
37% | The Guilt Trip |
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$37.2M | 2012 |
17% | Emergo (Apartment 143) |
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$256 | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Commencement |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Flying Lessons |
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— | 2010 |
35% | Pride and Glory |
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$15.8M | 2008 |
54% | The Promotion |
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$0.4M | 2008 |
15% | Illegal Tender |
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$3.1M | 2007 |
45% | What We Do Is Secret |
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— | 2007 |
58% | First Snow |
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$0.2M | 2007 |
52% | For Your Consideration |
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$5.5M | 2006 |
11% | Pulse |
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$20.3M | 2006 |
65% | Roll Bounce |
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$17.4M | 2005 |
75% | War of the Worlds |
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$234.2M | 2005 |
64% | Coach Carter |
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$67.2M | 2005 |
60% | Old School |
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$74.7M | 2003 |
23% | Biker Boyz |
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$21.8M | 2003 |
84% | The Rookie |
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$75.5M | 2002 |
11% | Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles |
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$25.3M | 2001 |
20% | Prince of Central Park |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Mambo Café |
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— | 2000 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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86% |
Arrow
2012-2020
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9% |
Rosewood
2015-2017
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96% |
Battle Creek
2015
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39% |
Rush
2014
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No Score Yet |
Blue Bloods
2010
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No Score Yet |
NCIS
2003
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57% |
The Whole Truth
2010
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83% |
Bent
2012
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90% |
Bones
2005-2017
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82% |
The Closer
2005-2012
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67% |
Traffic Light
2011
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82% |
Castle
2009-2016
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No Score Yet |
Cold Case
2003-2010
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78% |
Lie to Me
2009-2011
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No Score Yet |
Medium
2005-2011
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80% |
Reaper
2007-2009
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No Score Yet |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-2015
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No Score Yet |
CSI: Miami
2002-2012
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No Score Yet |
ER
1994-2009
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No Score Yet |
Boston Public
2000-2005
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78% |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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No Score Yet |
Touched by an Angel
1994-2003
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Quotes from Rick Gonzalez's Characters
Spanish: | Damn, I gonna end up workin' at Red Lobster. |
Student #1: | You already work at Red Lobster. |
Spanish: | Yea, but its part-time... dick. |
Paul Ortega: | Looks like any old building. |
Timo Cruz: | Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. |
Timo Cruz: | teachers ain't supposed to touch students |
Timo Cruz: | Teachers ain't supposed to touch students. |
Ken Carter: | I'm not a teacher. I'm the new basketball coach. |
Timo Cruz: | Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. |
Timo Cruz: | Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. |