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Biography

Best known for his sensitive portrayal as Enrique "Rickie" Vasquez, the troubled gay teen on My So-Called Life, Wilson Cruz has culled an impressive…more

Born

12/27/1973, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Birth Name

Wilson Cruz

Gender

Male

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Star (2)

Role
- Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
  Evan Martinez
- My So-Called Life
  Rickie Vasquez
  - S 1: Ep 19 In Dreams Begin Responsibilities
    1/26/95
  - S 1: Ep 18 Weekend
    1/19/95
  - S 1: Ep 17 Betrayal
    1/12/95
  - S 1: Ep 16 Resolutions
    1/5/95
  - S 1: Ep 15 So-Called Angels
    12/22/94
  - + 14 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Noah's Arc
  Junito
  - S 2: Ep 3 Desperado
    8/23/06
  - S 2: Ep 2 It Ain't Over Til It's Over
    8/16/06
  - S 1: Ep 8 I'm with Stupid
    12/7/05
  - S 1: Ep 7 Love Is a Battlefield
    11/30/05
  - S 1: Ep 6 Writing to Reach You
    11/16/05
- Party of Five
  Victor
  - S 6: Ep 23 All's Well... (1)
    5/3/00
  - S 6: Ep 19 Isn't It Romantic
    4/11/00
  - S 6: Ep 18 Too Cool for School
    4/4/00
  - S 6: Ep 12 Bad Behavior
    1/25/00
  - S 6: Ep 11 Fear and Loathing
    1/18/00
  - + 6 More Credits
Guest Star (14)

Role
- The Finder
  Jonni
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Great Escape
    2/9/12
  - S 1: Ep 3 A Cinderella Story
    1/26/12
- Pushing Daisies
  Sid Tango
  - S 2: Ep 13 Kerplunk
    6/13/09
- Raising the Bar
  Rafael de la Cruz
  - S 1: Ep 8 Out on the Roof
    10/20/08
  - S 1: Ep 4 Richie Richer
    9/22/08
  - S 1: Ep 2 Guatemala Gulfstream
    9/8/08
- NCIS
  Todd Ryder
  - S 4: Ep 20 Cover Story
    4/10/07
- American Dad!
  Male Fan/Male Log Cabin Chorus/Hot Andrew
  - S 3: Ep 4 Lincoln Lover
    11/5/06
- Noah's Arc
  Junito
  - S 2: Ep 8 Say It Loud...
    10/4/06
  - S 2: Ep 5 Give It Up
    9/6/06
  - S 2: Ep 4 Excuses for Bad Behavior
    8/30/06
- Related
  Roger
  - S 1: Ep 13 Not Without My Daughter
    2/13/06
- The Greatest
  Himself (90)
  - S 4: Ep 1 100 Greatest teen stars (100-81)
    2/1/06
- Monk
  Smoking Technician
  - S 4: Ep 10 Mr. Monk Goes to a Fashion Show
    1/13/06
- The Closer
  Angry Guy in Bar
  - S 1: Ep 8 Batter Up
    8/1/05
- The West Wing
  Jack Sosa
  - S 5: Ep 20 No Exit
    4/28/04
  - S 5: Ep 18 Access
    3/31/04
- ER
  Jeffrey Cruz
  - S 8: Ep 18 Orion in the Sky
    4/4/02
- Ally McBeal
  Steven / Stephanie Grant
  - S 1: Ep 10 Boy to the World
    12/1/97
- Sister, Sister
  Bobby
  - S 3: Ep 13 Double Double Date
    1/9/96

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- Cruz was never an athlete, but instead pursued dancing, marching band, show choir, and theater in school.
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- Cruz admires the work of Gael Garcia Bernal and Meryl Streep. He also enjoyed Patrick Wilson in Lost Children, and Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland.
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- Cruz's younger brother, Josh, is also an actor. Coincidentally, Cruz's co-star on "My So-Called Life," Devon Gummersall, also has a brother named Josh.
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- Wilson Cruz: (on being approached to play an HIV positive character on Noah's Arc)I didn't even hesitate... I was really excited and proud to be able to play that role... and I got to be cute... I got to be the one to kiss the boy, and kissing Christian Vincent is not a bad gig.
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- Wilson Cruz: I just don't think that we can sit back and be indifferent about HIV just because there are drugs that can sustain our life. Although people with HIV and AIDS aren't dying in the numbers they were 10 or 15 years ago, these drugs are not easy drugs to live on. They affect the way you live in daily life and for some people they don't work. So it's not over. It's still an emergency.
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- Wilson Cruz: I like to say Rickie [from "My So-Called Life"] is who I was when I was 15 years old, except for the fact that I didn't hang out in the girls bathroom and didn't wear eyeliner... He had a much more interesting fashion sense as well.
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