NCIS
Cover Story
Tuesday 10 April 2007 on CBS

McGee is under high pressure during the murder investigation of a Petty Officer based on the character for his latest book, with very little information to go on.

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  external: Wilson Cruz Exclusive Interview Mar 5, 2008 (Score: 3)
  

Cruz was never an athlete, but instead pursued dancing, marching band, show choir, and theater in school. (edit) 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. (edit) 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. (edit) Cruz is a first-generation American, born to Puerto Rican immigrants. (edit) Cruz's uncle died from AIDS-related complications, but not before bestowing valued guidance on the actor. (edit)

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. (edit) 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.

(edit) 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. (edit) Wilson Cruz: (on his preference between TV and film) I prefer to work. Here’s the thing. I just prefer to do interesting projects. I don’t really differentiate between the two mediums. At this point television has become so good that it’s like making little movies…I don’t really have a preference. It’s always about the stories and the character. On TV, it’s really fun to take a character and watch that journey happen week after week…And I think also you’re given some freedom in that…And on a film you have a fixed amount of time and you know exactly what the middle and end are going to be…I don’t come to them any differently than I do the other.

(edit) Wilson Cruz: (on the difficulty of being a Latino actor) I think it's hard being a Latino anything, but I mean that in a good way. I think it's the challenges that makes us who we are. I think there are challenges that are inherent in being a person of color within this industry. There are very few roles that are written specifically for Latinos, unless you are in jail, a drug dealer, a gang member, or hooligan of some sort. (edit)

Star
My So-Called Life Rickie Vasquez

Recurring Role
Noah's Arc Junito	Party of Five Victor

Guest Star
Ally McBeal Boy to the World Steven / Stephanie Grant	American Dad! Lincoln Lover Male Fan/Male Log Cabin Chorus/Hot Andrew
ER Orion in the Sky Jeffrey Cruz	Monk Mr. Monk Goes to a Fashion Show Smoking Technician
NCIS Cover Story Todd Ryder	Noah's Arc Say It Loud... Junito