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AKA:
Clifton Gonzalez-Gonzalez
Clifton Craig Collins
Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California
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The grandson of famed Mexican character actor and comedian Pedro Gonzales Gonzales, Clifton Collins Jr. launched his own career as a film and television performer in the late 1980s. At first, Collins’ Latino heritage assured him steady work in stereotypical roles – thugs, police officers, troubled youth – in features like “Menace II Society” (1993) and “187” (1997). But his versatility and dedication to craft allowed him to spread his wings in a wider variety of characters, appearing in higher-profile picture like “Traffic” (2000), “Capote” (2005) and “Babel” (2006). An Emmy nominee for the
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Co-Executive Producer
2005
Robert 'Rivers' Tremont
1999
1993
Made film debut in Stuart Gordon's "Fortress"
1997
First significant film role, as gang thug César Sánchez in the film "One Eight Seven"
1998
Played the lead role in Ray Bradbury's cult Latino film "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit"
2000
Appeared opposite Colin Farrell in "Tigerland"
2000
Portrayed a hitman for the Mexican drug cartels in Steven Soderbergh's ensemble "Traffic"
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