Raymond Cruz

Born 1961 · Native Mexican-American character actor

Raymond Cruz is an American actor, best known for his starring role as Detective Julio Sanchez in the series The Closer and its spin-off Major Crimes, his recurring role as drug lord Tuco Salamanca in the crime drama Breaking Bad and its prequel series Better Call Saul, and his role as exorcist Rafael Olvera in The Curse of La Llorona and The Revenge of La Llorona.

Raymond Cruz, in order

1. 1990 Cold Dog Soup: acted · directed by Alan Metter
2. 1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch: acted · directed by Joe Dante · critics 71%, audiences 59% · streaming on HBO Max
3. 1991 Dead Again: acted · directed by Kenneth Branagh · critics 82%, audiences 76% · streaming on MGM+, Hoopla
4. 1992 Judgement: acted · directed by William Sachs
5. 1992 Man Trouble: acted · directed by Bob Rafelson
6. 1992 Under Siege: acted · directed by Andrew Davis · critics 83%, audiences 62% · streaming on Hoopla, Tubi
7. 1993 Blood In Blood Out: acted · directed by Taylor Hackford
8. 1993 Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun (TV movie): acted · directed by Rob Mikuriya
9. 1993 Walker, Texas Ranger (TV series): acted · directed by Aaron Norris and Alexander Singer · streaming on Roku Channel, Philo
10. 1993 When the Party's Over: acted · directed by Matthew Irmas
11. 1994 Clear and Present Danger: acted · directed by Phillip Noyce · critics 82%, audiences 74% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
12. 1996 Broken Arrow: acted · directed by John Woo · critics 55%, audiences 44%
13. 1996 The Rock: acted · directed by Michael Bay · critics 76%, audiences 85% · streaming on fuboTV
14. 1996 The Substitute: acted · directed by Robert Mandel
15. 1996 Up Close & Personal: acted · directed by Jon Avnet
16. 1997 Alien Resurrection: acted · directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
17. 1997 The X-Files (TV series): acted · directed by Rob Bowman
18. 1999 From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money: acted · directed by Scott Spiegel · critics 9%, audiences 20% · streaming on Paramount+
19. 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV series): acted · audiences 80% · streaming on Hulu, Paramount+, Roku Channel
20. 2001–10 24 (TV series): acted
21. 2001 Training Day: acted · directed by Antoine Fuqua · critics 74%, audiences 89% · streaming on Roku Channel, MGM+, Tubi
22. 2002 Collateral Damage: acted · directed by Andrew Davis · critics 19%, audiences 27% · streaming on Hoopla, Plex, Tubi
23. 2004 My Name Is Modesty: acted · directed by Scott Spiegel · audiences 31%
24. 2005 Brothers in Arms: acted · directed by Jean-Claude La Marre
25. 2005 Havoc: acted · directed by Barbara Kopple
26. 2005 My Name Is Earl (TV series): acted
27. 2005 The Closer (TV series): acted
28. 2008 Breaking Bad (TV series): acted · directed by Adam Bernstein and Bronwen Hughes
29. 2011 CSI: Miami (TV series): acted · audiences 65% · streaming on Hulu, Paramount+
30. 2012 Major Crimes (TV series): acted
31. 2019 The Curse of La Llorona: acted · directed by Michael Chaves
32. 2020 Wander: acted · directed by April Mullen
33. 2021 Blue Miracle: acted · directed by Julio Quintana
34. 2023 Breaking Good (short film): acted
35. 2023 Medellin: acted · directed by Franck Gastambide
36. The Revenge of La Llorona: acted · directed by Santiago Menghini