Kamar de los Reyes

Kamar de los Reyes
Born	November 8, 1967 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Spouse(s)	Sherri Saum (2007—present; 2 children)
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Kamar de los Reyes (born November 8, 1967) is an American theater, television and film actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Antonio Vega on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, and as Raul Menendez, the primary antagonist of the 2012 video game, Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Personal life

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Cuban percussionist Walfredo Reyes, Sr. and a Puerto Rican mother, Matilde Pages, Kamar de los Reyes grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is brother to the percussionist of the band Chicago, Walfredo Reyes, Jr., and to former Yanni percussionist, Daniel de los Reyes. He married actress Sherri Saum in 2007 and they have twin boys.^[1]

Career

De los Reyes starred as a Chicano boxer named Pedro 'Roadman' Quinn, in 1994's acclaimed theatrical production of Blade to the Heat.^[2]

The most arresting figure, however, is Mr. de los Reyes. More than any words he utters, the actor's haunted eyes, sunken cheeks and shaved head convey the extent of Pedro's torment. In repose, he's almost spectral. In the ring, he's like a short circuit, and his silent scream of triumph is a guaranteed spine-tingler.

— David Richards, theater reviewer for The New York Times^[2]

De los Reyes appeared alongside Patrick Stewart as a "dashing, if thick-tongued" Ferdinand in a 1995 production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest.^[3] In 1997, de los Reyes was named on People Magazine's "Fabulous 50" list.^[4] In 2001, he starred in a television film, The Way She Moves, starring Annabeth Gish and fellow soap opera star Daniel Cosgrove. He also starred in the controversial film Love and Suicide and in Toni Braxton's video for her song "Spanish Guitar". He has made numerous guest appearances on shows such as Law & Order and CSI: Miami. In 1995, de los Reyes starred with James Woods, Ed Harris and Sir Anthony Hopkins in Oliver Stone's controversial biopic, Nixon, playing convicted Watergate burglar, Eugenio Martínez.

In 2012, he performed the voice acting and the motion-captured body acting of the main antagonist, Raul Menendez, in the video game titled Call of Duty: Black Ops II.^[5] The game's publisher Activision reports an estimated US$1 billion gross in its first fifteen days of availability, which the company states is superior to the seventeen day cinema record held by 2009's Avatar.^[6]

In 2013, he played the role of Los Lordes gang leader, Santana in the two-part season finale of the third season of the CBS police procedural drama Blue Bloods.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	The Corpse Had a Familiar Face	Puerto Rican	TV movie
	Valley of the Dolls	Ray Ariaz	65 episodes
1995	ER	Hernandez	Episodes: "Sleepless in Chicago", "Full Moon, Saturday Night", & "House of Cards"
1995-09	One Life To Live	Antonio Vega / Antinio Vega	267 episodes
1996	New York Undercover	Luis	Episodes: "Bad Blood" & "Fire Show"
	Swift Justice	Palo Montega	Episode: "No Holds Barred"
1998	Four Corners	Tomas Alvarez	2 episodes
	Blood on Her Hands	Gavin Kendrick	TV movie
1998-99	Promised Land	Leon Flores	Episodes: "Denver: Welcome Home", "Out of Bounds", "The Visitor", & "All in the Family"
1999	Total Recall 2070	Jack Brant	Episodes: "Paranoid" & "Restitution"
	Touched by an Angel	Eddie Testaverde	Episode: "Godspeed"
	Early Edition	Ramon Archiletta	Episode: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
2001	The Way She Moves	Nicholas	TV movie
2003	Undefeated	Jose Beveagua	HBO TV movie
2005	Law & Order	Aberto Moretti	Episode: "Dining Out"
2009	CSI: Miami	Jason Molina	Episode: "Collateral Damage"
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Teru	Episodes: "The Glory That Was..." & "Alpha Dog"
2011	The Mentalist	Omar Vega	Episode: "Pink Tops"
	Reed Between the Lines	Anthony Guillory	Episodes: "Let's Talk About Change", "Let's Talk About Ms. Helen's Son, Part 2", & "Let's Talk About Game Night"
2013	Blue Bloods	Santana	Episodes: "The Bitter End" & "This Way Out"
	Pretty Little Liars	Dominic Russo	Episode: "Into the Deep"
2014	Major Crimes	Dr. Enrique Cabrera	Episode: "Frozen Assets"
2015	Castle	Manuel Villalobos	Episode: "Private Eye Caramba!"

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1988	Salsa	Featured Dancer	credited as Kamar Reyes
1989	Ghetto Blaster	Chato
	East L.A. Warriors	Paulo	credited as Kamar Reyes
1990	Coldfire	Nick
1991	Lethal Ninja	Sonny	Direct-to-video
1992	The Silencer	Kickboxer
1993	Street Knight	Smokey
	Da Vinci's War	Latin Dancer
	Fatherhood	Drug Dealer #2
1995	Nixon	Eugenio Martinez	Watergate Burglar
1996	Daedalus Is Dead	Wilson Ortiz	Short film
1997	In Search of a Dream	Marcos
2000	Mambo Café	Manny
	The Cell	Officer Alexander
2005	Love & Suicide	Tomas
	Cayo	Young Ivan
2010	Salt	Secret Service Agent
2013	Hot Guys with Guns	Producer One
2014	LA Apocalypse	Carlos Dorado
2016	Abducted: The Story of Jocelyn Shaker	Javier
	The Summerland Project	Vaughn	(post-production)

Videogame

Year	Title	Role
2012	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Raul Menendez (voice)

References

1. "Sherri Saum Introduces Twin Sons John and Michael – Moms & Babies – Celebrity Babies and Kids - Moms & Babies - People.com". PEOPLE.com.
2. Richards, David (November 4, 1994). "The Boxing Ring As a Parable On Manhood". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522.
3. Brantley, Ben (July 12, 1995). "THEATER REVIEW; Enough Wrath And Fear to Thrust Philosophy Offstage". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. OCLC 1645522.
4. "Kamar De Los Reyes". People Magazine 47 (18): 156. May 12, 1997. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
5. Carrasquillo, Adrian (November 13, 2012). "Call of Duty Black Ops 2′s Raul Menendez is the star villain, played by Kamar de los Reyes". Retrieved June 1, 2013.
6. "Call of Duty®: Black Ops II Grosses $1 Billion In 15 Days" (Press release). Santa Monica, California: Activision. December 5, 2012.

External links

• Kamar de los Reyes at the Internet Movie Database