Luis Antonio Ramos is a Puerto Rican actor who has been on and starred in various film and television shows such as Martin, Early Edition, New York Undercover, In the House, Friends, The Shield, CSI, and CSI: Miami.Luis Antonio Ramos. Black Leadership Conference 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.

Early life Born in San Germán, Puerto Rico, Ramos was raised in the Bronx, New York. He graduated from the High School of Performing Arts.

Career Ramos list of feature film credits includes Checking Out, Latin Dragon, L.A. Riots Spectacular, Sawbones, Scorpion Spring, Hostile Intentions, Out-of-Sync, Do the Right Thing, Sea of Love, The Sacrifice Fly, Moscow on the Hudson, The Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley, The Secret of My Success, and The Return of Superfly, among others.

On TV, he was previously a series regular on both The Brian Benben Show and Queens and also had recurring roles on In the House, Ink, and Martin. He has also had guest-starring roles on NYPD Blue, Just Shoot Me!, The Drew Carey Show, The Jamie Foxx Show, New York Undercover, Mad About You, Law & Order and Miami Vice. In addition, Ramos has starred in a number of television movies, including The Other Side of Dark, Mothershed or Berndt, The Anissa Ayala Story, and Nails.

Miracle in Spanish Harlem, in which Ramos plays a single father of two young girls, was released in 2013. He played Carlos Rojas in Frank Reyes's The Ministers, and Ricky Guzman on USA Network's The Huntress. He has appeared on the television series How to Grow Up in America, The Unit, Burn Notice, Wanted, Numb3rs, The Shield, Early Edition, CSI: Miami, The Closer, Alias, Nip/Tuck, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Friends, Strong Medicine, Blue Bloods, The Division, Arli$$ and Roc.

Ramos has also been the Goodwill Ambassador for the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City, the Godfather for the Puerto Rican Day Parade in Los Angeles and the Godfather for the Puerto Rican parade in Cleveland, Ohio.

Ramos was nominated for an Alma Award for best supporting actor for his work in The Huntress. He also received the Helen Hayes Award for Best Actor for his performance in the play Stand Up Tragedy. His additional theater work includes Dancing on Her Knees, Cloud Tectonics, Romeo and Juliet, Tears Will Tell It All, Widows, Richard II, Henry the IV, Pendragon, The Sound of Music, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Latins from Manhattan among others.

Personal life Ramos resides in Los Angeles. In his free time races bicycles, plays baseball, and writes a blog. In 2022, Ramos was inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame.

Filmography

Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1989Do The Right ThingStevie1995Out-of-SyncRamon1995Hostile IntentionsOfficer Sergito1995Scorpion SpringCoyote at Orchard1996Dead of NightRaleigh1998October 22Cesare2003Imagining ArgentinaPoliceman 22004Latin DragonRafael Silva2005Checking OutLuis2008The RuinsMayan Rifleman2009The MinistersCarlos Rojas2011Trouble in the HeightsUncle Jose2013A Miracle in Spanish HarlemTito2015You Bury Your OwnVirgil2015The StockroomJason

Television YearTitleRoleNotes1992Law & OrderTommy BeltranEpisode: "Forgiveness"1993–1994RocCarlos4 episodes1993–1996MartinLuis / Mr. Lopez / Raul1994The Boys Are BackLennyEpisode: "The Fishing Trip"1994, 1999NYPD BlueRaphael Vasquez / Ramos2 episodes1995Awake to DangerPolicemanTelevision film1995SawbonesHank1995First Time OutMannyEpisode: "The Sale Show"1996New York UndercoverOrtizEpisode: "A Time to Kill"1996, 1997Homeboys in Outer SpacePeacock / Weasel2 episodes1997The Jamie Foxx ShowTeddyEpisode: "I am What I Scam"1997The Drew Carey ShowClerkEpisode: "New York and Queens"1997Pacific BlueHector MendozaEpisode: "Blood for Blood"1997SparksJesus SantosEpisode: "Silent Night"1997Just Shoot Me!Jesus SantosEpisode: "Jesus, It's Christmas"1997–1998In the HouseTito Gonzales7 episodes1998–2000The Brian Benben ShowBilly Hernandez1999–2000Early EditionMiguel Diaz5 episodes2000–2001The HuntressRicky Guzman28 episodes2001PhillyVincent RamosEpisode: "Tempus Fugitive"2002Strong MedicineAlberto MendozaEpisode: "Admissions"2003Nip/TuckNico ScamarelEpisode: "Megan O'Hara"2003FriendsThe Tanning Salon GuyEpisode: "The One with Ross's Tan"2003AliasDetective SanchezEpisode: "Prelude"2003, 2007CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationVarious roles2 episodes2004The DivisionPerezEpisode: "A Death in the Family"2005NumbersJose SalazarEpisode: "Identity Crisis"2005WantedDep. Ignacio CortezEpisode: "The Last Temptation"2006The UnitAdolphoEpisode: "Eating the Young"2006The CloserHugoEpisode: "Borderline"2006CSI: MiamiTiago MatosEpisode: "Rio"2006, 2007The ShieldGuardo Lima2 episodes2010Burn NoticeRinconEpisode: "Friendly Fire"2012Common LawCarlos PerezEpisode: "In-Laws vs. Outlaws"2013–2014Lucky 7Antonio Clemente8 episodes2014Madam SecretaryPresident Francisco SuarezEpisode: "Game On"2014–2016PowerRuiz28 episodes2017–2022Blue BloodsCaptain Robert Espinoza10 episodes2018ElementaryFather VegaEpisode: "How to Get a Head"2021The EqualizerJoseph RuizEpisode: "The Room Where It Happens"

See also

List of Puerto Ricans

References

External links

Luis Antonio Ramos on Getty Images Actor on a Bike blog by Luis Antonio Ramos