Ricardo Gutierrez (born September 28, 1955) is an American actor, director, and teacher. He had a recurring role as Alderman Mata on the first season of the Starz Network drama series Boss.
Education Gutierrez studied at Illinois State University.
Career
Theater Gutierrez has acted in performances at The Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Lookingglass Theatre Company, and Denver Center Theater. He is the former artistic director of Glass Onion Theater, Nosotros Theatre Company in Los Angeles and the Canterbury Theatre in Indiana. He was the co-artistic director of Teatro Vista, a Latino theater company in Chicago, from August 2012 (a transition period for retiring founder Edward Torres), then sole artistic director from March 2013 to September 2020.
His directorial projects include How Long Will I Cry?: Voices of Youth Violence at Steppenwolf Theater, Quiara Alegría Hudes's The Happiest Song Plays Last at the Goodman Theatre, and Kenny D'Aquila's Unorganized Crime at the Teatro Vista.
Television Gutierrez has appeared in various television shows including Hill Street Blues, Knots Landing, Max Headroom, Hunter, and Wiseguy. In 2012 he starred as Alderman Lalo Mata on the Starz Network original drama series Boss.
Personal life Gutierrez was previously married to actress Judith Ivey.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRole1986Running ScaredSergeant Garcia1988The BoostValet1989ShockerGuard Sergeant2006Stranger than FictionBus Company ManagerTBAAnitaBento
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1985Lady BlueHarvey4 episodes1986Knots LandingPolice OfficerEpisode: "Touch and Go"1987HunterPatrolmanEpisode: "Bad Company"1987Max HeadroomMartinez4 episodes1987Hill Street BluesPepeEpisode: "A Pound of Flesh"1987WiseguyJoeEpisode: "Last Rites for Lucci"1988Sonny SpoonTullEpisode: "Who's Got Tonsillitis?"1988Beverly Hills BuntzWorkerEpisode: "El Norte by Norte West"1989The Famous Teddy ZSlate ManEpisode: "A Case of Murder"1991The New Adam 12Operation Estafadores OfficerEpisode: "Operation Estafadores"1992Nightmare in the DaylightPriestTelevision film1999Early EditionPriestEpisode: "Fate"2011The Chicago CodeChief HanleyEpisode: "The Gold Coin Kid"2011BossAlderman Lalo Mata4 episodes2014SirensFather JulioEpisode: "Shotgun Wedding"2015, 2018Chicago P.D.Marco Rivera / Bob Kirchen2 episodes2019Chicago FireGeorge PinedaEpisode: "Badlands"2021Chicago MedRuben EsquivelEpisode: "Do You Know the Way Home?"
References
External links
Ricardo Gutierrez at the Turner Classics Movie Database