My Take
Clifton Collins Jr. is one of those actors who's been quietly making everything better for decades — the kind of face you recognize instantly even if you can't always name him. Born in L.A. in 1970, he's a true character actor's character actor, equally at home playing a strung-out junkie, a menacing villain, or a sympathetic everyman. I've always respected that he brings a raw, lived-in intensity to roles that lesser actors would phone in — his work in Traffic, Sunshine Cleaning, and Westworld all stick with you. Winning a Screen Actors Guild Award and landing Emmy and ALMA nominations is great, but honestly, his real currency is consistency. He's never been the marquee name, and somehow that makes his performances feel more honest. Hollywood needs more people like him.
Overview
Clifton Craig Collins Jr. (born June 16, 1970) is an American film and television actor. He is a Primetime Emmy Award, Independent Spirit Award, Satellite Award, and four-time ALMA Award nominee, and a Screen Actors Guild Award winner. Prior to 1999, he was credited as Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Clifton Collins
- Name (Japanese)
- クリフトン・コリンズ・Jr
- Reading
- くりふとん・こりんず・Jr
- Born
- June 16, 1970 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dog
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film producer / character actor / film actor / television actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.