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My Take
Rick Gonzalez is the kind of actor whose face you recognize long before you place the name. From Timo Cruz in Coach Carter to years as Wild Dog on Arrow, he has built a career out of grounded, working-actor roles rather than headline stardom. Coming out of Brooklyn and LaGuardia, he has that trained-but-unpretentious quality I tend to trust. His resume here is thin on personal detail, which fits someone who lets the parts do the talking. I find that durability admirable; staying employed and credible across television and film for two decades is its own kind of success.
Overview
Ricardo Gonzalez (born June 30, 1979) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Timo Cruz in the motion picture Coach Carter, as Spanish in Old School, as Ben Gonzalez on the CW supernatural drama television series Reaper, and as Naps In Roll Bounce. From 2016–2020, he portrayed the superhero vigilante character Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog on the CW superhero drama series Arrow.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rick Gonzalez
- Name (Japanese)
- リック・ゴンザレス
- Reading
- りっく・ごんざれす
- Born
- June 30, 1979 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Goat
- Origin
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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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.