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Nelson Vasquez
Acting

Nelson Vasquez
Known For
Acting
Birthday
,Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Nelson Vasquez – American actor, dancer, and choreographer of Puerto Rican descent, born in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City (no publicly recorded birthday). His parents emigrated from Lares, Puerto Rico. He began his career as a break dancer during the 1980s hip hop explosion, became a professional dancer and choreographer (touring with Aretha Franklin), and made his acting debut in the Off-Broadway play Blade to the Heat at The Public Theater, directed by George C. Wolfe. He worked with Spike Lee on four films. His most notable film roles include Stevie's Friend in Do the Right Thing (1989), a Pimp in The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), a Blanco Associate in Carlito's Way (1993), a Subway Robber in Money Train (1995), Skicap in Extreme Measures (1996), Ronnie in Girl 6 (1996), Officer Cruz in Summer of Sam (1999), Tito Goya in Piñero (2001, opposite Benjamin Bratt), Manny in Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005), and Johnny Pacheco in El Cantante (2006, opposite Marc Anthony, for which he was nominated for a Paoli Award). On television he is best known for Correction Officer Eugene Rivera in Oz (1997–2002, HBO), and guest appearances in Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NYPD Blue, and New York Undercover.

Filmography

7.2

El Cantante
2006-09-12

6.1

Piñero
2001-10-05

4.5

Home Invaders
2001-08-02

The Way She Moves

5.7

The Way She Moves
2001-08-29

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power

4.8

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
2005-09-27

7.8

Carlito's Way
1993-11-10

7

Men Lie
1994-01-13

A Brooklyn State of Mind

5.3

A Brooklyn State of Mind
1998-01-01

3.8

Delivery Boys
1985-04-02

Extreme Measures

6.015

Extreme Measures
1996-09-27

Do the Right Thing

7.8

Do the Right Thing
1989-06-14

5.6

Street Hunter
1990-11-02

6.5

Summer of Sam
1999-06-28

5.1

Girl 6
1996-03-22

6.2

'R Xmas
2001-12-14

0

Sacred Game
2009-12-12

The Bonfire of the Vanities

5.6

The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990-12-21

5

Heart
1987-11-13

5.876

Money Train
1995-11-21

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999-09-20

7.286

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.286

Law & Order
1990-09-13

5.2

Jonny Zero
2005-01-14